My first Alpine was great. Should have kept it but traded on another manufactured the first year of the Chrysler buy out. A serious lemon. Never ran properly and after six months and many garage trips I unloaded.
@carsonw822314 күн бұрын
I love my '67 sunbeam. I just feels so right to drive
@jeriatrix452615 күн бұрын
Seven minutes of looking at the right front wheel of a car; how exciting!😊
@carthropology831814 күн бұрын
Perennially, one of my most viewed reports!🤷♂️
@Abarth-ME26224 күн бұрын
Living in colorado it's the best 4×4 I've ever owned!
@AsphaltKoboldАй бұрын
What a fantastic car, a masterpiece! This year's Eldorado and the '68 were the most elegant cars ever built! 🤩
@OsbornTramain2 ай бұрын
AMC isn't around anymore because they had a fantastic Jeep line and the Eagle cars were great and they were profitable......and the share price was low, so Chrysler Bought them......and gained all that technology.....Iaccoa new a good deal when he saw one!
@temudjin303 ай бұрын
Today = volvo xc 60
@ritchleone62323 ай бұрын
Every man's dream car ! I remember when they arrived at dealerships, design was way ahead of its time, and still is.
@Martyn-kp1ik4 ай бұрын
I had to look this up my parents had like 6 growing up even took one to grade they still have one
@kobusdutoitbosman62405 ай бұрын
Great conversion All round a cool vehicle…👊🔥
@kobusdutoitbosman62405 ай бұрын
Is the ‘Jeepster’ four wheel drive as well, by any chance❓
@carthropology83185 ай бұрын
These first model Jeepsters were not 4 wheel drive. The later model 1967 “Commander” model did have it.
@scottuehlinger78875 ай бұрын
As a retired CIA Station Chief, I was always a fan of Get Smart - and my Dad and I always loved British Cars (he had a 68 Triumph TR250 once!). I finally got a beautiful restored 63 Sunbeam last May with a Nissan fuel injected engine from the early 80s. For Purists - I still have the original Engine on a pallet!
@carthropology83185 ай бұрын
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
@vdavis47855 ай бұрын
This is the car I would want if I had an unlimited budget and a live-in mechanic.
@carthropology83185 ай бұрын
Glad to know you love the car!:)
@user-ki2cl9xe8z5 ай бұрын
WOW! I like this little guy. (BOTH OF THEM) the "Alpine", and the "Tiger". But, why have they built a "BRITISH" car with (LEFT -HAND -DRIVE)? I've never seen that before. (Interesting)! Conversely, the only AMERICAN car I've ever seen with (RIGHT -HAND -DRIVE), is a "Mail-Truck". WOW... you said "Chrysler"... So, is it a Chrysler?
@carthropology83185 ай бұрын
It’s a British car. Brought to the US by Chrysler and marketed as a Sunbeam by Chrysler. It wasn’t uncommon for US manufacturers to either market foreign car companies they owned in the US. Or to collaborate in partnership with foreign companies to market foreign cars in the states. Other examples are the German Opel sold by Buick. The De Tomaso Pantera sold by Ford. Mitsubishis were sold by Chrysler: such as the Plymouth “Arrow”. American Motors sold a Renault called “Alliance” and they imported a little Renault R5 and marketed it as “Le Car”.
@user-bq4un2zx1s6 ай бұрын
My dad’s “toy” was a 50 Jeepster. My entire Cub Scout group could cram in it. He sold it in about 1957.
@carthropology83185 ай бұрын
Great anecdote! Fond memories I’m sure! Thanks for sharing.
@steveshattah7 ай бұрын
AMC is the big if only company.
@carthropology83187 ай бұрын
Innovative, ideas, succeed only so far. Innovators are still at the mercy of others, when their competition has massive marketing budgets, and when they are also your source for engines and parts. I am thinking, primarily of, the stake in the heart that GM handed AMC, when it reversed its commitment to provide GM engines to AMC for the production of the “Pacer” the highly anticipated car that AMC wanted to bring to market.
@steveshattah7 ай бұрын
@@carthropology8318 it's unbelievable to me the AMC would have designed an entire car around an engine that didn't yet exist. Many of their decisions were so bad it seems like they may have been trying to tank the company.
