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Title: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: billhaworth@aol.com on August 06, 2024, 07:54:20 PM
I am sure this question must have been answered before, but I haven't found it!
My grandson asked me today how many Sunbeams survive, so of all made, what proportion is still around and together (his question propmted by the fact that I am midway rebuilding a Model 9A from several boxes of (not always related) parts
I am interested to hear!

Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: Thomas on August 07, 2024, 10:20:11 AM
Well, you can consult the club homepage and see 1892 machines in the register. For the rest you can take it as the beloved Donald Rumsfeld:

...there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know.  8)
Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: billhaworth@aol.com on August 07, 2024, 12:27:20 PM
1892 machines in the registe ris agood start!
I think I remeber seeing number manufactured by model and year somewhere, so if I could find that again I'd have the other part of the answer!
Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: Thomas on August 07, 2024, 02:00:43 PM
QuoteI think I remeber seeing number manufactured by model and year somewhere,...
That's in the very same table...  ::)
Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: billhaworth@aol.com on August 07, 2024, 07:11:29 PM
i dont see it
Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: Thomas on August 07, 2024, 08:57:52 PM
You should see it here: https://marston-sunbeam.org/model-year-matrix/
Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: billhaworth@aol.com on August 07, 2024, 09:52:44 PM
I see that that tells us how many bikes are known to MSCR but I don't see the data on how many were actually manufactured
What am I missing?
Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: Thomas on August 08, 2024, 03:28:56 PM
Sorry, I have no idea.
Title: Re: known existing Marston Sunbeams
Post by: singleminded on August 13, 2024, 02:23:40 PM
As far as I understand all the factory records were destroyed or disappeared during the AMC takeover.

john