1958 Sunbeam Rapier Convertible Series II

1958 Sunbeam Rapier Convertible Series II in Look at Life: A Car is Born, Documentary, 1959

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

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Author	Message
cl82 ◊ 2017-08-13 23:45	A young JfS working at one of his first designs for the Rootes Group. Some years later, he went to Longbridge to join Harris Mann's legendary design team.
dsl ◊ 2017-08-13 23:51
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-08-14 08:20	I don't quite understand this. I worked for Automobiles Cottin et Desgouttes, with responsibility for losing the secousses from their 1927 12CV Cottin-Desgouttes "Sans Secousse" model, and then moved to Brocklebank and Richards to help provide Birmingham's reply to the US challenge, and sank (almost) without trace..... ending my working days adapting the Powers-Samas 21 column punched card system, originally used to record Co-op Dividend data, for stock control on the Waldron Wayfarer production line. -- Last edit: 2017-08-14 09:21:42
cl82 ◊ 2017-08-18 22:44	Please, no need to be so humble. You can be proud of your countless contributions to automotive history. For instance, the clay model in the foreground looks almost Pininfarina-esque while the light blue model in the background is also quite a looker. I even have to say that the Rapier convertible looked pretty decent.