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1953 Sunbeam S7 DeLuxe : Here’s a rare one. I
found this right here in Melbourne. In fact I
found the guy had two! I bought them both but
sold one. These are British made bikes with the
“prince of darkness” Lucas electrical systems.
But believe it or not I really have not had any
problems with it. It has all original paint, and
most of the original parts. I have rebuilt some
stuff, distributor, clutch assembly, generator
(conversion to 12volt), and gearbox after it
threw the driveshaft (bad U-joint). That’s
right, it’s a shaft drive, inline 500cc motor,
plunger frame, and a hoot to ride. I‘ve ridden
it to bike week in Daytona twice and put over a
thousand miles on it. It’s never been left me
stranded and with the sprung saddle it’s
surprisingly comfortable. Who says the Brits
can’t build a reliable machine! |
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1933 Hudson Essex Terraplane (aka
Jungle Rat): People “in the Know”(?) tell me
that Hudson didn’t make a ’33 Essex –the last
year was ’32. But I got the title form the guy
I bought it from (who was 77 years old) and it
was dated 1937 and it said Essex. I’m going
with ’33 Essex. When I got the car it was an
original roller that had been stored inside but
hadn’t run in years. Now this is the daily
driver. I stuffed a 1958 Cadillac 365ci motor in
it with 4 deuces (Stromberg 97’s), ’58 Caddy
dual range automatic and a 56 Ford rear. It
does smoke them wide whites! I love this car! |
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1995 Porsche
911: You just can explain this one to hot
rodders. But I promise you if you can appreciate phenomenal engineering
you have to drive one of these. 270 HP air cooled and with the A/C on
in traffic oil temp never goes above 225 Degrees. Not to mention the
looks knock me out! |
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1958
Cadillac Camino de Ville:
This is a car that I’ve been building for about 6 years now. It’s all
steel and the back half was a real challenge in engineering. I wanted a
hauler for the Sunbeam S7 and of course it had to be a Cadillac. So I
bought a real nice rust free Sedan DeVille and began cutting it up. I
fabricated the bed, chopped the roof about 2” engineered an electric
roll down rear window (in addition to the power side door and quarter
windows) and fabricated a tailgate that now operates as a door. The back
half of the floor of the bed hinges up (via hydraulics) for storage and
there are ramps that electrically deploy from under the bed floor so I
can ride the ole S7 right up into it. Cinch ‘er down, close the tailgate
and were off. You can see more pictures of the
Camino de Ville
on the CARS UNDER
CONSTRUCTION page of our Website.
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