1953 Sunbeam Alpine (Mark I roadster)

This 1953 Sunbeam Alpine is a rare and historically significant early British roadster, one of just 1,582 Alpines built between 1953 and 1955 on the Sunbeam-Talbot 90 platform. Previously used as a Valvoline promotional display vehicle, it later underwent an extensive multi-year refurbishment costing more than $208,000 and completed in 2025. The hand-formed Mulliners body was stripped, repaired, and refinished in elegant Ivory White, while the chrome was restored to concours-grade condition. Exterior details include a vented hood, chrome grille with badge bar, driving lights, fender-mounted mirrors, bumper overriders, black soft top, matching tonneau cover, and detachable side curtains, all combining to create a beautifully restored and rally-inspired open sports car.

The chassis retains its period-correct suspension design with front coil springs, rear semi-elliptic leaves, Armstrong lever shocks, and twin leading-shoe finned drum brakes. Power comes from the 2.267L inline-four with Stromberg carburetor, paired with a floor-shifted four-speed manual transmission. This drivetrain offers characterful, engaging performance that fits the Alpine’s lightweight sports-car personality and historic rally-bred roots. Red-painted steel wheels with chrome hubcaps and fresh Firestone whitewall tires complete the presentation and maintain the car’s correct period feel.

The interior was reupholstered in rich red and includes low-back bucket seats, matching door panels and carpets, a heater, locking glovebox, and dash-mounted rearview mirror. The painted banjo-style steering wheel and restored instrumentation reinforce the car’s authentic sporting charm. Accompanied by extensive documentation, manuals, photos, tools, and spare materials, this Sunbeam Alpine is a rare opportunity to acquire a very high-caliber restoration of a limited-production British classic with genuine historical significance and serious collector appeal.