SLOC Mag 2018 - Issue 3

2018 ISSUE 3

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SUNBEAM LOTUS OWNERS’ CLUB COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Honorary President: Paul White (Former Talbot Team Manager and winning co-driver on the 1980 Lombard RAC Rally)

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Chairman: Perry C. Antoniou 07802 600 616 chairman@sunbeamlotus.com

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Historian / Archivist / Media Liaison: Graeme Lawton 0771 949 0657 SLOC, PO Box 188, GOOLE, DN14 7WW historian@sunbeamlotus.com Treasurer / Membership Secretary: Dave Merlane 01933 384586 Membership Secretary 10 Roberts Street, RUSHDEN, NN10 0NG membership@sunbeamlotus.com Secretary: Doug Field 0208 295 1815 secretary@sunbeamlotus.com Regalia Secretary: Steve Neil 01233 840348 regalia@sunbeamlotus.com Events Secretary: Richard Blackburn events@sunbeamlotus.com Parts Secretary: Mike Trim parts@sunbeamlotus.com ARCC Representative: Richard Blackburn pr@sunbeamlotus.com Web: Kieron Buckingham webmaster@sunbeamlotus.com Magazine: Angela Pittas editor@sunbeamlotus.com Competitions Secretary: David Moodie 01463 224720 competitions@sunbeamlotus.com

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CHAIRMAN’S

CHAT

A WARM HELLO to all our members. Not much has been happening club wise on my part, but there are a few projects on the go. I ponder on with what needs to get done when I have free time and I’ll keep you all informed as and when things are happening.

I have been struggling with the last batch of headlight re-silvering. I won’t go into too much detail, but some of the shells are not in great condition and need a little more preparation work before any coating is applied. The processors have changed slightly and so far, I have not been happy with the results. I know a

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couple of members are waiting, but you know what they say about waiting?

Parcel shelves are now out of stock, but I am holding a few for members who have asked for them to be collected at club events. I do have a couple of flocked ones left, but these are a lot more expensive than the standard ones.

Mike Trim has been on top of all the parts enquiries for me and deals with them in such a way as it makes it easy for me to get the stuff out to members. Without Mike, I could not manage the shipping parts tasks so efficiently.

I’m now done with all the fabric. Series 2 Piccadilly remains with a handful of sets now left. Series 1 fabric is all cut and ready for the members collecting from us. However, members have to bear in mind that the boxes are 180cm x 16cm x 16cm and although only weigh in at under 5kg, taking them to National Day in my car is not going to happen; we have to take club gear to events such as National Day and that just about leaves space for one box at best. Good news is that taking them to the NEC in November is not a problem, as we have the club trailer.

Collecting the S1 fabric from us is no big

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deal. Whilst the boxes are large, they are easily manageable and you can walk easily carrying them. Recently, one member made an off peak trip from deepest Suffolk on a train to Liverpool Street where my children were waiting for him to handover the fabric. An adventure for them, a favour for me and most importantly, helping our members. No one can say we don’t go out of our way to help you!

National Day has been very late confirming this year and I apologise. We had plenty of plans and places, then Lotus announced 70th celebrations but nothing in concrete, so we tried to arrange to have National Day at Hethel.

Richard was tirelessly trying to get a confirmed response from organisers, but alas, nothing more than “we could attend”, but no one would offer or confirm a fixed spot where we could all park up together. We would have ended up in a mish mash of Sunbeam Lotus cars parked all over the place. Concerns were raised at the size of the event and the lack of organisation that we would have expected for the amount of attendee’s and even entry/exit to Hethel caused us to think twice about holding National Day there alongside a Lotus organised event.

So, by now you all know National Day is at Rally Day on 22nd September 2018 at Castle Combe Race Circuit. A superb event, lots of cars, lots of track action, some pretty famous faces from the “Golden Years” of Rallying, and we have our own club pitch where we will all be parked up together. You should have all had an invitation in the post and those of you who want to attend, need to get in touch with us so we can send you the entry tickets you need.

