Introduced in the autumn of 1930, the all-new Model 10 featured an overhead-valve twin-port engine incorporating an in-sump oil reservoir, while its conventional cycle parts were lighter than hitherto. One of the very earliest of its type manufactured, this rare example (the Model 10 was made for 1931 and ’32 only) has engine number ‘SS1001’, the first of the series, and frame number ‘R1004’. According to Dudley records, it was delivered new to Copes, Sunbeamland’s nearest dealers, and first registered on 2nd December 1930 to Robert Bustin of Inkerman Street, Wolverhampton. Used regularly in the Oxford area until the early 1950s, the bike subsequently ending up in Cambridge before falling into disuse. Rediscovered and rescued, it was totally restored during 2001/2002 and sold to a friend of the current owner at Bonhams’ sale of The Geeson Museum Collection on 29th March 2003 (Lot 247). At that time the machine was reported as seeing little use since completion, around 150 miles having been ‘clocked up’, mainly on local VMCC runs. One of only six Model 10s known to survive, it is offered with restoration invoices totalling in excess of £3,000 and Swansea V5 registration document.
Introduced in the autumn of 1930, the all-new Model 10 featured an overhead-valve twin-port engine incorporating an in-sump oil reservoir, while its conventional cycle parts were lighter than hitherto. One of the very earliest of its type manufactured, this rare example (the Model 10 was made for 1931 and ’32 only) has engine number ‘SS1001’, the first of the series, and frame number ‘R1004’. According to Dudley records, it was delivered new to Copes, Sunbeamland’s nearest dealers, and first registered on 2nd December 1930 to Robert Bustin of Inkerman Street, Wolverhampton. Used regularly in the Oxford area until the early 1950s, the bike subsequently ending up in Cambridge before falling into disuse. Rediscovered and rescued, it was totally restored during 2001/2002 and sold to a friend of the current owner at Bonhams’ sale of The Geeson Museum Collection on 29th March 2003 (Lot 247). At that time the machine was reported as seeing little use since completion, around 150 miles having been ‘clocked up’, mainly on local VMCC runs. One of only six Model 10s known to survive, it is offered with restoration invoices totalling in excess of £3,000 and Swansea V5 registration document.
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