And even earlier. Sunbeam were kicking posterior before MG, Triumph and AH
even came into existence.
Unless I'm very much mistaken MG, Triumph and AH have never won a Grand
Prix. Sunbeam have won two. Sunbeams have raced in the Indy 500, placing as
high as fourth. I would be mightily surprised if Triumph or MG ever had an
entry. And of those four manufacturers, Sunbeam has had the highest placing
at Le Mans: second.
And as for land speed records.............
Russ Maddock
Brisbane, Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Hamilton <hamilton(at)cast.navnet.net>
To: Jay Laifman <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com>
Cc: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, 10 November 1998 6:59
Subject: Re: The Competition
>Jay and the List,
>
> The previous line of Sunbeams in the form of Sunbeam Talbots and proper
>Alpines may not have been too successful on the racing circuits, but they
>had a number of wins in the Monte Carlo Rallies from the early to mid
>fifties and even 1956 and I believe they came in 1st, 2nd and 3rd in 1955.
>Even the ladies rally came up a winner with Sheila Van Damn (not sure on
>the spelling) in a Sunbeam Talbot. They definitely should have promoted
>their wins of these years more agressively.
>
>Later,
>Bob
>
>At 10:31 AM 11/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>In looking at the 1959 magazines, I see the world as the Alpine came on
the
>>scene. We have MGAs, TR3s and Austin Healeys advertsing the merits of
>>their sports cars - cars that have been around for a while, with
>>competition under their belts and predecessor sports cars. Here comes
>>Rootes without much in the way of previous sports cars or competition
>>success. (Yes, Bob and Ole, I don't see earlier Alpine making the same
>>impression in the US as the MG/TR/AH sports cars ). Actually, I think a
>>lot has to be said about the success of Rootes to sell as many Alpines as
>>they did.
>
><snip>
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>The Man of Many Sunbeams - Alpine, Drophead and Saloon 1953-1954
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