If you attend with a Sunbeam Lotus, you get a ticket for the car plus driver. If you are a joint member, you can have an extra ticket for a passenger. If you are a family member, you can have extra tickets also. If you are NOT

COMING IN A SUNBEAM LOTUS – we will still give you relevant pedestrian entry tickets.

So get in touch ASAP. Many have asked about my Sunbeam recently now that Kieron’s car is done. It’s buried in one of my lockups that needs a weekend of clearing up and sorting out. I can then move it out of the doors and into my workshop to spend the 50 or so hours it needs to get back on the road.

Having it done for after Christmas is looking promising…but then again, I’ve been saying that since 2006. I’m all but done with racing a nitro funny car now, so a lot more time on my hands. It was something I had to do, the performance records are there, the fame of it is in the history books and can’t believe after deciding to do it in 2007 and debuting the car in 2013, the success of it all the past 5 years.

But, now it’s time to concentrate on my car collection and the Sunbeam Lotus will be first.

Finally, we are now actively looking for members to join the committee. The club is ever growing from strength to strength and every single one of us, however much effort we are able to apply, is doing an exemplary job keeping the club at the success level it has. But, more hands are needed. role related with a title or just a pair of hands to help out at events and to have a say in decision making. Please get in touch if you want to dedicate even a little of your free time for the love of our great cars.

That’s it from me. See you at National Day.

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The following shows the last submitted accounts for the Club as presented at the recent AGM :INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ended 31st August 2017

2017

2016

Sales of parts, accessories, merchandise etc Cost of sales Gross profit Other income Subscriptions Expenditure Club magazine Postage Stationary Club events Telephone Motor & travelling expenses Subscriptions Donations Equipment Storage Miscellaneous (incl. website) Total Excess expenditure over income

£4,921 £3,900 £1,021

£19,104 £9,824 £9,280

£7,215

£6,645

£3,867 £3,819 £131 £263 £25 £528 £3,228 £1,814 £229 £206 £532 £455 £591 £569 £0 £500 £0 £1,935 £640 £520 £2,193 £227 £11,436 £10,836 -£3,200 £5,179

BALANCE SHEET as at 31st August 2017 31-08-17 31-08-16 £0 £0

Fixed assets CURRENT ASSETS Stocks Debtors Cash at bank & in hand

CREDITORS Falling due within one year Net current assets less £1 share capital Taxation

£5,686 £0 £4,524 £10,210

£4,110 £0 £10,364 £14,645

£301 £9,908 £33

£1,503 £13,141 £1,229

Joint members Honorary members

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MEMBERSHIP as at 6th August 2018 Full members Family members

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OLD GITS HOT & BOTHERED AND SO IT WAS just three weeks on from Monteberg Short Rally and we were off to Belgium for round 3 of the Flanders International Rally Challenge (FIRC), ORC Canal Rally. Based in the town of Oostrozebeke over the late May Bank Holiday weekend the rally consisted of 3 stages, each run 4 times giving a total of 81km of special stages.

We set off on Friday and after the long trek across from Somerset went straight into the service area in the town centre to claim our space for the weekend, we then had a couple of beers before heading off to our accommodation. For this event we were staying on a large Belgian canal boat moored on a wide and busy working canal which was somewhat different to your

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average hotel room.

Saturday morning was a fairly leisurely start with signing on and scrutineering followed by lunch before we were allowed to start our recce at 1:00pm. The first 2 stages were traditional Belgian closed road stages but the third stage was 4 laps around an industrial area and used part of a cement plant, which was included as the organisers had lost one of the traditional closed road stages from previous years. It had a chicane, together with some of the split/merge areas marked out with huge concrete blocks. As I’d actually done significant damage against some of these blocks last year, I was a little apprehensive.

The running order was a format that has been used quite widely in Belgium, with the historics

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running first on the road in reverse seeding order, followed by the moderns running in normal seeding order. This means you start with slower cars and get faster before the traditional seeding of the moderns, and with the top historic finishing 7th o/a there is no sudden increase in pace when the moderns come through. (So now you can see where the MSA and Dave Richards got the idea from). It also meant we started early and so were up at 6:00am on Sunday morning.

