- a ray of light

[hairymel]

Sunbeam S

 

 

GLS 

 

 

 S or GLS, probably a GLS 

 

no prizes yet - even the supplying dealer wasn't sure!

 

 

 

there is also another intriguing bit of information here 

 

 

the address on the service book is possibly the address it was collected from (didn't have door number and google maps puts it somewhere within a couple of doors) and don't know the name of the previous owner

 

it could be the mythical one lady owner car 11111!!!!!!!!

 

or not 

 

all in all the brief poke about shows it to be remarkably sound considering.

 

the sills (inner and outer) are rotten at both ends but the rear jacking/suspension mounts look ok

 

the front jacking points are gone as to be expected and the d/s floor is not there at all after prodding, and this rot extends to the engine bay and chassis leg but hopefully will be repairable

 

inner wing/bulkhead/outerwing junction is a big hole both sides

 

rear and front lower corners of the body are rotten as expected

 

top of boot floor is rotten but the wheel well still looks ok (still to stinky to touch!)

 

sill tops and p/s inner sill have holes in

 

I am expecting many horrors to surface once proper digging takes place but it could be much worse

 

apart from some interesting repairs to the front wings and patches to the rear outer sills the whole car is remarkably unmolested (except of course corrosion/sunlight damage/ the passage of time)

 

i am liking the paper labels on the exhaust and front struts, but not as much as the 'ziebarted from new' sticker on the tailgate 

[Captain Mainwaring]

This is fucking mindblowing. How are you getting on with it?

[Split_Pin]

Remarkably sound underneath considering! Good on you for having a go at this one !

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Must be time for an update. She a runner?!

[D Spares & Tyres]

This is Autoshite

 

This is what I signed up for

 

Fuck your Focii and Rover 75s, I want to see more of THIS !!!!      

 

Well done for saving it and glad you didn`t get pulled by the coppers on the way home. With that Tranny and that load, you would have a hard time trying to explain that you weren`t on the way to the scrapyard without a waste disposal license!

 

Regular updates please 

[DeeJay]

When I saw this pop to the top I was hoping for a pic of an MOT cert with no advisories

[Captain Mainwaring]

When I saw this pop to the top I was hoping for a pic of an MOT cert with no advisories

 

My bad!

[hairymel]

no updates at all i'm afraid!

 

still got a oval car to build before moving on to a* sunbeam, and i have just bought my very own recovery truck which is so rotten it deserves a build thread of its own 

[hairymel]

actually - one small update - the address on the owners cert is the address it was collected from...

[Noel Tidybeard]

no updates at all i'm afraid!

 

still got a oval car to build before moving on to a* sunbeam, and i have just bought my very own recovery truck which is so rotten it deserves a build thread of its own 

 

well get on with it then

pitchers are mandatory

[rob88h]

I’ve sorted AutoShite into alphabetical thread order and I’m on a voyage of joy and discovery. This is the very first Thread that comes up and has left me on tenterhooks already. Three questions:

1). Did ELM 97T get any further?

2). What is this other legendary Sunbeam/Talbot restoration that’s being talked about and where can I read about it?

3). Did the recovery truck get a build thread?

Please bear in mind that although 5 years have passed by un-noticed, now you’ve got someone who can’t sleep until they find out on your conscience. 

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Wow, I'd forgotten about this thread! I remember HairyMel's Sunbeam escapades originally from the blue - I reckon that must have been a decade ago now.