@user-ts5qw6tr9b7 ай бұрын
I had one in 1989. I wish I still had it
@PhantomWoIf8 ай бұрын
the seats look comfy and the instrument board looks tranquil & calming, the wood trim & light brownish beige colors add to that, i like that. what i never liked in 80s cars is when top of their instrument board is slanted towards the driver, an unpleasent sight in my opinion, same in this car, but the good thing is the piece that holds the radio & heater control is slanted towards the front, that compensates it a bit. the 4WD & higher ground clearance is a great thing, i guess that old vehicle isnt very heavy either, it will drive well through snow & muddy ways. how much $ u.s. would that car sell for these days ?
@mikehutchinson93188 ай бұрын
Millions in making them…only to be destroyed not produced…
@spg2548 ай бұрын
The number plate relates to a Green 1968 John Deere Tractor? LoL
@mdc538 ай бұрын
My first car back in 1969 was a 65 Sunbeam Alpine!
@jackjohnson21019 ай бұрын
They had Select Trac before 1984.
@treefarmerMT9 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video legacy, Jim. I donated my five models, including my 1963 Four-State-Regional Award to the National Museum of Transportation. May I ask, what software did you use to make it look like you could just sit on and touch these models? Very realistic. I want to thank rickearl8018 for his comment below and providing a link to the Harley J. Earl story. Another article on the Guild appeared in "Special Interest Autos" magazine, February, 1981. It was written by Wick Humble.
@carthropology83189 ай бұрын
Gladly! Jerald, The whole project was rendered on i movie. But, There were numerous apps I found to help with lighting, 3D and retouching. All the shots where I am present are basically done with green screen. I spent a lot of time, calculating angles and positioning in order to make my figure "fit" seamlessly into the settings. Much time was spent "creating" scenes and settings to present in. Another part of the project was creating backdrops to place the cars into so that they looked "full scale" and not like models. I think, most people would be surprised how "bare bones" and un-sophisticated my techniques were! Thanks for the feedback and appreciative comments.
@mekanickrew193210 ай бұрын
It's beautiful. Get Smart was where I first saw one.
@rickharrison99 ай бұрын
Maxwell Smart actually drove a Sunbeam Tiger, although the body style was identical other than thin chrome strips down the sides. Having said this, they did use Alpines at times. One example was when they had a machine gun come out of the bonnet (hood) as it wouldn't fit with the Tiger engine bay crammed with V8.
@cezar774010 ай бұрын
Cool video and awesome Cadillac! I’m jealous 🥰
@stevenwolff686610 ай бұрын
The 63 Riviera 63 Avanti 61 Continental & the 67 Eldorado are my Mt Rushmore of car design
@johnsmallberries-px2mf11 ай бұрын
I see one right now for 2 grand but not running I wonder if I should get it
@waelmahmoudsamy1921 Жыл бұрын
روعة 😮
@ManiaMusicChannel Жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@TrendsChannel Жыл бұрын
This along with the 1961 Continental are among the most beautiful cars ever built. My mother had a 1968 Eldorado and my father drove Continentals throughout the 1960s and 70s. Thank you for this remarkable post.
@michaelcallahan5358 Жыл бұрын
To bad the public didn’t realize what they had, until this car was no longer available, now if you want one you have to pay BANK!
@queenmab1999 Жыл бұрын
LOVE this car!!
@plumbumq Жыл бұрын
Stunning
@TheSiggib Жыл бұрын
Looove the AMC Kammback!!!
@luisbautista2707 Жыл бұрын
⚜️🎖⚜️
@bertberlich943 Жыл бұрын
An very nice car👍
@carthropology8318 Жыл бұрын
Thanks bert
@danr4197 Жыл бұрын
What an incredible BEAUTIFUL machine! YES, AHEAD of it's time. I can't believe AMC was bought by Chrysler who totally destroyed it all.
@chrislystig8869 Жыл бұрын
4.2liter... 258cid... The 4.0Liter is a different engine Others SHOULD be jealous of ur Freedom Bird...
@AFITgrad86 Жыл бұрын
definitely got a blower LOL great whistle from it. I worked at a Studebaker dealership my senior year in HS. Someone needs to do an article on the rather rare Lark sedan with the R2 and 4 speed ... What a sleeper!