There were some dark clouds around as we set out on the first loop of 3 stages and also the occasional bolt of lightning, but it was very hot and bone dry. We had a high speed spin on the first stage due to an intercom issue which meant I was struggling to hear the pace notes, but more worryingly the generator light started flickering and as we tackled stage 2 it got worse, and the voltmeter showed the battery was not charging. There was a long road section to stage 3, the industrial park and with the battery showing around 11 volts we started to wonder how far we would get before it went completely flat. Then it rained. Hard. And we had a very slippery cement plant to negotiate complete with big concrete blocks. Well I now know what ice racing is like! We got around it OK, but did scatter some 45 gallon drums on a long tightening left hander.

We made it back to service with the battery actually charging up a bit, showing 13 volts at one point. By the time we got there it was drying up fast so there was no need to worry about tyres and with just 15 minutes we could concentrate on sorting our electrical problem, which we did

by replacing the connection on the alternator and the main cable to the starter. Sorted, in the nick of time.

We completed the next 2 loops of stages without any further problems, except for the heat, which, with the temperature up in the high 20’s was quite extreme inside the car, wearing full fireproof underwear and overalls, including balaclava and gloves.

Then, on the penultimate stage we ground to a halt and the engine was refusing to start.

Despite lagging the fuel pipes and the fuel pump and filter it was a recurrence of the problem we had on Monteberg which we had I had put down to fuel evaporation, but obviously it was something else. As I was frantically pressing the starter and turning the cut out off and on I suddenly realised – Fuel Pump! I got out, fiddled with the connections and hit it a few times, got back in and it fired up and we went, finishing the stage having lost around 3 minutes. The same thing happened again on the final stage around the cement works meaning we lost another 2 or 3 minutes, dropping us down to 73rd o/a, but at least we finished, and with nothing to loose, we were able to play to the crowd!

Despite the problems a brilliant event which fitted the FIRC mantra perfectly – Hot Stages, Cold Beers, Good Vibes.

OLD GIT,

Scattering oil drums leaves its mark

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WHATS ON SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2018 22ND SEPTEMBER SLOC NATIONAL DAY & AGM - RALLYDAY CASTLE COMBE RACE CIRCUIT - SN14 7EY

All Members have been sent an Invite in the post, for more details see back cover.

29TH SEPTEMBER LOTUS 70TH FESTIVAL – HETHEL NORFOLK - NR14 8FB

If members wish to attend they will only be able to do so if they bring their Sunbeam Lotus to be part of the club display. We would like to have a decent display of cars, and it is rare to have the opportunity to attend an open house at Hethel (factory, workshops and design studios will be open plus on-track activity). If interested and for more details contact Graeme Lawton historian@sunbeamlotus.com

7TH OCTOBER BICESTER SCRAMBLE – BICESTER HERITAGE CENTRE - OX26 5HA 9th/11th NOVEMBER LANCASTER INSURANCE CLASSIC CAR SHOW – NEC HRCR

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13th-16th September 4th – 7th October 25th – 28th October 15th – 18th November

F1

14th - 16th September 28th - 30th September 5th – 7th October 19th – 21st October 26th – 28th October 9th – 11th November 23rd – 25th November

Rally Turkey Rally of Wales Rallye de Espana Kennards Rally Australia Singapore GP Russian GP Japanese GP US GP Mexican GP Brazilian GP Dubai GP

BTCC

15/16th September Silverstone 29/30th September Brands Hatch

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Clubman’s Rally Championship 1st September Vale of Clywd Historic Rally Llanferres - www.cvmc.org.uk 29th September Tour of Cheshire Classic Rally Whitchurch www.tourofcheshire.co.uk 20th October Devils Own Rally Crooklands Hotel, LA7 7NW www.devilsownrally.co.uk Stage Masters Rally Challenge 13th – 15th September Rally Isle of Man www.rallyisleofman.co.im

