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sunbeam Archive
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Curbside Classic: Sunbeam (Hillman) Imp – The British Corvair
Posted on June 6, 2022 | 29 Comments(first posted 8/19/2011) The Hillman Imp shares much more with the Corvair than its obviously cribbed styling. It’s a classic tale: a maker of very conventional front engine-rear wheel drive […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Sunbeam Arrow – With Stereotype-Defying 325,000 Miles
Posted on January 8, 2021 | 52 Comments(first posted 4/18/2011) Ok, so maybe I’m cheating slightly here. No; not about the miles on the odometer. It’s just that this Sunbeam Arrow isn’t actually parked on the curb, […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Sunbeam Alpine GT – The British Barracuda
Posted on February 2, 2016 | 53 Comments(first posted 10/8/2011) In the US, the Plymouth Barracuda beat the Ford Mustang to the market in 1964 by all of fourteen days. Not that it did much good, given […] -
Curbside Classic: 1964 Sunbeam Rapier Series IV – A Saucier Minx
Posted on August 27, 2012 | 22 CommentsThe Rootes Group was one of the earliest practicioners of badge engineering. Long before the 1982 GM A-body quartet came into being–going back to the mid-1930s, in fact–Rootes was keeping […]
![Curbside Classic: Sunbeam (Hillman) Imp – The British Corvair (first posted 8/19/2011) The Hillman Imp shares much more with the Corvair than its obviously cribbed styling. It’s a classic tale: a maker of very conventional front engine-rear wheel drive […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/immpp.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Sunbeam Arrow – With Stereotype-Defying 325,000 Miles (first posted 4/18/2011) Ok, so maybe I’m cheating slightly here. No; not about the miles on the odometer. It’s just that this Sunbeam Arrow isn’t actually parked on the curb, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Sunbeam-2.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1968 Sunbeam Alpine GT – The British Barracuda (first posted 10/8/2011) In the US, the Plymouth Barracuda beat the Ford Mustang to the market in 1964 by all of fourteen days. Not that it did much good, given […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/CC-Glacier-034-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1964 Sunbeam Rapier Series IV – A Saucier Minx The Rootes Group was one of the earliest practicioners of badge engineering. Long before the 1982 GM A-body quartet came into being–going back to the mid-1930s, in fact–Rootes was keeping […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Sunbeam-Rapier-1-e1345253869743.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


