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I thought the Factory Original might be a good place for this thread to be posted. But being a relative new-comer with the SAOCA - and new to Sunbeams - I don't carry enough "fire power" and knowledge to usually add anything of substance to this section... I stay in awe when I read a lot of the posts and see how much some of you know about every variation and nuance with the Alpines I - V. So, if my thread needs to be moved -- I completely understand 
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My recent purchase is all original & complete -- just not running. I picked it up in D.C. in May after seeing it on BringATrailer.com and making a deal with the owner that Saturday. By noon the next day, she was on our trailer and heading south to Raleigh, NC.
This car shows 52,323 on the odometer and is still wearing a '74 Penn. inspection sticker. The seats, dash, steering wheel, door latches, panel gaps, floorboards, door assy, rocker panels, trunk floor, ft & rr quarter panels, etc are all in really good condition. No rust - other than some older surface rust on fender arches and bottom side of rockers that appears to be from sand, stones, and road debris from back in the day. Motor was pulled by PO in early 80's I'm told. I have it in various pieces and split up among 4 or 5 cardboard boxes. The transmission and front calipers are also in old, oily boxes and will need careful consideration when the goods are reassembled some day.
Now, roughly 2 months later, the only changes made to the car have been using a random-orbital buffer to compound and clean the paint and following that up with a good carnuba hand wax job. As you may be able to tell, the Forest Green looks okay. It won't win shows, but I like that this car is going to be a Survivor and wear its patina of scratches and small dents along with the hazy, but straight, chrome bumpers. Today, I removed the headlight and front turn-signal assemblies to wipe out 40+ years of dust and grime behind the fixtures. I will be in need of some new rubber gaskets for small items as well as carpet, brakes, rear taillamp lenses, and who-knows-what when I get to the engine rebuild.
I do have one question for the group right now: After cleaning up the exterior and interior of the car, what order would you follow with updating the brakes, rebuilding the engine, reassembling the trans, addressing the suspension, inspecting the wiring, and cleaning out the fuel tank(s) system????
I feel like this Series V is fairly unique in its originality. I hope to contact some earlier owners of the car who are/ were located in Penn. I think it would be neat to see why the car went into storage around 1975 and why it was left to sit for a few decades... Enquiring Minds Want To Know!!
. My recent purchase is all original & complete -- just not running. I picked it up in D.C. in May after seeing it on BringATrailer.com and making a deal with the owner that Saturday. By noon the next day, she was on our trailer and heading south to Raleigh, NC.
This car shows 52,323 on the odometer and is still wearing a '74 Penn. inspection sticker. The seats, dash, steering wheel, door latches, panel gaps, floorboards, door assy, rocker panels, trunk floor, ft & rr quarter panels, etc are all in really good condition. No rust - other than some older surface rust on fender arches and bottom side of rockers that appears to be from sand, stones, and road debris from back in the day. Motor was pulled by PO in early 80's I'm told. I have it in various pieces and split up among 4 or 5 cardboard boxes. The transmission and front calipers are also in old, oily boxes and will need careful consideration when the goods are reassembled some day.
Now, roughly 2 months later, the only changes made to the car have been using a random-orbital buffer to compound and clean the paint and following that up with a good carnuba hand wax job. As you may be able to tell, the Forest Green looks okay. It won't win shows, but I like that this car is going to be a Survivor and wear its patina of scratches and small dents along with the hazy, but straight, chrome bumpers. Today, I removed the headlight and front turn-signal assemblies to wipe out 40+ years of dust and grime behind the fixtures. I will be in need of some new rubber gaskets for small items as well as carpet, brakes, rear taillamp lenses, and who-knows-what when I get to the engine rebuild.
I do have one question for the group right now: After cleaning up the exterior and interior of the car, what order would you follow with updating the brakes, rebuilding the engine, reassembling the trans, addressing the suspension, inspecting the wiring, and cleaning out the fuel tank(s) system????
I feel like this Series V is fairly unique in its originality. I hope to contact some earlier owners of the car who are/ were located in Penn. I think it would be neat to see why the car went into storage around 1975 and why it was left to sit for a few decades... Enquiring Minds Want To Know!!
