Barn Find 60 Year Old Sunbeam - Will it Run?

Join me in my journey to put this 60 year old ONE OWNER classic British sports car back on the road! We get it running, washed and driving and as always run into some good old fashioned BUILT bad luck along the way.
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[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Glad to be back!!! This car is for sale if this comment is up; shoot me an email if you're interested or comment here

[@nlb1696]

Chair!

[@sinformant]

Glad to see you back!!! I literally just checked your channel a few days ago and figured you had just given up on KZbin. You were missed.

[@bigsexymuthashutyomouth2546]

Same!

[@robertobuenrostro2781]

You said "Get Smart" 🧑‍🔧 🪑

[@mikek3266]

Thats a real nice thrown ur sittin in.... I mean CHAIR... LOL.

[@aimdetail]

We had a blast bringing the Sunbeam back to life!! Thanks for having me come out!

[@kylewise3111]

You did an amazing job on that! If I was local to you, I'd have you bring my supra project back to life lol

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

You guys will see more of aim on the channel

[@JasmithWilliams]

that chair definitely matches the sunbeam alpine's quirky-ness, loving that you're back. always enjoyed your builds as you feel like a real person doing them!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much! Really glad to be back definitely a real person making real mistakes

[@wandalawhern1033]

We're all glad your back! Can't wait to see what other projects you have for us to watch you build! Take chair!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

got another one coming next week!

[@wandalawhern1033]

@@BUILTOFFICIAL Can't wait!

[@bigsexymuthashutyomouth2546]

Brush! You've been giving us withdrawals for some Built content 😂😂😂

[@nrw34260]

Watching from Spain. Good to see you back in the chair! I like what you did with the Alpine, back on the road and not over restored. This is the sort of video to help budding mechanics.

[@dogecoinbandit146]

Glad you are back and doing well. I really enjoy watching your progression in the automotive industry! Also, that's a nice CHAIR!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much! SOOOOO glad to be back with you guys! Chair crew best crew

[@jayg7890]

Good to see you’re back. Excited for the new and old projects. That’s a vintage looking chair you got there.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

only the most vintage of chairs for BUILT

[@darianistead2239]

For any car that's sat a very long time, if you care about it, do this.. -ALWAYS pull the plugs first (use borescope if you have one) and heavily lubricate the cylinders down with penetrating oil or ATF and leave to soak. -Pull the fuel line off pre-fuelpump/ remove fuel pump fuse/ pull coil lead/ remove ignition fuse.. -Pull the rocker cover, lube the rocker gear and turn over the engine by hand, watching the valve actuation. -If that's fine and you can turn it over 720° by hand easily or once it is possible to do so easily. (sometimes may take a bit to get it unstuck or has a sticky point where it has sat, this will likely not be a very good engine but possibly still rebuildable) -Then use the starter motor with the plugs still out, checking oil pressure light goes out, or monitoring oil pressure gauge, or removing oil sender to see if any oil comes out. -Once turning over on the starter and it has spat all the penetrating oil/ATF completely out the cylinders, then compression test it. -From there you will know if it has valvetrain or cylinder issues (zero comp : likely stuck valves. low comp likely stuck or damaged ring/rings or pistons, in which case leak down test it) -At this point you have wasted no money on parts, depending on compression you'll determine whether it needs further work or if it's worth you investing money and time into introducing fuel and spark, changing oil etc and all without possibly damaging the engine further..

[@enriquewooten8164]

Glad to see you back. I often sit in my fav chair to watch your old videos for motivation on my project. Hope you keep growing as a channel.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

thats awesome! chair crew best crew

[@anathimaliwa]

Glorious chair. Good to have you back posting.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

so glad to be back! Thanks for watching!

[@crycheck3585]

Great quick video. Glad the Alpine got running without problem. It's always fun nudging old convertibles back onto the road. For the paint, Meguiars Mirror Glaze 7 is great for getting some life back into single stage paint. Letting it soak for a day or two will really make the paint pop for a while.

[@gearsnstuff7330]

I can't get over the old pacman Caterpillar sticker in the window, That adds so much personality to the car

[@tylerseehafer]

Love that your are back. Sweet Chair too. Looking forward to seeing all you are up to! I never really got into KZbin but loved what you do and glad you are back. Also stand up guy and love that your kids are a part of what you do. Great guy!

[@frankmgallo]

Great to see you back . That chair is a throwback from the 70’s

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

so great to be back!

[@holland1331]

Pretty cool chair, Caleb. Glad to see you back!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks man so glad to be back!

