Hello to everyone I am John from Hastings in East Sussex I have been looking for a suitable bike to pull a sidecar , last Friday a call from a VMCC member informed me of an old Sunbeam 15 miles from where I live , well viewing on Sat , doing a deal on Sunday , I am pleased to say it is now in my workshop awaiting a clean up and check over last on the road in 1983 checking the history it has had 4 owners since 1927
I will look forward to chatting to you all as there are many questions I am going to ask while I get it running again
kind regards
John Guppy
Welcome John,
There are quite few Sunbeam enthusiasts in your neck of the woods and some even make the long journey to the quarterly southern region meet near Windsor. Maybe see you there?
All the best
Vic Youel
been working on the Model 7 600 SV and pleased to say it last ran in 1983 after a clean up new HT lead , cleaned tank it started first kick and runs like a Swiss watch
Its fantastic how you got it to run upside down!! ;D
well if you can tell me how to send the right way up I would be most very happy sent right way up
Hello John
Welcome to the club! I own a model 95L 500cc OHV from 1936 and I live in Shoreham by Sea. My bike is in the final stages of restoration (the bit that takes 95% of the total time to complete). Joking apart though, I am hoping to have it back on the road shortly after Christmas.
Good luck with your new purchase. It would be interesting to meet up at some point. Let me know when you have it running.
Rgds
Mark Odlum
No I can't tell you how to do that but if I click on thumbnail and then click view image it turns the right way up.
A very nice bike indeed and I like to see a bike with lots of period accessories still with the bike.
Excellent find.
I had to click on the jpeg attachment and it opened the right way up.John