Lot Ended
Description
Great history and provenance; featured in a film called
Breaking the Waves; formerly owned by a leading member of the Rapier Club;
much recent expenditure; overdrive all-synchro
gearbox
This lovely Rapier 3A is fitted with an all-Synchromesh gearbox from
a Series 5 Rapier and has overdrive on 3rd and top
gear.
It is fitted with the correct rev counter, a reversing light and
clock as per special accessories from your Rootes
dealership.
This car is also fitted with an integral radiator blind that pulls up
Infront of the chrome grill, remember the winter of 1962/1963 was one of the
harshest on record and this Rapier was registered soon
afterwards.
There are 2 sets of keys, an original set, SR 433 for the doors and
ignition and FP 733 for the boot and glove box, the spare set are aftermarket
ones.
An original handbook comes with the car, accompanied with a Rootes
Archive Trust Certificate that was issued to the present
owner.
In about 1996 the car had a cameo appearance in the film Breaking the
Waves set in Scotland, a copy of the film is
included.
The huge history files show records going back to 1982/1984 and
correspondence from the then owner in the car’s original town of Colchester with
the Sunbeam Rapier Owners Club.
267 COO was then bought by the Rapier
Club general secretary, who did quite a lot of restoration work on it in
1985 and used it as a daily commuter car into Bath and took it on several trips
to France. There are Rapier club magazines detailing these trips along with
several photographs.
The car then passed through several more owners before coming into
the hands of our vendor in 2021.
Since purchasing the car in April 2021, just over £2,000 has
been spent on the car which included electrical work, new starter motor and ring gear etc, new springs and shocks,
replacement propshaft and differential coupling, new tyres and some regular
servicing.
Our vendor has recorded only 3,000 miles in the last four
years, 260 of which was driving to this auction without a hiccup
apparently.
A fantastic opportunity to enjoy this car in the upcoming summer
sunshine.
Please contact [email protected]