198? Talbot Sunbeam - 4 YEAR PROJECT

[gazbeam]

just found the site and have spent the last hour reading some of the projects great stuff.ive been working on my sunbeam for the last 4 years and its nearing completion,still loads to do but the bulk has been done.ill post a few pictures up,its come a long way from a 1.6 brown auto to a cosworth turbo powered orange beast.. ;D ;D ;D ;D
cheers gaz

[gazbeam]

started life as a 1.6 auto in brown was bought to reshell my ti which was beyond repair.it had one owner and 46k on the clock if only the old boy knew what i had in mind don't think he would of sold it to me ha ha
the only pictures i have are a few mid prep 4 years ago..












painted it lambo burnt orange.







then it sat in the garage for a year or so not even opening the garage door on it .its so easy to lose your mojo with projects !!!!

then took the car to a friends unit for a few months to try to get the hard bits done


















then again went home and stayed in the garage for a few months
while doing the sunbeam also put together a mk1 golf for a bit of fun. I'm boring you with the sunbeam so may aswell put a few pictures of my golf aswell



anyway got the beam started again about 6 months ago
ill just put some pictures up of progress











desided to push the engine back abit to help with the clearence problems and chassis mounted it also.
then i bought a saphire cosworth alloy header tank and knotched the inner win as i was a bit tight for space .




then it was prep time




then a spot of paint






finally got my engine finished fully rebuilt,low comp pistons,new bearings seals ect. ;D ;D ;D



then just a case of throwing the engine and box in















and thats how it stands today .I'm in the prosess of doing the fueling at the minuite,ill post some pictures as i progress
man that was hard work four years worth in one post, hope you havent fell asleep ;D ;D ;D
cheers gaz

[An Fear Ó Dhoire]

Very sexy! What are you going to use it for? Not rallying perchance?

[dollywobbler]

Wow. Excellent second post! Stunning colour - should be a little bit nippy too!

[gazbeam]

just for the road and a bit at pod, maybe a few track days.should be quick and a bit of a handfull , but fun all the same ive got 1000 miles running it in to get used to it ;D ;D.got all my fueling stuff ready to go as soon as the weather picks up a bit,
alloy tank swirl pot ,044 pump and all the internal ptfe braided hoses. then next is to put my new quaiff axel on with the polly bushes and brace.and finally finish the cage and floor strengthing,
only body work bits to do is touch up a few knocks from storage and fit a carbon fibre bonnet.
cheers gaz

[fogey]

Superb

[mudbitz]

welcome
top dollar project mate

[retrowagen1234]

[gazbeam]

thanks for the coments. i feel like doing a bit again will post a few pictures of tomorrows progress,thanks again ..gaz

[ferret]

Now that is all kinds of awesome! I had a brown Chrysler Sunbeam for my first car and loved it. It ended up in grey and white primer patches in an urban camo stylee, a real shame I don't have any pictures...

Anyway, that looks hard as nails, good work

Nick

[UtterPiffle]

Oh my goodness! Absolutely inspirational.

[rysz]

Phenomonal! Couldnt believe the pics when I scrolled down and saw a YB!

Truly great.

Rysz.

[warnzee]

Love it.

Awesome work on the wing to get the header tank in like that.

Oh, and the rest of the car of course!

[tux]

Much awesomeness! Loving the choice of colour too.

Looking forward to seeing this one finished.

[bstardchild]

Class - that's gonna take some scalps on a track day

[gazbeam]

should be quick if i can keep it in a straight line . my golf is hard enough with 140 at the wheels and front wheel drive,so 300 + through the rear wheels should be fun ;D ;D . carnt wait
cheers for the comments ..gaz

[tux]

Ah yes, speaking of your Golf, I demand it has a thread all of its own as that looks quite inetresting too! ;D

[retrowagen1234]

Dec 22, 2008 22:17:53 GMT tux said:

Ah yes, speaking of your Golf, I demand it has a thread all of its own as that looks quite inetresting too! ;D

seconded therefor it must be!!!! ;D

[edcobb]

awesome work mate... colour looks shaweeeet

[gazbeam]

not got any build photo`s of the golf.started life as a 1.3 driver,now it has a 1.8 16v engine and box with brand new webber 45`s,coil overs,280mm brakes ,big servo and master cylinder can stop on a 10p.fully polly bushed,its a right little ripper nice and light ;D ;D ;D





will be forsale after christmas because I can only drive one and the sunbeam will be finished shortly. will miss the throb of the 45`s but will be replaced with a nicer sound ;D ;D ;D ;D