TRR Motorsport History

The old Sunbeam shell was far past it's best. Full of ideas we decided to re-shell the rally car for the 2006 season. It took far longer than expected but the result is a car leagues ahead of the old girl she replaced. Stronger, Lighter, better engineered and most importantly faster, the TRR Motorsport Superbeam has done us proud, winning it's class first time out on the Bill Cammack Memorial Rally 2006  The budget was tight so no acid dipping here. Take one £50 sunbeam and 40kg of kiln dried sand, result? one bare metal teabag! The turrets were braced with Gartrac Escort strut-top plates. The inner wings had to be made up as well due to excessive corrosion. The front tie-bar mounts were braced to the front panel prior to shot-blasting As the car was seam-welded & braced either stone chip or primer was used to protect the shell prior to paint. The rear chassis legs were virtually rebuilt from scatch. Note the pop-riveted rear 1/4 repair! The rear arches were cut out and filled with sheet steel to prevent wider tyres fouling the bodywork MK1 Fiesta lower 1/4 panels were used to repair the Sunbeam. When cleaned up you can't tell they aren't original! Its hard to see here but every single seam on this shell has been stitched welded. It took ages to do but the shell feels 100% stiffer than our first car. The metal in so many areas on the shell was paper thin. The only was to repair them was to cut out the poor steel in sections. Just before paint. You can see the 'arched' rear quarters and opened out valance. Also note the hole behind the number plate. If it's not doing anything why not cut it out? Bless! The old shell as it's stripped prior to selling. Can anyone tell me what the front panel came from? 6:30pm Friday evening & the shell is being wrapped in tarpaulin to prevent moisture damage prior to paint. 8:30am Sunday morning and the shell is returned freshly painted after a night in the oven. Thanks Ian! The prototype Sunbeam roof vent after paint. A perfect fit! Assembly of the interior is well underway. note the clocks are mounted into Twin-Tek (space age stuff!) and the flocked dashboard. Simply-Sunbeams can Flock your dash for you. Willwood Dynalite calipers. Flipping Stupendous! The pads we use are secret (We can out-brake Imprezas with these fitted!) Did you know Escort roller top mounts fit a Sunbeam? Well you do now. The engine wasn't touched but a new gearbox was built with better gearing to cope with hairpins & runways used on single-venue stage rallies. We'd cut so much weight out of the new shell that the rear of the car sat 40mm higher on the same springs. Testament to now much effort was placed on removing un-necessary weight. Shame about the fat driver then! Almost finished and ready for graphics. Diluted Fairy Liquid & a credit card wrapped in kitchen roll can give you a professional finish to your stickers.   One completed Rally car, Fresh from a class win on her first event! Proof that Prior Preparation Prevents Piss-Poor Performance!     From Scamps to Land Rovers, Lotus, Peugeots, Sunbeams and MGBs. Two Reg Racing has been there and done it! We love playing with cars and the more interesting or pointless the better. The images below are a selection of the cars we've owned an some friends we've made along the way.   James' first Scamp, a MK3. Here at Prescott Hill Climb with his dad at the wheel James' MK2 'Pea' here with Darrell at the wheel & Stuart in the back Reg and his old Turbo Esprit. Loads of space in the boot! One of the perks of being the Scamp Club President ! James' old Lightweight. Very sadly missed.  Where are you now GOF 192V ? But replaced with this! The latest TRR Service Barge The infamous 'Pea'. Always good for a photo shoot! The Second of our Peugeot powered Scamps. There are only two of these in the world, both TRR creations Reg's Monster. The First Peugeot powered Scamp & now MI-16 = 160BHP The worlds most powerful Scamp. The first of our Sunbeam Rally cars. Not straight and a bit overweight. The current incarnation started as this one on the right! The best 4x4xFar. "Respect man, Respect!" Did we mention we Supercharge MGBs? This one was owned by James & has 145BHP!