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Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM

RDW: Sunbeam Imp
Date 1st Admission: 09 Oct. 1971
Date start of last ascription: 12 March 2008
Colour: brown
Mass (empty vehicle): 694 kg
Mass (road ready): 794 kg

Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM; Going Dutch 2014, Koudum, Friesland
Going Dutch 2014: Koudum, Friesland
    Saturday 24 May 2014
The town of Koudum asked the Impers to make an exhibit on the Saturday in the main street, and we did.
Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM; Going Dutch 2014, Koudum, Friesland
Going Dutch 2014, Koudum, Friesland
 National Geographic ;-)
   
Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM; Go Imp 50
Go Imp 50, Coventry, 2nd-6th May
   Visiting Donington, 4th May 2013
Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM; Imp 12
Imp 12, Matlock (Derbyshire), Sunday August 5
    
Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM; Imp 12
Imp 12, Matlock (Derbyshire), Sunday August 5
   Rally plaque no.: 38
Make & Model: Sunbeam Imp
Colour: orange
No. of years owned: 5
Engine cc: 998

What attracted you to this car:
If you have to ask, you don't understand !

Claim to fame / any tales:
2011 Class winner (Competition Imps)

Restoration history, incl. engine modifications:
Full body restoration.
998 big valves; R21; Dellorto's; front rad; discbrakes; widened track (front & rear)
Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM; Imp 12
Imp 12, Matlock (Derbyshire), Sunday August 5
    

 

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Going Dutch 2012, Veluwe, 31 May - 4 June
 At the airborn museum (Battle of Arnhem)

Sunbeam Imp, 40-26-SM; Going Dutch 2012
Going Dutch 2012, Veluwe, 31 May - 4 June
 Yes, orange. Quite so.

"Een Prinse van Oranje
ben ik, vrij onverveerd"

"A prince of Orange
am I, free and fearless"

(from the dutch anthem)

Sunbeam Imp 40-26-SM, Imp 1
Imp 11, Bangor, August 6
  Saturday afternoon
Sunbeam Imp 40-26-SM, Imp 11
Imp 11, Bangor, August 8
  Leaving on the Monday afternoon, towing the Imp with an A-frame.
Imp 40-26-SM
Imp 11, Bangor, August 4
  Imp Cymru
Dutch rally: 7 hours of Emmeloord - Sunbeam Imp
bloemendal-fotografie.nl] 7 uren van Emmeloord, June 25, 2011
  

 

Dutch rally: 7 hours of Emmeloord - Sunbeam Imp
bloemendal-fotografie.nl] 7 uren van Emmeloord, June 25, 2011
  

Rally: De 7 uren van Emmeloord, 25 June 2011
Driver: Jaap ten Hoeve
Navigator: Harm J. van Dijk
Touring class
Competition no.: 148
Position: 5 (of 108)


Going Dutch 2011: Hengstdijk, May 28
  

Jaap ten Hoeve's sparkling new (Nov. 2010) Imp.


Going Dutch 2011: Hengstdijk, May 28
 

Going Dutch 2011: Hengstdijk, May 28
 

Going Dutch 2011: Hengstdijk, May 28
 

Going Dutch 2011: Hengstdijk, May 28
 

Literature

7 uren van Emmeloord / door Richard Bos. - Auto Motor Klassiek 28 (2012) no. 9 (sept). - p.62-63
On page 62 a photo of nearly half a page of 40-26-SM with Jaap (Cool Joe) at the wheel and Harm navigating. Caption: Despite the immense autosport history, the Hillman Imp is a rare appearance.



The Imp Site
   Events
      Going Dutch 2014, Koudum, Friesland
      Imp 12, Matlock, August 2-6
      Going Dutch 2012, Veluwe
      Imp 11: Bangor, August 4-8
      Going Dutch 2011: Hengstdijk, May 27-31
   Imp Gallery
      

Andy & Dom's site: 40-26-SM : Sunbeam Imp (63-68 Rootes)

© Franka
Edition: 13 July 2014
File started: 29 May 2011