{"id":650,"date":"2013-02-11T19:40:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T09:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=650"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:56:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:56:22","slug":"sunbeam-asp-cub","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=650","title":{"rendered":"Sunbeam Asp &#038; Cub"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-size: 1.285714286rem; line-height: 1.6;\">1963<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/models\/asp.jpg\" \/><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The stillborn Asp was intended as a baby sibling to the Alpine. It was based on Imp running gear and it appears Rootes were undecided on whether to use a steel or fibreglass body. It was to be available in a closed model (Asp) and an open model (Cub). There are suggestions that the Cub would have used a different layout to the Asp, being mid-engined.<\/p>\n<p>Had it reached production it would have been targeted at the MG Midget\/Triumph Spitfire market. According to reports it was indecently fast for its size.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly only one (or possibly two?) was built before Chrysler cancelled the project. The prototype was sold to Alan Fraser&#8217;s racing team who were interested in putting it into production, however nothing came of this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1963 &nbsp; &nbsp; The stillborn Asp was intended as a baby sibling to the Alpine. It was based on Imp running gear and it appears Rootes were undecided on whether to use a steel or fibreglass body. It was to be available in a closed model (Asp) and an open model (Cub). There are suggestions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=650\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sunbeam Asp &#038; Cub<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-650","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-au","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/650\/revisions\/651"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}