28th October Cheviot Stages Rally Otterburn - www.cheviotstages.org.uk

13/15th September Rally Isle of Man www.msabrc.com/rallies

11th November Wydean Rally Forest of Dean - www.wydeanrally.com

4th/7th October Targa Florio Palermo Sicily www.targa-florio.it

1st/2nd December Killarney Stages Killarney www.killarneyanddistrictmotorclub.ie

4th/14th October Mondial de L’Auto Paris www.mondial-paris.com

OTHER EVENTS

3rd November Regent Street Motor Show Central London W1B 4EA www.regentstreetmotorshow.com

8th/9th September Goodwood Revival Chichester West Sussex PO18 0PX www.goodwood.com 8th September Forge Action Day Castle Combe Circuit SN14 7EY

3rd/4th November Classic Vehicle Restoration Show Royal & Bath Showground Shelton Mallet BA4 6QN www.bristolclassiccarshows.com

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OLD GITS TAKE THEIR ‘T’ STRAIGHT

WITH THE FIRST 4 ROUNDS of the Flanders International Rally Challenge held over a mere 8 weeks it was always going to be somewhat hectic, and so it was. Just 8 days after getting home from ORC Canal Rally, I set off again for Rally van Wervik. With a new fuel pump fitted and new alternator ordered, plus an oil change, I set off on the Tuesday morning to go via Hounslow and get

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the prop shaft balanced, something that has been need for several events. Having dropped the prop off on Tuesday I spent a very leisurely Wednesday strolling the banks of the Thames between Chertsey and Shepperton Lock before collecting it on Thursday morning. It was then down to Grahame Standen’s workshop in Marden to get a cable made up to enable the new alternator to be

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fitted prior to the start. I then collected co-driver Rob Thompson from Ashford and we caught the 18:35 sailing to Calais. Service crew Steve Hodgson had caught an earlier sailing along with Team Welfare Officer, Jane, AKA ’the wife’.

Rob and I arrived at the farmhouse we had rented to find the others already sitting on the porch drinking beer and so were quick to join

them.

Friday morning we left Steve to fit the prop shaft and new alternator (which Jane brought out) whilst we went into the town of Wervik to collect the road book This took longer than expected due to numerous roads being closed, one way streets and very little parking. Whilst we were doing this, Steve had found a fuel leak in one of the Dellorto carburettors and pinned it down to a holed diaphragm. We asked around in the service area but with most modern cars being fuel injected and most older cars running Webers we were never going to find anyone with a spare.

Anyway, with the help of Janes dress making skills a new diaphragm was fabricated from a heavy duty rubber glove found in a barn on the farm (no telling where that may have been) and the leak was cured! Although we did still have a bit of a misfire. Whilst all this was going on we undertook our recce/pace note writing of the route.

Signing on and scrutineering were quite smooth and efficient, but quite late for us as we were seeded 147 out of 165 entries, including 59 British crews as it was a round of the MSA Protyre British Tarmac Championship, so loads of Skoda and Fiesta R5’s at the front.

Saturday morning was a rather leisurely start for us and it was around 11:00 am before we actually started the first stage. The format was 3 stages, all very close to Wervik, each run 4 times with around an hours service between each loop.

It was a bit cooler than the last 2 events with temperatures in the low 20’s rather than 30+ degrees. We completed the first 2 stages without incident, including the corner at the end of a length of gravel road where I destroyed the car in 2009, but stage 3….

Stage 3 was a 2 lap affair and had some HUGE cuts and a very rough section of tarmac. I was concentrating on driving across the corner of a field and rejoining on a huge camber, (which we later found had broken a front rim) and possibly

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not thinking far enough ahead. We had it noted as ‘flat crest into turn square right’. Well it wasn’t a big crest, but just a slight brow which meant the square right only came into view at a point where the braking distance was far to short to have much affect. So it was a classic ‘straight on at T’, fortunately into a nice soft ploughed field, which, with the help of spectators, we were soon out, only loosing around 40 seconds.

