Sunbeam Stiletto Special c/w 1600 CVH engine

[HerbertD]

Thought that you might be interested in the Stiletto Special that I had for 4.1/2 years, but sold it to a guy in Southern Ireland who was going to strip it and use for historic rallying (Don't know if he ever did?!) I bought it from a retired automotive engineer who had converted it himself - using a 1600 CVH engine, beetle transaxle, Spax adjustables, front rad, alpina alloys(!) It was quick off the line, but somewhat under-geared, and the handling was on the interesting side of scary. Still I had alot of fun in it and had a memorable trip down to Le Mans, where the Hawaiian Tropic girls even posed on the bonnet, though I've lost the photos to prove it!!

[HerbertD]

The Braided pipes are the coolant pipes!! (en route to the front rad) The cabin certainly never got cold in the winter. I should have re-routed them through the sills, but unfortunately didn't get round to it.