403 Sunbeam 3 litre Tourer (1927) PF 7593 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Sunbeam 3 Litre Super Sport (1925-30) 2916cc S6 Registration Number PF 7593 (Surrey) Sunbeam Set www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623847032276... he Sunbeam 3-litre is a 26 long cwt (2,912 lb) sports car introduced in October 1925 at the London Motorshow. The Sunbeam's engine was of 2,920 cc, six cylinder with inclined valves operated via easily adjustable tappet levers by two overhead camshafts. The cylinder head and block were formed from a single casting which was then considered normal for high-performance engines, one of its novel features was its use of dry-sump lubrication whereby engine oil was drawn from a tank positioned beside the engine. The cylinder bores translated into a fiscal horse-power rating of 20.9 hp which under the system operating in the 1920s attracted an annual Road Fund Tax of £21, £ 5 more than the big four engines of Bentley considered immaterial for anyone who could afford to purchase and run a car of this type, but £5 was at the time more than the average weekly wage in Britain Two Sunbeams were entered in the 1925 Le Mans, one driven by Henry Segrave and George Duller, the other by Jean Chassagne and Sammy Davis. Segrave and Duller were forced to retire but Chassagne and Davis achieved second place, beaten only by a Lorraine-Dietrich Diolch am 99,342,981 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 99,342,981 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 09.10.2022, at Bicester Heritage, Autumn Scramble, Bicester Aerodrome, Bicester, Oxon 166-403
