cleaned up the Sunbeam

[DustinsDuster]

so the weather was nice out today, so i decided to finally clean up my Sunbeam and get a better idea what im working with. i was plesantly surprised on how clean the car is and how nicely it cleaned up. another added bonus was finding new weather stripping in the trunk; apparently my dad had plans of replacing the dry rotted stuff and never got around to it. anyway, theres before and after shots, check it out:

[biohazard]

Nice Dustin. Looking good.

[NewSpeedSteed]

Looking very good.

[ZEE]

Which ones are the after shots..........Kiddin. You know, Maxwell Smart drove one of them.

[DustinsDuster]

really? i used to watch that show all the time. i should check the boxes that were in it for a shoe phone...

[Drifte]

thats awesome. Is it in running drive-able condition? I should really bring that out this summer, it looks to be already restored.

[s13kid]

You have no idea how much I like that car. The body is so cool

[DustinsDuster]

thats awesome. Is it in running drive-able condition? I should really bring that out this summer, it looks to be already restored.

it hasnt ran in 15 years or so. it sat in my aunts garage for most of that time and i never cleaned it up at all until now. it was running when they parked it, but she told me it leaked 2 quarts of oil in the mile drive from my dad's house it hers, so im assuming theres a blown gasket somewhere. i want to try and get it running this summer, find the leak, and hopefully the engine wont have to come out to fix it.

as for restored, it isnt. from what i can tell, im pretty sure thats even the original paint. not bad for a 42 year old car...


You have no idea how much I like that car. The body is so cool

this is the car i want to get wheels similar to yours for- although id probably keep them silver.

thanks for all the kind words guys, im starting to get excited about this thing finally, heh.

[FiFdYnUtZ]

pretty cool car!

[K-ville]

ive always thought those were cool. then i saw one in carcraft or some mag a while back that made me love them! it had a sbf cobra style roll bar setup the thing was badazz

[K-ville]

smarts car

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp252/kvillestunter/tiger.jpg

and a random one

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp252/kvillestunter/untitled-1.jpg

[DustinsDuster]

i had plans to do a 5.0L swap into it, but when i found out how much i would have to chop it up to do it, i decided against it. its funny you bring up the rollbar, because i was thinking about doing that to my car- this is the inspiration:

http://i396.photobucket.com/albums/pp41/Nitramsalpine/000_0257.jpg

[DJ0820]

Needs champagne cooler/bottle/glasses in the center console.

[Domestic Disturbance]

That thing is clean! I love the old spoke wheels

[ZEE]

The Original Maxwell Smart sunbeam Tiger at the Smithsonian.

http://image.motortrend.com/f/8447727/112_0803_03z+smart_sunbeam+sunbeam_tiger_at_smiths onian.jpg

[brown7]

lookin good dustin. we totally need to go driving the rx7 and sunbeam together someday lol