Derived from the Sunbeam Talbot 90 convertible, it was initially developed by George Hartwell, a Sunbeam Talbot Dealer in Bournemouth, as a one off rally .car. Hand built by Mulliners coachbuilders of Birmingham some 1192 were produced mainly aimed at the American Market {801 being left hand drive]
Less than 200 survive world wide.
This Rootes Group car was assembled in Ryton-on-Dunsmore with a 2267cc 4 cylinder engine.
It weighs 1315Kg [1 ton 6cwt] unladen with a turning circle of 36feet.
A Sapphire Blue Alpine was driven around Monte Carlo by Grace Kelly in the !955 Alfred Hitchcock film ‘To Catch A Thief’
This Car KSJ 693 is in Coronation Red. This colour was used for one year only to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11 in 1953.
Sunbeam Alpine MK1
Vehicle Reg No: KSJ 693
Year: 1953
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