The rest of the day passed without any further issues and the cuts on SS3 got wider and deeper, so much so that on the last run we opted to stay on the tarmac and were some 8 seconds quicker! But we did bend another rim. By the time we finished it was well past 9pm and so it was a couple of beers at the finish before heading back to shower and a barbeque which meant it was well after midnight before we got to bed.

Sunday was the long trip home and with the next event not for 8 weeks a chance for finances to recover and all the little jobs to get done on the car, starting with a full carburettor service.

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IF I WANTED TO WRITE SOMETHING

FOR THE SLOC”?

SURE. I LOVE TO WRITE. I might be a bit rusty, I mean, been ages since I worked international and therefor wrote and spoke English all the time. But I suppose you will forgive all the errors I will make. And then for a Sunbeam Lotus club! Such a lovely idea. Since a Sunbeam Lotus is the car I am racing now for aprox. 20 years.

Let me briefly introduce myself; My name is Anita Renes, 46 years old. From the Netherlands, married, and we have one charming daughter, age 15. Almost 16, she would say. My husband Ron also races the Sunbeam now and then, and in

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that case I take the Lotus Esprit SE Highwing, a factory build racecar from ’91. We have one other Sunbeam Lotus, which originally was a street car (Black-Silver) but this will be transformed into a racecar also. When? No clue. It’s standing in a corner. We did fit in a beautiful new cage, but that is all.

The Sunbeam Lotus we now race was originally a (Dutch) rally car. We bought it around 22 years ago. Initially we did…”Slalom”.

NO clue what that is in English. Google translate says “Slalom” So Slalom it is! Those were nice times. WE had the Sunbeam Lotus, in the

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now the 1000cc Sunbeam, where the complete suspension in the back was removed, a hole from 1m2 was cut in the floor, is sold as Sunbeam Lotus. It is a turquoise car, so be aware. It even was offered for sale to us… As original Sunbeam Lotus of course.

Anyway. Everyone around us started to get their race license, so we thought.. let’s do that too.

And so we did, in 1998! Since then we adapted the car more to race usage, and around 5 years later (when the engine died for the so maniest time.. we weren’t running with a dry sump in the beginning) we bought the Lotus Esprit.

We drive with the YTCC, a youngtimer club where all cars between 1960 and 1990 are welcome, as long as the looks are time-period, and preferably the technics also. Although

beginning I had a Sunbeam TI (But someone was really a fan of that car and bought it from me), so I then drove the Sunbeam Lotus, and my husband built a Sunbeam 1000cc where he putted a 2.0ltr Opel engine in the back. Now that was a car! Not for the track though… as it was simply not made for that. Unfortunality that car, when we sold it, went from hand to hand, and at the end some smart guy built in a Lotus Engine. SO

that last thing isn’t not the main priority. This results in a field with 40% Porsches, 10% BMW’s and then “the rest”. I can tell you, it is the most varying field you will find anywhere all over the world! Trabants drive in the same field as 800BHP cars! And all this without (big) crashes.

Ofcourse, sometimes things happen, but basically this is gentlemen racing. Erm. Gentle-lady racing! Whatever. I am sure you get the point.

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So I am so lucky to drive with this club, the last 8 or 9 years, visiting tracks such as Hockenheim, Le Mans, Spa-Francorchamps, Dijon, Nürnburgring, and this year, for the first time, Brands Hatch!

Must admit, the club has been there years ago, but then I thought.. no. Really way too far, too expensive to travel and too much of a hassle to get there.

But I was told, if I get the chance, I really should drive there. So all right. This time we made plans, booked the boat and there we go!

Off to Brands Hatch.

The journey was more then ok, a 4 hour drive, halfway coffee, and then you hop on the boat, again time for coffee and then just an hour more to the track. DIdn’t took me long to decide that when I will visit the UK this summer with my

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doughter, it won’t be with my car! This driving on the right side is really complicated. While in the past I was often for work in the UK, but I suppose in the back of a taxi its easyer?

