Sunbeam

By: Brooklands Books . Caroll Shelby, who in 1962 transformed the AC Ace into the Cobra, was contracted the following year to work his magic on Sunbeam's sporting Alpine. The outcome was the Tiger, powered by Ford's American V8 260 and 289 engines. The...

By: Chris McGovern . The Sunbeam Alpine was the brain child of designer Kenneth Howes and the Rootes Group management. Designed specifically for an international market, it became one of the most successful British sports cars of the 1960s, years ahead...