[Tigers] Sunbeam In Question

[FHSLOTH13 at aol.com]

As of about 18 months ago Schylling no longer makes the Sunbeam. I looked  
in their catalog as well as emailed them and the answer I got was that it 
was a  limited production item.
 
Fred Baum
 
 
In a message dated 2/27/2010 6:22:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jxnichols at sbcglobal.net writes:

According to what I read, Sunbeam funded and built it (called the  "Mystery"
"Slug")  with Sunbeam Matabele  12-cylinder  engines.  Sunbeam made airplane
engines back in the day that were used  in other airplanes.  Schylling 
makes a
12 inch tin windup model of the  car that is usually on Ebay.  It sells for
around $25 and is worth  buying if you are into LSR cars.


Sunbeam tried again in 1930 with  the Silver Bullet that did away with
radiators and used melted ice for  cooling. No radiators to reduce drag.  
The
car was designed to achieve  250mph but never went faster than 186mph at
Daytona Beach.  The car  was later scrapped.