1967 Sunbeam Alpine with 250 horsepower Nissan 4 The owner of this Alpine purchased it used and after surveying the condition it was in due to a previous owner's "improvements," he decided there was little choice but to do it right, which basically meant removing all of those earlier "upgrades," taking the car down to bare metal and starting fresh. The Sunbeam's body was … [Read more...]
1969 Jaguar E-Type Gets Hot Rod Happiness From Ford
1969 Jaguar E-Type restomod with small block 289 Ford Jaguar E-Types were a beautiful car, sleek lines, long bonnet, good looks from every angle. The engine in the Series one and Series two was an overhead cam straight six that looked very British and sounded very nice, as did the V12 in the Series three, but sometimes they missed the mark on the reliability scale and the … [Read more...]
Barn Find 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Makes Excellent Restoration Candidate
1965 Sunbeam Tiger Mark I When the Rootes Group decided their Sunbeam Alpine roadster was lacking performance, it was suggested they try using the Ford small block V8 in place of the inline 4 cylinder and to do so they enlisted the help of Carroll Shelby, who was stuffing small block Ford V8s into another British roadster at the time, the AC Ace. The Alpine had just enough … [Read more...]