paceo

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anyone see a lot of these anymore? my dad used to own one back in the 80's untill it got bloody nicked!

gary fraser

There is a guy in aberdeen got 3 of them 1 just finished the other 2 in boxes in his garage waiting to be done both got mint shells

Rod-Tarry

They were shocking cars really I owned a modded one back in the day & it was fast in a straight line but shocking at doing anything else.

tichy.cosworth

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i know its not a lotus but this is for sale near me
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2084725.htm

Pete frst

yeah i owned one,black n silver,bloody great car,put a decent diff in it and was away,theres a few about but they are around 10k......

chaffe

LOTUS, Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious

xr2 xr2 xr2

My mates dad had one tucked up in a garage, don't think it's a lotus tho!

Retro Al

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I had a TI and it handled better and was faster than a mk2 escort 1600 sport i owned at the same time,cracking cars

tabetha

A squaddie in germany had a TI, really liked that, and a bmw 316 with single headlights E 20 ?
tabetha

stucos71

I had one years ago (blue metallic/black stripe) loved it!!
Was a far superior package from the factory than the RS2000.

No wonder you dont see many/any nowadays, rust will have killed most of them now, metal quality was shocking.
Would like another one day, but good ones are silly money now.

symo

I see a light blue one with silver stripe on a38 near mansfield now and again looks good

Retro Al

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There use to be a white and blue sunbeam with big arches and wide wheels and a big T on the bonnet round mansfield many years ago,proper beast

FOCUSTARD PIE

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One on ebay at the moment 10K!!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Talbot-Sunbeam...item56414511aa

Retro Al

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Thats not far from me,ive seen bubbled arched mk1s & mk2 rsks in his showroom aswell

Mk4 Lew

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Who seen that rs200 the person who did something I love his last name

J1mbo

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Tim at work rallied one and beat grp a cossies with his. 250bhp warrior lump proper bit just about getting it right

puddy

Bit of a mish mash that one, don't think they ever made series 1's (small headlight) in

moonstone, and I would have thought with that registration date it would be a series2.

I had 2 x series 1's one of which was a pre production car, and 2 x series 2's.

Wish I still had em !

puddy

ian sibbert

Built and run a couple of sunbeams, handle very well once you sort the geometry out and they have the potential to be better than there ford counterpart...lighter shell better standard securing of the rear axle, superior front end when comapred to a mk 2 escort, we have one running a Zetec and the other with a XE, they are like alot of cars of this age making a big come back in the historic rally scene, the lotus sunbeam can be a serious contender, Joss Ronchetti certainley upsets some of the lads on the racing scene.....

Pics of the XE sunbeam I built and look after...

















Ian

Adam R4

Did you take this to three sisters last year? Roskirk stages was it? I can never remember which ones which out of the 3 ran rallys.

Ive got photos of you if you where...

Servicing for a mate in a Blue sunbeam, had our area set up not a car width from yours if you remember? Simon his name is... think they won the class or came 2nd atleast...

Adam.

ian sibbert

Yes pal, I know Simon, I was speaking to him few days ago...that pic is at three sisters...simon's car is a very nice spec and he can certainly pedal it, last time I saw his car was at the promenade stages...Chris(the guy who owns the red sunbeam) is a good mate of Simon's now lol these sunbeam boys stick together...lol...

GrimV8

Allways fancied one. Used to race against a few on the hillclimb/sprint circuits back in the day

creator

What about the nms sunbeam?

stucos71

That the Cossie powered one??

Seen it at Croft RSOC show a few years ago, fookin' awesome.
Broke down early in the day tho iirc

nuttynil

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I own one black n silver 1980 series 1 head n cams exhaust lsd cage love them but they do rust

Marvin_hagler_

i had one that Skip Browns looked after,was a fast old car and lets be honest back in the day who was there better than skip browns with a bumsean


have a look at this one

http://www.greenwoodmotorsport.co.uk/detail.php?id=21

Karl 3dr

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Very nice but 65k!!!

toff

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My Sunbeam, not a Lotus

Marvin_hagler_

a mate of mine had one in the army well it was a ti and it caught fire a few times,it spat through the carbs and went up and burnt a autobahn and he got charged for the f/b call out and the damage to the tarmac. anyway they are a cool car with comfy seats but that zf gearbox in the lotus took some getting used too,i used to wheelspin going backwards looking forwards as i used to forget it was a dog leg and infact it put me off dog legs all together.

they make the right noises though and not many people realise they are a 16 valve which for a car like mine was on a w reg it was a big thing back then.

bouncy

Bloody hell, I served my apprenticeship on these...........The good old days.

vaughant

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Mate of mine navigates in a sunbeam with a mr2 Mk 1 engine.he reckons it's an awesome machine.