[@keeganjayme8055]

Man every video you post has me glued to my chair. Glad to see you posting again!!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

so glad to be back on here man! Glad you enjoyed it I worked hard on this one

[@jasonpeters8580]

This is the “chair-y” on top of my week!! So glad you are back, Caleb!!🎉

[@repustech]

Welcome back! Loving the 70s chair!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks man! glad to be back!

[@griff2306]

Just wanted to say I’ve had a rough couple days and seeing this video on my feed really chair’d me up! Great to see you back!❤

[@poyboyprojects]

I'm glad you're back! love watching you.... love the "chair"!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much man! glad to be here

[@nathankveene3849]

That was fun. As is the chair. Sat through and clicked on every ad. Looking forward to supporting you more and more. Sorry ‘bout the glasses. LASIK is awesome.

[@IntervalePC]

Glad to see you back!!! Great transformation👍👍 That CHAIR looks very comfortable🪑

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

glad to be back!!! its pretty cozy!

[@matthewkulhawy864]

Man. Love watching your vids in my best chair. Regular uploads again please.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

They will be regular again! I missed this so much. The next several videos will give you guys an idea of what took me so long to upload again

[@TrashPandaPirate]

i was browsing through who i was subscribed to, saw your name, immediately clicked, new video 3hrs ago, immediately clicked, glad to see you back on yt. Love the throne/chair you're narrating from

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much man! Very glad to be back on its been far too long

[@car-nivores]

Nice shirt! Nice chair! Nice Sunbeam! You love your small wheelbase British cars

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I will always be a car-nivore 🤙

[@johnlester1588]

Glad to have you back! Can't wait to see what else you have been up to during your hiatus. Oh yeah, can't forget to say CHAIR!

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

Nice old survivor. Glad your back, actually the other day at work I was wondering what you were up to lately. Nice CHAIR you got there, matches the older vibe of the old car!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much man! Its really humbling to see comments from people I've never met in person saying they were wondering where I was. So happy to be back

[@bazilwreckerloughead]

@BUILTOFFICIAL You've BUILT a great community!

[@christopheaglaee8422]

Chair, chair,chair,chair!!!! Good to see you back,hope you're doing well 😊

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks man! soooo glad to be back!

[@bradrivera2058]

Chair is awesome. Glad to see you back. Your MR2 brought me here years back.

[@alanwhitehurst2576]

Great to see you back you kind of reminded me of the posh talking gremlin sat in a chair 😂 ✌🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@charlieseymour7817]

So glad to see your still going, I hate to see how poor of a job KZbin is doing to push your content out like it used to. Hope you’re doing well man, keep it up!

[@RUFLYF]

Not sure what is more vintage that car or that chair. Super glad to see you posting again. Can't wait to see what you have for us next.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks man! I'm very glad to be back I've got a pretty good lineup for you guys

[@UnWrecked]

The glasses combined with some of the looks you gave is giving me "bubbles" vibes from trailer park boys

[@UnWrecked]

Oh yeah....chair

[@dukeriluo]

So good to see you back and hear you are working. Also the boys look bigger... they just grow so fast.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

dude they are full blown kids... its sad

[@Dragonblitzr75]

Love the old school chair you were sitting. Kinda fits the old school car vibe. Love the channel keep up the awesome content. My son Caleb got a kick out of you having the same name even though they are spelled differently.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thats rad! its a good name he's set up for success 😂

[@kostygarage4328]

I'm happy that you're back to posting, hope you can keep it up. Your channel was one of the ones that inspired me to actually start doing stuff with cars. I always love them as a kid but seeing you do stuff on your own without having prior experience gave me the motivation to try. I almost forgot about the chair :)

[@markschaff9503]

Also, I am so glad you are back! I love your channel, and I was missing the projects! Thank you for another great video!

[@riaanwright7211]

I'm glad to see you back, from South Africa

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

nice! thanks so much for watching

[@diegodevops4151]

Chair!!! Very happy to see you back. Kids are growing! 🥰

[@DragonAntz666]

Chair! from the UK great to see a true car channel back!!

