Speedhunters.com Build Month

February is Build Month over at Speedhunters.com, so the next few weeks of content is going to be right up the alley of Build Threads readers. Not only are they going to showcase the best build-related material from around the world, but they’re also asking for readers to submit their own builds to feature. So if you’ve got a project hiding away that you want to see on the biggest automotive blog in the world, head to this post and start submitting!

Photo credit: Casey Dhnaram / Speedhunters.com

Hyundai Excel Sports Sedan

Speedhunters feature number 3…

For my 3rd build feature I really want to change it up for you guys. Personally, I love it when people take a car and modify it in the complete opposite direction to what the manufacturer initially intended. So how about taking a car that was built with cheap mass-production and basic transportation in mind, gutting it, and transforming it into a track warrior?

Well, that’s exactly what Liam from my home city of Melbourne, Australia is doing. The car in question is an X3 model Hyundai Excel (sold as the Accent in America & the UK). As you’ll see from the following images, there’s not much of the original car left, but that won’t lessen the novelty of passing cars on a race track in what looks like an Excel on steroids.
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1966 Sunbeam Minx F20C

Here is the second build to be featured on Speedhunters.

The first build I showed you was pure American muscle, from the body, to the frame, to the guy’s working their magic on it. For this next build I’m not gonna go all JDM or Euro on you, but the engine choice does come from the land of the rising sun. I know how much you guys love the Japanese stuff (as do I), but I do try to feature some of the more obscure builds to keep it interesting and fresh.

This next car is a 1966 Sunbeam Minx in the stages of receiving an F20C transplant and 4-link rear end. The guy behind it all is named Mike, he’s a master metal fabricator and I’ve featured one of his builds before. Let’s get started…

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