I had one. Fantastic little car that was economical and reliable. And it was even good in the snow up here in Canada
@carthropology8318 Жыл бұрын
Guy, We value real life experiences by enthusiasts like you. Your personal reflections💅 with the Honda are great to hear! Thanks
@PerfectTouchAutoWorks Жыл бұрын
The Eagle was way ahead of its time. Great ride. Check out mine, would love to know what you think of all my mods! kzread.info/dash/bejne/fW1hvNGHoazOe7w.html
@fivestarz3s Жыл бұрын
JEEP means Just Enough Essential Parts and it was cerated during the world war.
@laetitialopes6966 Жыл бұрын
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@johncarter9054 Жыл бұрын
The R2s were go getters. The Studebaker V8s with a long stroke to bore ratio would lend themselves quite well to supercharging. Its all about piston speed at some point. They had plenty of water jacket thickness for over boring, and a Stude 289 or 304 cu in. at 6500 RPM would have amazing piston speed compared to any other engine of that size. it was about the equivilent of a ford or chevy motor doing almost 8500 RPM. The Studebaker V8s were built like truck motors. I had a lot of fun with building and racing them
@johncarter9054 Жыл бұрын
Some people know this and some don't, but the Cadilac motors of the 1950s with their rather large cu in displacements called for larger intake runners. These intake manifolds would also fit on a Stude V8 with some rather careful intake porting on the Stude heads, bolt hole relocation etc. Manifold 'plane' angles were the same. I chose the tri-power one and yes it fit, after said modifications. Problem at that time was the '3 bolt' two barrel Stromberg 97s carbs for the Cadi intake were not so available. No problem for the dedicated hot rodder however, as 1/4 in thick baseplates were made to adapt the 3 bolt intake to Rochester or Holly two barrel '4 bolt' carbs. The whole setup was hooked up to a progressive throttle linkage with the center carb doing all the work until the two end carbs kicked in at a faster rate. All three carbs were wide open at full throttle. Great for street use. The Stude heads were not really designed for maximum flow but with larger chevy intake valves and some combustion chamber port work they didnt flow all that bad. Once 'one thing' was modified several other things had to be done as well. For example: Stude heads used "rocker shafts" and to radically increase compression "ratio" all that was done was to mill the heads and 'rocker shaft stands' 1/4 in, and then shorten the stock push rods as well. Easy pezsy. Rocker arm geometry stayed the same and the outcome was almost 13 to one compression ratio with flat top pistons :) Now for the Oldsmobile scatter shield and starter modifications ... Well, another time perhaps, along with splitting up the siamese center exhaust ports for 'four tube' headers. And yes, I had lots of assistance from the old guys, machinists that had retired. Studebaker motors will "run" but its hard to argue with a Supercharger.
@carthropology8318 Жыл бұрын
John, Great information on this engine. Sounds like you had fun with them. Thanks for sharing!
@OMGWTFLOLSMH Жыл бұрын
"Personal Luxury Coupe" lol. It's called marketing, and nothing else.
@rogersmith7396 Жыл бұрын
It means you pay more.
@H-Bomb295 Жыл бұрын
Love to have a '67. Today we have the CTS Coupe. Crisp lines like the beautiful '67 Eldo.
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My first Alpine was great. Should have kept it but traded on another manufactured the first year of the Chrysler buy out. A serious lemon. Never ran properly and after six months and many garage trips I unloaded.
I love my '67 sunbeam. I just feels so right to drive
Seven minutes of looking at the right front wheel of a car; how exciting!😊
Perennially, one of my most viewed reports!🤷♂️
Living in colorado it's the best 4×4 I've ever owned!
What a fantastic car, a masterpiece! This year's Eldorado and the '68 were the most elegant cars ever built! 🤩
AMC isn't around anymore because they had a fantastic Jeep line and the Eagle cars were great and they were profitable......and the share price was low, so Chrysler Bought them......and gained all that technology.....Iaccoa new a good deal when he saw one!
Today = volvo xc 60
Every man's dream car ! I remember when they arrived at dealerships, design was way ahead of its time, and still is.
