The 1922 Sunbeam 2-Litre racing car was designed by Ernest Henry in France and built in Sunbeam's Works at Wolverhampton for the 1922 French Grand Prix which had a two litre engine capacity limit.
The engine was a four cylinder sixteen valve head with twin gear driven overhead camshafts, a total of four "Special" cars were produced.
Make:
Sunbeam
Model:
2 Litre
Class:
Grand Prix
Year of introduction:
1922
Engine:
2L 4 cylinder DOHC 16 valve
The Formation of Sunbeam
Sunbeam was formed in 1888 by John Marston Co. Ltd initially only producing bicycles and at the end of the century moving into the area of car manufacture and then racing cars.
Sunbeam During WWI
When WW1 broke out Sunbeam was required to manufacture aero engines for the war effort. When WW1 ended Sunbeam combined it's knowledge of pre-war racing cars and high performance aero engines to produce "state of the art" high performance racing cars capable of setting new world land speed records and be competitive in many areas of car racing.
The End of Sunbeam
In 1935 Sunbeam became bankrupt and was purchased from the official receiver by the Rootes Group who continued to produce cars badged "Sunbeam" for many decades too come.
