Silverstone Classic


XRW 302 was on display and on the track at the Silverstone classic weekend 24 - 26 July. The display on the Rootes car club stand told the Sunbeam Alpine story in a line up of cars. It was the first time XRW 302 had got on the silverstone track in 45 years. Don Tarbun, chief test engineer on the Alpine development programme, was also reunited with prototype Alpine XRW 302 for the first time in 45 years. Even Don's wife remembers the car from it's Bernard Unett racing days. 'Bernard got us polishing the bonnet between races to make it go faster' she joked. Test driver Mike Adlington, who drove the very first prototype Alpine, also visited the display.

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  1. View Early morning arrivals
  2. View Mike Adlington Helps Gordon Jarvis set up the display
  3. View View of the stand
  4. View First generation Alpines
  5. View Hillman Husky. Alpine used the same floor pan
  6. View Rapier S III. Alpine used front axle, engine/ transmission
  7. View 1958 Prototype Alpine with Don Tarbun & Mrs Tarbun
  8. View Series 1 Alpine
  9. View Series II
  10. View Don with Harrington ex Le Mans Alpine
  11. View Series III
  12. View Series IV
  13. View A rare prototype Sunbeam Tiger Mark 1
  14. View Series V
  15. View Tiger V8 Mark II, last-but-one ever made
  16. View Don Tarbun inspects XRW302 with Rod Wallis
  17. View XRW 302 on display
  18. View Display of Alpine development
  19. View Mike Adlington, Alpine test driver with Rod Wallis
  20. View Don Tarbun being intervieved
  21. View Don Tarbun and Mrs Tarbun with Rod Wallis
  22. View Harrington being filmed for anniversary DVD
  23. View Rootes car club members
  24. View Don chatting to Rod
  25. View Presentation to Don Tarbun
  26. View XRW 302 lined up to go on the track
  27. View Ready to go on the track
  28. View Back on the Silverstone track after 45 years!
  29. View Racing Sunbeam Rapier in the paddock
  30. View View of the site from the trackside
  31. View Lotus Seven club
  32. View Ouch...
  33. View That hurt!
  34. View Bently
  35. View Pit picnic
  36. View Getting ready to race
  37. View Rolls Royce Silver ghost
  38. View silverstone
  39. View Opps !! Short cut on the grass
  40. View I'm stuck!
  41. View Back to the pits
  42. View Jags on the track
  43. View An ex Bernard Unett Sunbeam Tiger
  44. View Pussycat dolls come on stage
  45. View Pussycat dolls performed on Friday night

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