Auburn Spring 2015
1948 Sunbeam S7
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$6,600 USD | Sold
| Auburn, Indiana
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In 1946 Sunbeam, the company founded in 1912, was now under the BSA banner and in that year unveiled an all-new 500-cc, the Sunbeam S7 to rave reviews thanks in great part to its powerplant, an-line, air-cooled monobloc, OHC short-stroke twin-cylinder engine. Its unique appearance included a deep car-type sump beneath the fully balanced crankcase, all in all described then as “an outstandingly beautiful creation.”
Furthermore it was rubber-mounted in the frame, very novel at the time. It also featured a car-type clutch and close-ratio gearbox plus shaft-drive and relatively “fat” tires that gave the bike a massive look. In fact, it was the first completely new post-war motorcycle and “owing nothing to any machine that gone before.” So impressive was the machine that one was offered to Britain’s war hero Lord Montgomery.
This example wears the correct Deluxe Model’s “Mist Green” paint scheme. Hailing from the Sigal Collection, it appears to be in original fine fettle condition with the odometer showing 33,819 miles.