I had to look this up my parents had like 6 growing up even took one to grade they still have one
Great conversion All round a cool vehicle…👊🔥
Is the ‘Jeepster’ four wheel drive as well, by any chance❓
These first model Jeepsters were not 4 wheel drive. The later model 1967 “Commander” model did have it.
As a retired CIA Station Chief, I was always a fan of Get Smart - and my Dad and I always loved British Cars (he had a 68 Triumph TR250 once!). I finally got a beautiful restored 63 Sunbeam last May with a Nissan fuel injected engine from the early 80s. For Purists - I still have the original Engine on a pallet!
Very cool! Thanks for sharing!
This is the car I would want if I had an unlimited budget and a live-in mechanic.
Glad to know you love the car!:)
WOW! I like this little guy. (BOTH OF THEM) the "Alpine", and the "Tiger". But, why have they built a "BRITISH" car with (LEFT -HAND -DRIVE)? I've never seen that before. (Interesting)! Conversely, the only AMERICAN car I've ever seen with (RIGHT -HAND -DRIVE), is a "Mail-Truck". WOW... you said "Chrysler"... So, is it a Chrysler?
It’s a British car. Brought to the US by Chrysler and marketed as a Sunbeam by Chrysler. It wasn’t uncommon for US manufacturers to either market foreign car companies they owned in the US. Or to collaborate in partnership with foreign companies to market foreign cars in the states. Other examples are the German Opel sold by Buick. The De Tomaso Pantera sold by Ford. Mitsubishis were sold by Chrysler: such as the Plymouth “Arrow”. American Motors sold a Renault called “Alliance” and they imported a little Renault R5 and marketed it as “Le Car”.
My dad’s “toy” was a 50 Jeepster. My entire Cub Scout group could cram in it. He sold it in about 1957.
Great anecdote! Fond memories I’m sure! Thanks for sharing.
AMC is the big if only company.
Innovative, ideas, succeed only so far. Innovators are still at the mercy of others, when their competition has massive marketing budgets, and when they are also your source for engines and parts. I am thinking, primarily of, the stake in the heart that GM handed AMC, when it reversed its commitment to provide GM engines to AMC for the production of the “Pacer” the highly anticipated car that AMC wanted to bring to market.
@@carthropology8318 it's unbelievable to me the AMC would have designed an entire car around an engine that didn't yet exist. Many of their decisions were so bad it seems like they may have been trying to tank the company.
I had one in 1989. I wish I still had it
the seats look comfy and the instrument board looks tranquil & calming, the wood trim & light brownish beige colors add to that, i like that. what i never liked in 80s cars is when top of their instrument board is slanted towards the driver, an unpleasent sight in my opinion, same in this car, but the good thing is the piece that holds the radio & heater control is slanted towards the front, that compensates it a bit. the 4WD & higher ground clearance is a great thing, i guess that old vehicle isnt very heavy either, it will drive well through snow & muddy ways. how much $ u.s. would that car sell for these days ?
Millions in making them…only to be destroyed not produced…
The number plate relates to a Green 1968 John Deere Tractor? LoL
My first car back in 1969 was a 65 Sunbeam Alpine!
They had Select Trac before 1984.
Thank you for this video legacy, Jim. I donated my five models, including my 1963 Four-State-Regional Award to the National Museum of Transportation. May I ask, what software did you use to make it look like you could just sit on and touch these models? Very realistic. I want to thank rickearl8018 for his comment below and providing a link to the Harley J. Earl story. Another article on the Guild appeared in "Special Interest Autos" magazine, February, 1981. It was written by Wick Humble.
Gladly! Jerald, The whole project was rendered on i movie. But, There were numerous apps I found to help with lighting, 3D and retouching. All the shots where I am present are basically done with green screen. I spent a lot of time, calculating angles and positioning in order to make my figure "fit" seamlessly into the settings. Much time was spent "creating" scenes and settings to present in. Another part of the project was creating backdrops to place the cars into so that they looked "full scale" and not like models. I think, most people would be surprised how "bare bones" and un-sophisticated my techniques were! Thanks for the feedback and appreciative comments.
It's beautiful. Get Smart was where I first saw one.
Maxwell Smart actually drove a Sunbeam Tiger, although the body style was identical other than thin chrome strips down the sides. Having said this, they did use Alpines at times. One example was when they had a machine gun come out of the bonnet (hood) as it wouldn't fit with the Tiger engine bay crammed with V8.
