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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 1, 2020 15:00:11 GMT -8
Literally, from the dead. I found this in a plastic grocery bag underneath everything. Why on earth would anyone bother?
My first car was a 63 Sunbeam Alpine. I loved it, unfortunately I wrote it off. So a Tiger is like the holy grail to me, and I did get a few laps around Shannonville in a BP Tiger that I helped on, that was exhilarating to put it mildly. This little project will be a lot of fix-ups and probably won't be pretty, but I'm bored anyway! This is whats left after I took it apart, and then stripped it:
It was a road car, it will be built as a 1965 CASC B/P race car (I hope).
Lots of damage, and dissolving plastic:
Hell, I've fixed real cars that were worse.
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 1, 2020 15:26:11 GMT -8
Step 1 was to cover the convertible top boot, so I made one to match the steel cover the Alpine came with. Also a lot of welding and re-enforcing of broken plastic. The interior got a coat of period correct industrial grey and test fitted:
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 1, 2020 15:35:54 GMT -8
A quick coat of primer to see how I'm doing
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Post by afx on Apr 1, 2020 16:07:14 GMT -8
I want to build a Tiger one of these days. Anxious to see how yours turns out.
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 1, 2020 17:01:43 GMT -8
Now I have the Maxwell Smart song stuck in head!  Thanks, |
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 1, 2020 17:17:39 GMT -8
Now I have the Maxwell Smart song stuck in head! Thanks, To quote ALF, don't thank me, that's what I'm here for.  |
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 3, 2020 1:45:12 GMT -8
It'll never be perfect, and it was inevitable that I'd lose a little detail, but I think it cleaned up pretty good so far
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Post by illeagle10 on Apr 3, 2020 3:17:05 GMT -8
Now I have the Maxwell Smart song stuck in head! Thanks, Exactly my thoughts when I saw this! Keeping an eye on this build!
Jim
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Post by Joel_W on Apr 6, 2020 14:05:39 GMT -8
Holly Mackerel, you brought it back from the dead. Looking at the 1st few pictures, I thought that there's no way you make much progress on this. But once you primed the body, Oh My!! was I wrong. What a fantastic bringing it back from the Dead. The body does indeed look like outstanding.
Joel
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Post by harron6 on Jun 6, 2020 16:05:15 GMT -8
Sooooo cool!!!!!! One of the many kits I had when I was still building was the Sunbeam tiger. I wanted the Alpine kit but even back then it was rare. Luv the old "club" racers. Good luck, looks fine so far!
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Post by garydavis on Jun 19, 2020 18:33:42 GMT -8
Hey Artic...this is cool...do ya have an update???
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Post by arcticwolf on Jun 19, 2020 22:08:49 GMT -8
Hey Artic...this is cool...do ya have an update??? It's not abandoned, just one of those projects I leave for a while, and then come back to.
One of these days I'll make some progress.........  |
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Post by garydavis on Jun 23, 2020 12:45:43 GMT -8
I understand completely!! Just checking in...
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