MC's 1963 Sunbeam Apline Series 3
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VIN: B9200928 LRX sb ( Left hand drive, Roadster, non-standard; Sealed Beams)
Units
built: 5,863,
between Mar 1963 and Jan 1964
This one built week
of
4/8-4/12 1963, 191 built that week.
SAL: 025717
Motor: B9118381 (1/22-1/26 1962) {anyone know anything about the car this motor came from?}
Paint
: orginal
code= 68 (Autumn Gold Metalic), painted with Ford MoCo "Festiva Red"-
just just because
I
like the color.
This is how it begins:
Like an idiot, you can't just drive on by.. NO, you need to
stop..
You've fallen for this before- DON'T DO IT! Too late, you bought it!
Boxes and boxes of PARTS- some that don't even go to this car
(the owner just didn't want to go to
the dump, so he included them in the "deal").
So the fun begins:
Rust, dirt, spiders (I should have fumigated the car first,
daddy-long-legs really make a mess of a
paint-job). Now if I could just trade some of these mystery parts for
the ones I REALLY need..
Almost there:
Now we're getting somewhere! Good enough looking to move to
the front of the house. Let's see,
120 feet / 48 hours = 4.7 e-4 MPH! Look out land speed records. Front
brakes done, waiting for
rear shoes to show up. Time to tangle with the "Prince of Darkness" ie
Lucas Electronics, horns, turn
signals and wipers would be nice to have!
Uck! The color is NOT right. Let's strip it down an re-paint it a color
I like.
Latest work-
I got sick and tired of PPG not being able (or willing) to
match the original color, so it is now RED.
A very nice Ford red. Along with an alternator, Mikuni carb and a dual
braking system. While we're
at it, I'm tired of the Lucas distributor- lets put a Mallory Unilite
in it.
You're not expecting "After" pics are you?
These projects NEVER get completed.
Links:
http://sunbeamalpine.org/content.html
http://www.team.net/www/rootes/sunbeam/alpine/mk1-5/index.html
http://rootes.com/
http://classicsunbeam.com/