Cool video and awesome Cadillac! I’m jealous 🥰
The 63 Riviera 63 Avanti 61 Continental & the 67 Eldorado are my Mt Rushmore of car design
I see one right now for 2 grand but not running I wonder if I should get it
روعة 😮
Beautiful
This along with the 1961 Continental are among the most beautiful cars ever built. My mother had a 1968 Eldorado and my father drove Continentals throughout the 1960s and 70s. Thank you for this remarkable post.
To bad the public didn’t realize what they had, until this car was no longer available, now if you want one you have to pay BANK!
LOVE this car!!
Stunning
Looove the AMC Kammback!!!
⚜️🎖⚜️
An very nice car👍
Thanks bert
What an incredible BEAUTIFUL machine! YES, AHEAD of it's time. I can't believe AMC was bought by Chrysler who totally destroyed it all.
4.2liter... 258cid... The 4.0Liter is a different engine Others SHOULD be jealous of ur Freedom Bird...
definitely got a blower LOL great whistle from it. I worked at a Studebaker dealership my senior year in HS. Someone needs to do an article on the rather rare Lark sedan with the R2 and 4 speed ... What a sleeper!
Damn that baby is clean
.......... Coolness factor = 100 % 🇺🇸 ... 😁 ..........
I had one. Fantastic little car that was economical and reliable. And it was even good in the snow up here in Canada
Guy, We value real life experiences by enthusiasts like you. Your personal reflections💅 with the Honda are great to hear! Thanks
The Eagle was way ahead of its time. Great ride. Check out mine, would love to know what you think of all my mods! kzread.info/dash/bejne/fW1hvNGHoazOe7w.html
JEEP means Just Enough Essential Parts and it was cerated during the world war.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
The R2s were go getters. The Studebaker V8s with a long stroke to bore ratio would lend themselves quite well to supercharging. Its all about piston speed at some point. They had plenty of water jacket thickness for over boring, and a Stude 289 or 304 cu in. at 6500 RPM would have amazing piston speed compared to any other engine of that size. it was about the equivilent of a ford or chevy motor doing almost 8500 RPM. The Studebaker V8s were built like truck motors. I had a lot of fun with building and racing them
Some people know this and some don't, but the Cadilac motors of the 1950s with their rather large cu in displacements called for larger intake runners. These intake manifolds would also fit on a Stude V8 with some rather careful intake porting on the Stude heads, bolt hole relocation etc. Manifold 'plane' angles were the same. I chose the tri-power one and yes it fit, after said modifications. Problem at that time was the '3 bolt' two barrel Stromberg 97s carbs for the Cadi intake were not so available. No problem for the dedicated hot rodder however, as 1/4 in thick baseplates were made to adapt the 3 bolt intake to Rochester or Holly two barrel '4 bolt' carbs. The whole setup was hooked up to a progressive throttle linkage with the center carb doing all the work until the two end carbs kicked in at a faster rate. All three carbs were wide open at full throttle. Great for street use. The Stude heads were not really designed for maximum flow but with larger chevy intake valves and some combustion chamber port work they didnt flow all that bad. Once 'one thing' was modified several other things had to be done as well. For example: Stude heads used "rocker shafts" and to radically increase compression "ratio" all that was done was to mill the heads and 'rocker shaft stands' 1/4 in, and then shorten the stock push rods as well. Easy pezsy. Rocker arm geometry stayed the same and the outcome was almost 13 to one compression ratio with flat top pistons :) Now for the Oldsmobile scatter shield and starter modifications ... Well, another time perhaps, along with splitting up the siamese center exhaust ports for 'four tube' headers. And yes, I had lots of assistance from the old guys, machinists that had retired. Studebaker motors will "run" but its hard to argue with a Supercharger.
John, Great information on this engine. Sounds like you had fun with them. Thanks for sharing!
"Personal Luxury Coupe" lol. It's called marketing, and nothing else.
It means you pay more.
Love to have a '67. Today we have the CTS Coupe. Crisp lines like the beautiful '67 Eldo.
The most nicest car ever.
"Disappearing headlights"....
Point taken.