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Twincam
24-03-11, 10:23
1927 Sunbeam 25hp

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/Sunbeam25/DSC00070sq.jpg
alexnifty
24-03-11, 10:24
Oooooh :) Got some great weather for that right now!
aspdend
24-03-11, 10:35
Wow - best car pic ever posted on this forum...Love it!
DoubleTop
24-03-11, 10:57
:drool:

Now that's a reason for pleasure driving :)
Twincam
24-03-11, 11:24
A slightly unflattering shot of the dashboard with one of the footboards up!

The car looks a bit grubby because I use it more often than I clean it :)


http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/Sunbeam25/DSC00072.jpg


A shot of the engine. You don't really get any sense of scale from this. It's huge. Look at the size of the steering wheel in the previous picture, then at its size in this picture.



http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/Sunbeam25/DSC00069.jpg
M4T VW
24-03-11, 13:38
Awesome. I love old engineering like that!
Looks easy to work on too!
KarlHungus
24-03-11, 14:31
Simply awesome.
Jamie
24-03-11, 19:44
Fantastic, thanks for sharing.
Twincam
25-03-11, 19:16
Easy to work on yes, which is good because there is always something that needs doing!
Twincam
25-03-11, 19:38
Whereas my project car really does need a lot doing to it. Another Sunbeam from 1926. This one is a 1926 Sunbeam Three Litre Twincam Super Sports. The first Sunbeam will be sold to pay for the restoration of this one. It's almost all there apart from the chassis (a new one has just been made and delivered) and the body. Dismantled in 1960 when the chassis and body had rotted away and kept for spares, but never used!

Boxes and boxes of bits. It scares me, but start at the beginning......and eventually.....

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/Sunbeam25/crankshaft.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/Sunbeam25/steeringboxandpedals.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/Sunbeam25/general1.jpg

http://i1080.photobucket.com/albums/j335/Sunbeam25/engine.jpg
Mrs-Panicatak
09-04-11, 21:10
Gorgeous ... looking forward to more pictures of the restoration
watercooled
09-04-11, 21:31
wow excellent
Twincam
06-05-11, 15:21
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :cry
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :cry
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah :cry

The crank is cracked.

To cheer myself up I've bought...

http://www.theessenceofthecar.co.uk/ select classic cars and look at the Sunbeam 3 litre on page three.

That's blown my SSD fund.

And a picture of a real one to remind myself it will all be worthwhile...

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunbeam_3_litre_super_sports_1925_%22twin_cam %22_tourer.JPG
Ratty
12-05-11, 12:29
looks good mate
F1REFOX
12-05-11, 18:19
Now that is stunning... :thumb:
Twincam
15-06-11, 15:44
After two years of messing about collecting bits IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING. I'm not excited at all really. :D:D:D:weeee

Here's a photo of the twincam axle being put back together, just waiting for bearings to go in, and the kingpins to be ground.

My 25hp is looking on, waiting for the sump to go back on after repairs - no more oil puddles. Well, smaller ones anyway!



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PJX4CFwkCvI/Tfi-8YGjRXI/AAAAAAAAAKw/r0myiU0luPc/s1600/AE%252520Axle611%252520001.jpg
FunkY
15-06-11, 22:56
That cam shaft's almost a work of art in itself :p
Snakedoc
15-06-11, 22:58
Oh my, a thing of beauty.
Twincam
16-06-11, 11:04
That cam shaft's almost a work of art in itself :p

I'm thinking of turning it into a standard lamp - it's over 4 foot tall - because it's cracked. I suggested that to my wife, but she wasn't convinced. I was going to buy another damaged one and weld them together. She didn't like the idea of turning an old engine block and a sheet of glass into a coffee table either.

She's crushing my creativity !!

My restoration Blog is at: http://vintagesunbeams.blogspot.com/

I'm not going to update this thread all that regularly, but when I'm on buying bits of computer, I might!