>Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 09:01:12 -0800 >From: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA> >Subject: Re: Alpine/F > >mmm, wasn't the Sunbeam was part of the Rootes group (along with Singer >and >Hillman - Dave Clark where are you?) and was aquired by C******r in the >60's/70's? > Yes, originally Sunbeam was an independent make. Sunbeam was the first British car to win a Grand-Prix race. Sunbeam was the first production car to have a double over-head cam engine (in 1925). Then it merged to become Sunbeam-Talbot. Then it came under Rootes Group. One of the best cars I ever owned was a Suinbeam Stiletto, a sporty version of the Hillmann Imp. |
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