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British Bikes / Re: volkswagen sunbeam s7
« on: May 01, 2013, 11:11:38 AM »
Well, that's made me feel a lot better (NOT) -- seeing that VW engined Douglas went for just £402 at Stafford ! My VW Sunbeam (£2k ouch!) uses the Sunbeam gearbox (not sure which ratio) and the VW clutch....via a Bendix servo. I'm still waiting to hear from a VW guru whether the engine is OK or not.....meanwhile other projects call.

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British Bikes / Re: volkswagen sunbeam s7
« on: April 15, 2013, 01:03:49 PM »
I've had the S7 a couple of years -- not done too much with it: 180 mile round trip in a day is about the max. I'm not much of a mechanic so I'm happy that it's proved reliable, comfortable etc so far. But asking 75mph of it is a bit too optimistic (!) -- it'll cruise "all day" at 55mph quite happily. It's the SOF's 50th anniversary this year so I hope to get to a few of their rallies. Lovely bikes -- wish I had an S8 too.....the best value British classic bike you can buy now ?

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British Bikes / Re: volkswagen sunbeam s7
« on: April 13, 2013, 03:19:51 PM »
I have a standard S7 (in which I use the Lucas heavy Duty Stabilizer oil)........and the VW/Sunbeam 'in boxes' which will be fitted with a Ural conversion bevel drive.......eventually.

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British Bikes / Re: volkswagen sunbeam s7
« on: April 12, 2013, 07:38:39 PM »
I think neat Lucas Heavy Duty Oil Stabilizer is the SOF oil of choice for the bevel drive. No sulphur to attack the bronze ?

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British Bikes / Re: volkswagen sunbeam s7
« on: April 11, 2013, 12:58:07 PM »
The VW engine installed is, I believe, a 1955 1200cc Beetle engine which produces an arm-wrenching 25hp.......exactly the same as the  original Sunbeam 500cc motor does. I'm sure I've read that the Sunbeam worm-drive isn't actually as bad as folklore has come to suggest......and anyway, some gifted engineer from the SOF has produced a v limited number of Ural bevel-drives adapted to fit Sunbeams......and I happen to have one of them !

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British Bikes / Re: volkswagen sunbeam s7
« on: April 11, 2013, 08:11:33 AM »
This is how it looked.........but "in boxes" now:

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British Bikes / Re: volkswagen sunbeam s7
« on: April 09, 2013, 06:20:47 PM »
MisterT, I presume you had no replies to this post ?! Did your father-in-law subsequently sell on this bike -- I have just bought a VW engined S7 (POC nnn)........it was sold by VRN Ltd (?) in 2012 and I have just bought it from that owner.....unfortunately it is now 'dismantled into boxes'. I'd be interested to hear anything that you found out about the bike. Did it run when your father-in-law had it ?!

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