One collector who seems to have a garage of his own in Goodwood is Julian Majzub. He demonstrated his passion for fast pre-war cars at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed going up the hill with a 1916 Sunbeam Indianapolis. With the same car, he had also competed at the 2016 Goodwood Members Meeting. Especially interesting about the car is its long taper-shaped back. The big deep-sounding engine is also worth to mention. But having read reports about vibration problems, the 4.9-liter six-cylinder twin-cam engine suffered in the period, it would be interesting to know whether Julian Majzub managed to overcome these issues today or not. Nevertheless, he managed this performing a fast ride uphill – as well as the fact that he has to rely on two-wheel brakes in the Sunbeam; a fact that makes the car – most likely – difficult to handle.
This remarkably original two owner machine finished 4th in the 1916 Indianapolis 500 driven by Josef Christiaens, it started 14th, averaged 79.435 mph, did 120 laps and won $2,000
https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/history/historical-stats/race-stats/race-results/1916
https://classiccartrust.com/news/2018/07/collectors-cars-2018-festival-speed/
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