Anyway, we made it to the track, where one of our racefriends kept some space for us. He has, just like us, Mike Taylor from Lotusbits.com as supplier (and for him also as engine builder) and we thought it would be nice if we could finally meet at Brands Hatch. So we putted the tents next to each other, just like the cars.

And then you are on an English track with an English car! It really felt good. And such a lovely people everywhere! Also with the briefing, it showed how nice the people are. And, that this person understood where it is all about at the YTCC; having fun!!

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The core of the collection is made up of 250,000 engineering drawings on drafting linen, acetate film and micro-fiche. These items include material dating from 1934 through to Peugeot ownership.

In addition we have a large photographic negative collection from the late 1960s though to the early 1980s and further archive material is being added as it is made available to us.

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AN INTERESTING TURN OF EVENTS IF YOU HAVE BEEN A MEMBER for a while, you might recall that some years ago the club acquired a set of timing equipment from Mick Linford, who had taken over Des O’Dells role at Peugeot. This was used by the team going back many years to record acceleration times while testing cars. It had “No2” engraved onto it, which always made me wonder what had happened to “No1”. Well, in 2016 a strange thing happened...

I had followed a link to an auction website where a Lotus Excel was coming up for sale; I wasn’t looking to buy as I already have one, but I am always interested to see other cars. While on the site, though, I noticed that the auction contained a memorabilia sale, and that’s an area

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where I am always interested! Looking through the lots, I came upon something that looked remarkably familiar; it looked just like our timing equipment, and it had “No1” marked on it!

“Crikey”, was my first thought. This couldn’t actually be “our” missing item, could it? It looked just like it, and the markings were spot on. What was I to do? The auction was the next day, about 150 miles away. Well, what do you do? You take the day off, and drive down there to buy the thing, that’s what!

Getting there early was the order of the day.

I didn’t want to miss out, after all. No delays on the journey meant that I was rather early for my lot, though, and waiting around only allowed me to look at the cars for sale (thankfully not going under the hammer until the evening) and the various boxes of parts. Of course, I

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made a few half-hearted bids on some lamps and sundries but sat patiently until the timing equipment came up. Listed as a scratch-built

why would anyone want that old thing? thing, with no provenance or any history, I hoped that it wouldn’t be the subject of a bidding war.

Thankfully, only one other person bid and after some to-ing and fro-ing the hammer fell with my arm still in the air. Success!

Picking it up for the first time (to the line “why would anyone want that old thing?” from the youngster to whom I gave my payment receipt) only confirmed my thoughts that this was definitely the matching piece to “No2”, which I just happened to have in the boot of my car.

Sitting them side-by-side brought another silly smile to my face, and I duly trundled off for the long trip home, nothing else bought.

“No1” will now sit in my collection (with the blessing of the club); I had previously thought about making a replica of No2 but now I have my own proper version, and I intend to repair and replace the watches that are broken or of the wrong type. It will, of course, always be available for club displays, if required. The question is, was it used by the Comps Dept? Well, I recently had a chat with Phil Davison on that very subject (Phil – being nice and light - used to sit alongside Bernard Unett during car testing, operating the equipment and writing down the times as they went; the accompanying photo taken by Fred Gallagher shows Phil holding a timing unit during a test session, stood next to Jack Walton, a 1600cc Sunbeam and what is likely to be the Avenger that was the first road car fitted with a Lotus engine): Phil’s recollection was that there was only one timing unit in the department, which Bernard kept tucked away. No2 is definitely that unit. Phil doesn’t know the origins of the device but suggested that Bernard might have brought it with him from the Experimental Department. If that’s the case, presumably No1 had stayed there.

The accompanying photo shows both units, and I have created a set of instructions for using them, just in case you were trying to figure it out; it’s proper, old-school ingenuity!

Now, if only these things could talk and give us an insight into what they have experienced over the years...

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For all Voucher Enquiries, please contact Halfords for Business on 0845 0778851, and we will be happy to help.

