MEMBERS FEATURES

We invite all Harrington owners to submit the story of their cars so we can build the full history of the cars. The current list of features articles includes:
  • Alpine at Le Mans by Justin Harrington, describing the factory entries between 1961-1963
  • Success at Le Mans by Clive Harrington
  • Jerry Logan's Saga by Jerry Logan, describing the story of the acquisition of his "Car and Driver" Harrington Le Mans
  • The Replica by Mel Clark and Gavin Campbell, describing the painstaking recreation of the 9201RW Le Mans Kamm Tail
  • The 1962 RAC Rally by Graham Gauld, describing the exploits of Harrington Le Mans cars 2EGG and MEL63
  • Glenn's Story of 536CNW by Glenn Brackenridge, written in answer to a request on the Internet for information from the inline magazine OldClassicCarUK
  • 3000RW in the USA by JA, describing his acquisition of 3000RW and its first US outing at the Mt Equinox Hill Climb
  • Rita's Story By the late Rita Brissenden, describing Bob's passionate restoration and tuning of his HLM, 177RNK
  • A False Tiger A by Jan Iggbom, describing the story of a Tiger Harrington conversion intended to fool the Sunbeam community
  • A False Tiger B by Jan Iggbom, describing the story of another Harrington to Tiger conversion intended to fool the Sunbeam community - subsequently purchased and enjoyed by Jan himself without any pretence of it being a factory prototype
  • Steering Wheels by Jan Iggbom, describing the steering wheel options for the various Harringtons
  • MEL63 by Ian Spencer/Jan Iggbom, asking whatever happened to MEL63, followed by its subsequent rediscovery and restoration
  • A True Rally Car by Alan Jones, describing the probable progress of Sunbeam Alpine 6969EL, from International Rally car through Harringtons for a customer conversion to Harrington Alpine USY266
  • A Promotional HLM by Jerry Logan, describing the promotional HLM's sent to the USA by Rootes
  • Bob Avery's Harrington Alpine, Car #55 by Ian Spencer/Jan, describing the reconstruction of Bob's ex-Sebring race car
  • The Other Prince William by Andrew Yates/Jan, describing the unfortunate Duke of Gloucester, a famous patron of the HLM, who died in a plane crash in 1972
  • The Horseman V8 HLM by Jan Iggbom/Jerry Logan (contributor), describing the story of the V8-converted HLM in Gulf racing livery which once belonged to John Horsman, former race car engineer and author of Racing in the Rain: My Years with Brilliant Drivers, Legendary Sports Cars, and A Dedicated Team.
  • Harpine Observations by Jerry Logan, with opinions on the falsification of vehicle details
  • The Rootes Competition Dept by Alan Knight, son of Bill, who was a mechanic in the pits for Rootes at the 1961 Le Mans race
  • 284WPH Sunbeam Harrington Le Mans - The story of Graham Haw's HLM, SAOC Concours winner in 2010 at the Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford, UK

 

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