Description
Chassis Number: Bthe details belowD
Colour: Two tone grey/ black
Engine: 1725
Here we have a Stunning Sunbeam rapier with excellent paintwork all round comes with a massive history file please see photos. This Sunbeam has excellent interior and headlining Excellent chrome work to complement. PLEASE NOTE WITH HAVE MORE SUNMBEAM RAPIERS FOR SALE PLEASE RING FOR DETAILS.
Pending completion of the new Fastback Rapier, Rootes released one more update of the Sunbeam Rapier. In September 1965 they introduced the Series V version which looked exactly like the Series IV inside and out except for badges on wings and boot which now said "1725", revealing a re-developed engine.
Rootes redesigned the Rapier's four-cylinder engine to increase the capacity, with a new five main bearing crankshaft, making the unit stronger and smoother. This engine would be developed for many subsequent models. In the Series V Rapier the engine developed 91 hp (68 kW) at 5, 500 rpm.
To further update the car, they changed its polarity from positive to negative earth and fitted an alternator in place of the dynamo. They also devised a new twin pipe exhaust system so that the new engine could breathe more easily.
The effect of these changes was to increase the Rapier's maximum speed to 95 mph (153 km/ h) and reduce its time from rest to 60 mph (97 km/ h) to 14. 1 seconds. However, for all its improvements, the Series V just did not sell. By the time it was discontinued in June 1967, only 3, 759 units had been built, making it the rarest of all the "Series" Sunbeam Rapiers.
