FWIW. when I look at the car, I see a 55 bird. Looking at the rear
fenders, they have the characteristic shape of the 55 and 56 birds. When
I look at the hood attachment it looks like a ford product. It does not
have the piece to which the sunbeam hinges attach. And I may be wrong,
but weren't the parking light on the early birds round like that as
well? I think it would be cool if someone chopped up an early bird and
claimed it was a Sunbeam, lol... And claimed some affiliation with
Shelby to boot. The grill piece also looks like a Bird in shape. It may
even be a glass replica of one and that has been heavily modified. A
rear view shot and some other pics as well would help. I wonder if the
owner will share? Probably only if the restorationists don't nibble him
to death (either the sunbeam or t-bird purists). I think it is a cool car!
mayf
Tony Somebody wrote:
>For what its worth, IMO, the car appears to be a very modified S3 Alpine. They
>have moulded the entire front end while keeping the stock parking lights and
>the firewall was made to make engine fitment much easier than a stock Tiger.
>It would be nice to have seen pics as the work progressed. Im sure the car is
>a go fast SOB and the Shelby affilation is used to draw more attention to this
>unusual one of a kind Sunbeam.It seems all cars from the mid 50s and the next
>decade had similarties when you look at the tail lights in FIN formation.
>TtT
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