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Steamworks Report No. 7: 1963 Sunbeam Rapier

Filed in archive Concours by Philip Powell on September 06, 2006

Sunbeam Rapier

It's no secret that I have a soft spot for british carslinks, even those that followed the American design fad of adding fins to the rear fenders. So this 1963 Sunbeam Rapier quite naturally caught my eye when I spotted it at the Steamworks Concours. Sunbeam, once a proudly independent producer of sporting automobiles, had been taken into the Rootes empire, after which it slowly turned into a badge-engineered Hillman, though not before giving us the exquisite Sunbeam Alpine of movie fame. The Rapier was one of those Hillman take-offs, adding colorful paint jobs, upgrade interiors, and its own unique grille. In hardtop guise, as seen here, it's as pretty as it is rare.






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