Sunbeam 2000 build

[belmateo]

Here's where I am with the rear bumper so far. Still have some final adjusments and polishing to do. What do you think about the provision for the License Plate?

 

[belmateo]

It has been cold and wet lately so not much time to polish out the bumper. Still working on it when I can. Brrrrrr

 

[Gordon Holsinger]

Here's where I am with the rear bumper so far. Still have some final adjusments and polishing to do. What do you think about the provision for the License Plate?View attachment 21542

You have some mad fabricating skills!

 

[belmateo]

Thanks much Gordon, hard to believe that I started with a shell, a 67 Alpine and ended up with a SUN2K .

 

[Aladin Sane]

That has been quite a project.

 

[belmateo]

I am sorting out spring options for the suspension tuning and will come up with a set of wheels that will replicate Minilites™ or Rota™ wheels. I already contacted both companies and they can not make wheels for me with the offset that I want.

 

[belmateo]

I am going to give these wheels a shot to see how they look on the car and also how much room I have to get them made wider to fit the most amount of rubber underneath this beast. They seem the be the closest thing I can find that looks similar to the Minilites™ and Rota™ wheels.

 

[Aladin Sane]

I like them. I bet they will look good on your project.

 

[belmateo]

I like them. I bet they will look good on your project.

Thanks, I hope they will look good on the car too. What route are you taking with your car as far as wheels go?

 

[Aladin Sane]

I have a set if 14" panasport minilites.

 

[belmateo]

Those will make your car look fantastic!

 

[belmateo]

The front bumper is taking longer than I would like and I almost did a recess for a front plate. Then I remembered how much I hate front license plates so got that idea out of my head and went back to it.

 

[belmateo]

I hope all my brother car enthusiasts on this wonderful forum are staying safe and doing well. Wishing all of you a safe and warm holiday season when we need each other more than we have realized.
Still making progress on the car with some slight modifications and touch ups. My garage is tiny and cold so work on things is more off than on.
Peace

 

[belmateo]

A few of my Mopar friends were not aware of Chrysler's involvement with Rootes. I found this article more than interesting.

 

[MikeH]

Same page twice. Was there a second page?

 

[belmateo]

Sorry about that MikeH, I will try to find the article again.

 

[belmateo]

MikeH,
There are four pages actually and can be found here thanks to husky drvr.
1981_December_OldMotor_V8Story.PDF

 

[belmateo]

I have been spending way too much time trying to fix the front bumper thanks to......
Custom Metal Manufacturing Co
Idiots cut the piece with the wrong contour and I just could not make it work so I had to bite the bullet and order another bumper from https://groupharrington.com/
In the meantime work is being done to get the car closer to paint, drivers fender is first. Cold mornings means a late start and quit early till we get some warmer weather. I envy those who have LARGE HEATED workspace for their cars.
LOL
Happy New Year

 

[belmateo]

Drivers front fender is done and has the first coat of paint, moving on to the front of the car. Good thing we are having a mild winter, hit 74 the other day. Gave me a chance to clean my work area and do maintenance on some of the other vehicles in my corral. Also had to do a smog for the first time on my 2013 Genesis Coupe. The shop could not believe that I only had just over 6K miles on it.

 

[belmateo]

New bumpers arrived today. My friend had toom much time on his hands so he is trying to save the old set to make a front one longer. These will be a backup if he can't do it. They came with new overriders and hardware. Very fast shipping!