Want! (Badly) 1933 Napier Railton

Went to a conference at the new Mercedes place at Brookloands today and they
gave us all tickets to the Brooklands museum for a visit later. Saw this and
had a superb in-depth personal talk through by one of the most excellent
volunteers/anoraks/enthusiasts, Mr Oscar Mitchell.
http://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/motoring_exhibits.cfm
*Want*
Just tell me *how* the hell they managed to do 500 miles of laps of
Brooklands at >140mph stopping only for tyre changes/fuel in that monster in
the '30s?
Big brass bollocks, that's how.
JB

 

There is a pub not far away called 'The Sunbeam'. It has (or at least
used to have) a big murals inside of the Campbell's Sunbeam amongst
others.


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Murals are one thing, but laying hands on the crankshaft with *3* conrods
per big end is quite something else.
<feedlines R us...>

JB

 

Pete Fisher says...

And one of these painted on the sign outside?

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Sunbeam_Ti

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Pete Fisher says...

And one of these painted on the sign outside?

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Sunbeam_Ti

<arf, arf, arf....choke, coff!>

JB

 

Must thrash round like a demented Isle of Man logo.

Have you ever seen the 'Caesar Special' in action?

 

Oi ! I'll have you know I used to own a Sunbeam Talbot MkIIA.

 

Apparently pretty smooth in operation. 4v per cyl, 3x banks of 4cyls,

Nope. But I have seen "Fist of Fury" :>)

JB

 

Ditto, and a Ti - not bad little boxes for what they were.

 

Grimly Curmudgeon says...

My sister owned one, it was a pile of shit.

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JB wrote:
..

Nor me, but Prescott Hill Climb is the place to see cars of the ilk to
which you refer like Chris Williams [1] in a 24 litre Napier Bentley.

[1] Formerly intrepid pilot of the 'Auntie Alice' vintage sidecar
racing Panther outfit so used to a bit of 'sideways action' .

 

says...

I have an auntie Alice, she taught me to walk, twice.

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GSF600SW (broked)
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" does not refer to
blasphemy during ejaculation - Tori 2006

 

It was an aero engine though; what capacity?

 

I cannot be held responsible for the way your sister treated her car.

 

In

I used to rally one of those..


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In communiqué <>, Grimly

I assume your 'little boxes' remark applies only to the TI - what year
was your IIA?
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Oooh, that's lovely.

Having seen cars of that era and F1 cars at Goodwood, I'd much rather
watch the oldies.

Look nicer, sound nicer and less clinical, somehow.

 

Ah, you mean one of the real Sunbeams. Nope, sorry, not one of those.

 

Ah. Mindyu, even at a shite bhp/litre figure, it was probably producing
great rollocking gobs of torque.

Sometimes though, "there ain't no substitute for cubes" can be taken a
little tooooooo far, doncha think?

 

Eh? Sorry, not with you, old chap.