Note to store: Please scan the barcode to deduct the 10% discount.

Valid until 30.09.2018.

Customer may retain voucher for future use

Terms & Conditions: This voucher entitles you to 10% off in-store at Halfords.

Voucher expires 30.09.2018. It cannot be used in conjunction with any other voucher, colleague discount or exchanged for cash.

This voucher will only be valid when supported by proof of entitlement (ie. Staff ID, payslip, membership card).

CONTACT: Mike Trim unless otherwise stated.

SLOCPARTS AMIL WHEEL CENTRE CAPS

Satin Black AMIL wheel centre caps, identical to the originals by using the “metal spinning” process Price £15 each or £50 for 4 or £60 for 5, all plus postage.

WORKS RALLY DECALS

These are available from Graeme Lawton.

Please contact him directly; his details are inside the front cover.

S1 TALBOT BADGE

New bonnet badges are available for £20 including postage within UK.

SERIES 2 TALBOT BADGES

STRIPES

These are available from David Moodie.

Please contact him directly; his details are inside the front cover.

We have available a decal set to refurbish your existing badge. These are available from Graeme Lawton. Can you please contact him directly. His details are inside the front cover.

DEALER STICKERS – for your rear hatch glass How about some originality? We can now replicate all your rear window dealer stickers.

We have done two so far and we can do any others depedant on demand. Let us know if you want one of the existing ones or if you would like us to do one for you that we don’t already have. Price £10 inc. UK P&P The club also has a supply of the red alloy carburettor warning plates at £3.00 each for adding that final touch to your engine bay.

May not fit aftermarket air filters please check first!

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UNDER BONNET DECALS and CARB PLATES The club now has the following under-bonnet decals in stock @ £3.00 each.

SERIES 1:

ASHLEY

COMPETITION EXHAUSTS They offer a discount to SLOC members Ashley have produced a “works style”manifold based on a genuine works exhaust manifold.

This manifold is fitted with a 2.25” outlet to suit their competition system sold separately.

The road exhaust is a three box system.

Contact: Brian Ashley directly (01922 720767)

PARTS (CHRYSLER/MOPAR).

SCREENWASH FLUID. NB: Antifreeze decal now in stock.

AVAILABLE from SLOC

SERIES 2:

Period Tax Disc Disc

PARTS (TALBOT) SCREENWASH FLUID. The Engine Oil Level decal for the standard airbox (S1 and S2) is out of stock but please contact me if you are interested in fitting this decal.

with withwhatever whatever vehicle details detailsyou youwant. want.

You Youcan caneven even choose your yourown ownpostmark! postmark! £10 £10 will get you you66discs discs (all the same) same) and andaa FREE FREE Club Tax TaxDisc DiscHolder Holder Contact Contact chairman@sunbeamlotus.com chairman@sunbeamlotus.com ororgive give Perry a call callone oneevening evening

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NEW RALLY POSTER BOARDS 10 Looking for a nice PICTURE for your STUDY OR GARAGE WALL? HOW ABOUT AN EXCLUSIVE?

PLUS POSTAGE

Professionally printed onto A3-sized foam board of 5mm thickness, these posters are an update to one created by Talbot during 1981; originally “Talbot Lead World Rally Championship”, we have taken it beyond the RAC Rally and produced a special version noting all of the events from that triumphant rally season.

The fact that it is on foamboard means that you don’t need a frame; simply fix to the wall using your preferred hanging device.

Yours for an absolute bargain of £10 plus postage.

CONTACT GRAEME TO ORDER

FIBERGLASS PARCEL SHELVES

Currently out of stock. When we have received 10 expressions of interest, we will have another batch manufactured.

These parcel shelves include the hinge pins but not the support strings, see photo’s.

The price is £200.00 + £22.00 carriage for a parcel shelf covered in carpet material and £350.00 + £22.00 carriage for a shelf flocked.

The price difference is because the process of applying the flock covering is expensive.

