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Uncommon Motors

When ordinary just won't do

1967 Sunbeam Alpine RestoMod with Nissan Turbo Power

May 9, 2017 by Paul Crowe

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. Absolutely everything has been redone.Instead of going the Tiger … [Read more...]

1969 Jaguar E-Type Gets Hot Rod Happiness From Ford

April 27, 2017 by Paul Crowe

1969 Jaguar E-Type restomod with 289 Ford power

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 V12s had a rather nasty habit of overheating. Well, over … [Read more...]

Barn Find 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Makes Excellent Restoration Candidate

September 8, 2016 by Paul Crowe

1965 Sunbeam Tiger

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 room, with a little metal … [Read more...]

Previously on Uncommon Motors

J.P. Morgan Jr's private 1925 Pullman railcar

JP Morgan’s Private Pullman Railcar

Offyette Quarter Midget Racer

Offyette Quarter Midget Racer

Turbonique thrust engines

Turbonique Thrust Engines to Satisfy Your Inner Mad Max

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