This is a photograph that I
took at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting
at Oulton Park in August 1992.
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There's no number 201 listed in the programme of the event (and number 15 is a 1959 Cooper), but it's a 1914 Sunbeam Tourist
Trophy, one of three cars that Louis Coatalen entered for the 600-mile, two-day
1914 Isle of Man TT race. The car was not designed by Louis Coatalen, but he
borrowed a 1913 Peugeot and copied it, the only significant difference being an
increase in engine capacity to 3,255cc to bring it close to the 3.3 litres
allowed by the rules. Two of the cars dropped out of the race but the third
car, driven by Kenelm Lee Guinness, went on to win at 56.44 mph from two of the
Minervas. His race time was a formidable 10 hr 37 min 49 sec.
The car is currently taxed up
to June 2026, but the DVLA record shows that it is now coloured black.
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