[@BMGANH]

Yes mate!!! Glad to see you back on the tube

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

so glad to be back here

[@DarrenMartin-bw8zi]

Glad you're back Caleb!! Missed your content Nice CHAIR you got there. Old school vibe achieved! Saw your post on IG with the MG. Looks fantastic!! Can't wait for the video on it. Amazing transformation on the Triumph! The right person who really appreciates it will turn up and pay good money for it. You did very well to get it to this stage. I'm proud of your efforts. Keep cranking out these videos.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much man! very cool you are following on ig as well. Thought about not posting that but felt like you guys deserved to see it.. video imminent

[@LukeTheJoker]

Good to see you Caleb! That starter style is called an inertia starter, it uses the rotational force to pull the pinion in from the back of the flywheel. They work fine, but can wear the flywheel and pinion faster than a pre-engaged starter due to the fact that the pinion is already turning when it tries to engage the flywheel. There usually are pre-engaged replacements available if it does turn into an issue, specially for most Morris/BMC/Leylands, not sure on Sunbeams though. I could tell straight away that starter was not the issue, it made a nice engagement sound and then stopped dead, meaning to engine doesn't turn. But that is just prior experience. Nice car, nice chair. By the way, although the Sunbeam Tiger was the title scene car in most of the Original "Get Smart" TV shows, they actually used an Alpine with Tiger badges in most of the shows to allow more room under the hood for the pop-up machine guns and gadgets. (Insert Rainbow, and "The More You Know" gif here.) 😆

[@dennismcpeek9630]

That Alpine is a Chair--EE ride! What a transformation getting it washed and polished!!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

well done sir well done

[@jeffreysalzman1497]

That kingly chair/throne is amazing.

[@BillyGunn71]

Glad you’re back!! Miss you

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Glad to be back!

[@petecuevas9492]

Glad you are back , really thought you were going to quit so glad you didn’t . I really enjoy the wholesomeness of your channel and your little helpers 😂. That’s a really cool car can’t wait to see what’s next. Maybe put an electric motor on that “Chair”

[@snowblindburd]

Sitting in my chair so glad to see a new video from ya! That's a sweet little car!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

glad to be posting a new vid! chair crew best crew

[@DoubleDominicans]

Glad to have you back!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

so glad to be back!

[@zankydk624]

Finally after a long years of wait....its good to see you back....love from india meghalaya

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thank you so much!

[@tecdesigns8183]

Great to see you back. The sunbeam is a tough one for spares. My dad has a 1967 series 5 he's owned it since 1968.

[@marcosnievesrivera9935]

So happy to see you back and the narration from the CHAIR was awesome!!!!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

they call that chairration

[@bryanrobiou9697]

Glad you're back it was painful not having you here....

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

The pain was shared. Thanks Bryan, I'm very glad to be back with you guys

[@ghopperii]

Glad to have you back and I like that yellow chair.

[@garage8083]

Love sitting in my favourite “chair” and watching your videos.. glad to see your back at it 🤙🏼

[@troywheeler9671]

Love you man. 6 months is too long. Your story telling is wonderful. Cant wait to see more content and hopefully have the channel grow. Nice Chair

[@enzoyin1451]

omg welcome back kaleb! edit: thats a nice chair you got there

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much! So glad to be back! Nice job spelling the name!

[@brickhous420]

Love it man! Keep up the good work. Love that the bleeders are working out for you!

[@dcallan812]

Alpine Talbot made a few great cars. This is one worth saving. Great video 2x👍

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Its a very fun car for sure, So glad I was able to get her back up and running again

[@Zyuina]

Amazing to see you back again and as passionate as ever! Great chair by the way :)

[@lior55]

And he's BACK! great to see you again! hope to see you more... Your chair is dope

[@Duell-850R]

Really nice to see you back. Keeping it real, and again taking on an impressive "small" restoration :-) You have a great chair!.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

I can't wait to show you guys everything I've been working on! More next week! so glad to be back!

[@windronner1]

Really excellent intro. Wonderful chair. Extremely well done voiceover during the mechanicals. And the primarily painful part is that. It’s not a tiger. With a small block. V8. Lol keep up the great work.

[@griffithbuilds5284]

Cool project and nice to see you back on the tube with the retro chair and I look forward to the next video

[@joshuabrown6138]

Idk how you find the odd ball cars like this but I really enjoy seeing you bring them to life ... the car looked depressed in the beginning but with some love it seem to Chair up some 😉 ..BTW the air needs to be fixed onto the valve after you spray starter fluid...then u light it 😂 you got lucky..soooo lucky! But as always this was another great video and can't wait to see what in-store for the next one...Good to have my favorite channel back!!!! ..awesome job 👌

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

haha knew i did it wrong XD thanks josh!!!

[@GoPotato69]

love that ur back, nice chair

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

very glad to be back!

[@sebspeed6403]

Nice to have you back Caleb awesome video

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks man! So glad to be back!