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SERIES 2 HEADLIGHTS

Unfortunately, whilst the sample was satisfactory, the production batch of re-silvered headlights has proved to be unsatisfactory. Efforts continue to find a suitable supplier is continuing.

TOP & BOTTOM HOSES

We have in stock top & bottom radiator hoses.

These are £10 each & £6.00 p&p.

SEAT FABRIC

The club finally has a supply of the correct shark grey seat fabric for Series 1 cars. This new fabric is ONLY available to club members.

The club still has a supply of the correct Piccadilly seat fabric for Series 2 cars. This new fabric is ONLY available to club members Both fabrics are durable, colourfast and fire resistant and has all the necessary approvals, unlike previously available material and is and will not fade, slip or tear.

The cost for both is £220.00 + £40.00 carriage for sufficient material to re-trim both standard front and rear seats.

WINDOW RUNNERS

The window runners are made of high grade stainless steel and will last the life of the car. The cost is £80.00 plus £7.50 p & p (and that is £10.00 less than the normal price).

We have a few pairs left and are not sure if we could match this price again in the future, so if you need one (and you will need one, it’s just a matter of time and we’ve never seen one in good condition come out of a Sunbeam), get in touch with Mike Trim. These runners come with the rubber seals, which will also be shot.

BREATHERS/FLAMETRAPS

They are filled with oil vapour gauze filters and can be removed, opened, cleaned and replaced.

The filters can also be replaced if required.

They are £85 each + £5 p&p to UK addresses.

Contact Mike Trim for further information.

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£15

MERCHANDISE

£5 Leather key fobs with either club or Talbot logo. EACH

£15

Professionally printed poster on heavy photo paper, 42cm x 59cm.

BLANK KEYS - These are the correct type for your Sunbeam Lotus as available in period. £5

EACH

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£6

EACH

£12 EACH

If there is an item of clothing that you wish to buy with club branding, please let us know and we’ll see if we can supply it. We are continually looking for new items to produce.

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ADVERTISE IN

SLOC NEED A DESIGNER?

Have your advertisement designed professionally for just

£

25

Speak to

angela@292graphics.co.uk

All members’ private adverts are free of charge.

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For legal reasons all adverts must be made in writing, no adverts will be accepted over the telephone, please contact the editor if you have any queries and for final copy dates.

When following up on any adverts seen in this magazine please quote it as your source The Sunbeam Lotus Owners’ Club is Recognised by the Motor Sports Association, and is a member of the Association of Rootes Car Clubs, the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs and the Association of West Midlands’ Motor Clubs. ©Copyright Sunbeam Lotus Owners’ Club Limited 2015. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without prior permission from the editor/chairman.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS are pleased to hear from any members who need help or advice or simply want a chat, but please bear in mind that we have jobs and busy lives away from the club, are sometimes away from home and some have young families; all calls should be made before 9pm.

If the person that you want is not in when you call, please ring again where possible rather than asking for a call back. If you do leave a message on an answer ‘phone remember to include your name, membership number and time/date of the call, and say what you were calling about. It will save time on the second call if the committee member knows what to expect and can be prepared for the next contact. If you are unable to contact the person by telephone, try sending an e-mail (or letter!) or try another committee member. Please ALWAYS include your name and membership number in the subject line of

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any e-mail you send to the committee; failure to do so may result in the message being deleted without being read, due to problems with spam and virus e-mails.

Unfortunately, genuine messages are still caught by spam filters so if you do not receive a reply within a week, please send your message again. Thank you for your co-operation.

The SLOC does not necessarily agree with the opinions expressed in this magazine. The club committee members, officials of the SLOC and contributors can not be held responsible for any loss, injury or damage alleged to have been caused by following/responding to advice or advertisements in this publication (including accompanying leaflets). All advertisements are published in good faith and the club, committee members and officials of the SLOC can not be held responsible for any financial loss arising out of any subsequent transactions.

The editor reserves the right to edit any letters and/or articles submitted.

Copyright ownership of all text submitted shall pass to SLOC unless by alternative arrangement.

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