Sunbeam bodges you have found

[65sunbeam]

Bodge
"verb. informal to make a mess of; botch"
Here is one of my favorites on the trunk lid of one of my parts cars. This poor Alpine was stored in a chicken coop. Not sure if the lock was there to keep chickens in or out!
I am sure you have found some bodges over the years-please post a few.

 

[DanR]

That hasp had to be placed there for the chickens.

The bolts utilized for the lock could be easily removed

 

[sunalp]

Here's one that I found while working on a really nice original Series V with 38K original miles.
I couldn't believe a "professional" would do this.

 

[alpine_64]

@65sunbeam maybe a very crude safety catch for some track work... The sebring cars used so.e quite joinery inspired latches....

Maybe part of the "Foul "coop"er racing team".

 

[mikephillips]

Parts car I once got that had wooden wall paneling used for floors. Rather than cut it into multiple pieces the installer had run them flat across both the front and rear and user 2x4 hunks to keep the seats from collapsing the bits under them. Then used caulk and bent bits of scrap sheet metal to fasten them around the edges. Seats were bolted flat to the floors.

 

[phyrman]

Here is my newest project, a Ser3......someone fitted a ser1/2 rear clip on the car without straightening the right rear frame rail AND brazed the rear clip on vs welding!!!! Lotsa $$ later, fixed!

 

[alpine_64]

Here is my newest project, a Ser3......someone fitted a ser1/2 rear clip on the car without straightening the right rear frame rail AND brazed the rear clip on vs welding!!!! Lotsa $$ later, fixed!

I see another alpine sitting outside in the background

 

[phyrman]

I see another alpine sitting outside in the background

Donar car

 

[65sunbeam]

Time for more bodges!
This is a steering wheel I got from a parted out Alpine. Note the household door bell now being used as a horn button!

 

[absunbeam]

Reminds me of the Little Caesar's commercial, just need a trunk piano!

 

[65sunbeam]

Thought I would get this thread going again as I just bought an Alpine with lots of nice features and lots of bodges too.
How about buying a new gas cap lid and not installing the original inside parts to seal it as well as not installing the spring to hold the release button out?? Hey it looks good when it is closed except the release button is all the way in....

 

[65sunbeam]

Maybe not a bodge but to me it sure looks like one!
I have never seen chrome headlight eyebrows on a Sunbeam before. Not that there's anything wrong with that but over MKII non-peaked headlight rims as well?

 

[alpine_64]

Maybe not a bodge but to me it sure looks like one!
I have never seen chrome headlight eyebrows on a Sunbeam before. Not that there's anything wrong with that but over MKII non-peaked headlight rims as well?View attachment 31031

Eric... Nice bodged SV you got... LAT70s... Mkii rims...
Yes hilarious they got no peaked rims and added eyelids....
I also like the twin pin stripe... That has the upper stripe going over the body onto the rim... Ads graphics and a way to secure the rim!

 

[sunalp]

I have a Series V in the shop. The car had spent quite a bit of time in body shops in the Bronx, which is
where my customer bought it. For the money it was a very solid car. We're doing a complete restoration
so the whole car is stripped. When pulling the engine, which is filthy, I noticed when draining the coolant
there was a damp "ring" in all the grime. Once the engine was out, it appears that the engine must have
thrown a rod and someone attempted to weld the broken part back in. Tried to seal it with a ring of RTV to
hide it (or attempt to seal it). Needless to say we won't be using this engine in the car. Too bad as it was the original engine!

 

[DanR]

Try the Ford V6, fits nicely and adds power too

 

[sunalp]

Try the Ford V6, fits nicely and adds power too

Been there, done that ( have the T shirt!) but this guy wants it pretty much stock.

 

[Warren]

I thought it was put a Bodge in your garage
Old 70's Walnut paneling as a replacement for the foot board on the passenger side. Coat hanger as an accelerator cable or one with a knot tied in the cable..

 

[Bill Blue]

No problem with any repair that keeps an Alpine safely on the road. Prime example, the engine block repair. My Grandfather did a similar repair on a 1932 Oliver farm tractor. The repair lasted longer than the tractor. Note I said safely on the road. The flooring repair is definitely a no no.
Bill