[@silvercreeksunbeam5625]

Really glad I came across your video. I saw this car when it went up for sale and was posted on the Sunbeam forum. If I’d had the time and place to put it I would have bought it. I’m in Georgia. I have a Series V Alpine and my dad has an Alpine and a Tiger. Glad to see this one made it back on the road. Oh yeah…CHAIR 😂

[@davidmcmillan1477]

This has almost inspired me to work on my 1967 Firebird (that does run) in my garage. Needs some body stuff that I'm nervous about. Chair

[@nikaveselinov8649]

I just love to sit back at my chair and watch your videos 😁

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

More are coming! thanks for watching til the end!

[@MichaelR200419]

That is a nice chair you have there sir

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Only the best thrift store chairs for BUILT

[@joserosario4558]

Awesome to see you again , man. Your channel is one of the most interesting channels in KZbin

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thanks so much glad to be back on

[@tyrelirwin]

Great video Kaleb, awesome to see you on the tube again!

[@geargrinder7714]

THE KING HAS RETURNED!!! LET'S GOOOOO!!!!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

WE'RE BAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mirk31]

Nice to see you back again with that chair ;)

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Chair crew best crew! Glad to be back

[@musicworld7c]

Glad to see you back brother.. keep posting...

[@johnnykjaersgaard7978]

Holy crap - what a transformation 😮 - good to have you back😊

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

so happy to be back!

[@jeffjones8434]

Back in my easy chair watching Built Official! It is a good day

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Well placed chair Jeff, Thanks for watching!

[@iandavid4747]

I am glad you are back, and what a nice CHAIR. I couldn't wait to sit in my CHAIR and get your update. I cannot wait to see your next update hopefully from the same CHAIR. I will be CHAIRING you on. Welcome back

[@halfbuilt5833]

Nice to see the channel up and about. Love that Chair your sitting in.

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Only the nicest of chairs for BUILT Chair crew best crew

[@bellowsjeep3999]

Glad to see you back! Nice CHAIR!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Only the yellowest of chairs for BUILT thanks for watching!

[@laoshiTv]

Will sit on the same chair and waiting for your next week's vid, glad u're back

[@adamhead5598]

So happy to see you posting again man. Still are my favorite channel. Made my day (my birthday) with a new video upload 🤘🏻😎👍🏻

[@adamhead5598]

Chair

[@faridarridho8620]

Welcome back!!! I miss your video doing car builds!!

[@justinschweizer1485]

That's no chair, that's your throne of awesomeness!

[@collinsbanda5399]

It's very interesting watching you fix the car whilst am on my chair 🪑

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Chair crew best crew

[@nboldrini]

My cousins had a v8 in their Sunbeam back in the 70's. That thing was FAST and would really set you back in the seat!

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

It'l like the pre shelby cobra

[@erojzmmo2661]

CHAIR! Glad to see you back man. Love your content.

[@shanemancuso7499]

Glad ur back. Nice yellow CHAIR

[@martinstreton8272]

So Nice to have you back and really cool chair you got 😁😁😁

[@Fixitbetter]

Keep it up man! Love your content

[@Ramon.Santiago]

Glad to see you back man!

[@yankez9238]

What a lovely surprise :) Welcome back and nice chair :)

[@chaskaphelps]

You're back!!! Not sure if you remember me, but I bought the Corolla from you a few years back, I'm in the process of rebuilding the motor but the car has been great!

[@johnathekid1040]

Beautiful car, great work as always sir

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

thanks so much!

[@philipbrady3701]

Hey...glad your back. I really missed these builds...Nice chair as well

[@MISTERHEALTH.]

Yes! A new video. I've recently bought a MGB GT LE. And all I've done to restore it is watch your videos haha 👍

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

careful, if you watch too many you may end up cutting it up slamming it and making it wide 😂

[@MISTERHEALTH.]

@@BUILTOFFICIAL I've already got the spacers and leaf springs ready to flip the eyelets.

[@wilddonkey7574]

Glad your back. I enjoy your videos. Nice chair

[@rens2998]

im subscribed but didnt see the this video in my feed. but i saw a short of yours about this car and it reminded me too look at your channel. so keep posting shorts with every video! good idea

[@marchenning5037]

Chair. In the early 90s had an Opel with a terrible pierburg carb. Everybody said weber 36dcd. Took a stroll in the breakers yard and found alfas had the weber 32/6 bought 5 for the price of one 36dcd nobody wanted them. Mates with the 36 conversion constantly moaned about fuel consumption and the carb not being responsive. Mine worked like a dream no issues. Wasn't long and all my mates had also changed to the 32 and no more issues. Moral of the story Alfas do have a little value 😂 for spare parts

[@BUILTOFFICIAL]

Thats awesome! I love the 32/36 it just seems to work on every old 4cyl. such a great little carb!