|
Author
|
Topic: Sunbeam Tiger
|
twostick
Journeyman Posts: 10
From: Cazenovia, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 06-17-1999 09:53 PM
   
My Tiger is small and it has a Ford 260ci engine with a top loader 4 speed. I doubt, however, that it qualifies as a 'small Ford'
It is good for ALOT of grins!
IP: Logged |
SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
|
posted 06-17-1999 10:00 PM
Sounds like one of the family to me!Welcome! ------------------
SteveLaRiviere/Administrator Latest Updates: *Working on a 'Member's Photo Gallery' *Check out our 'Classified Ads' Section!
www.mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Ads.html
IP: Logged |
deke
Gearhead Posts: 1573
From: Silver Spring, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 06-18-1999 08:22 AM
I have an aquaintance that has a frame-up restored, V8 Sunbeam Tiger with a highrise Offenhouser manifold..... BEA U TEEE FUL car!!!! He says he surprises a lot of the ricers when they try to get frisky with him! It's an unexpected sleeper IMO.
IP: Logged |
71ragtop
Gearhead Posts: 2459
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: May 99
|
posted 06-18-1999 09:55 AM
What exactly does a Sunbeam Tiger look like? Not sure I've ever seen one. Got a picture?
IP: Logged |
twostick
Journeyman Posts: 10
From: Cazenovia, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 06-18-1999 05:36 PM
check out a Sunbeam Tiger at
http://www.corpdemo.com/tiger/
IP: Logged |
SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
|
posted 06-18-1999 06:22 PM
Here's a Sunbeam Tiger;  The photo was borrowed from this site; http://www.corpdemo.com/tiger/ ------------------
SteveLaRiviere/Administrator Latest Updates: *Working on a 'Member's Photo Gallery' *Check out our 'Classified Ads' Section!
www.mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Ads.html
IP: Logged |
SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 43792
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
|
posted 06-18-1999 06:25 PM
There was a guy in my town {Tom Curlew, in case my brother is wondering} that had a couple of Tigers.The Poor man's AC Cobra! How much do these units weigh, Twostick? ------------------
SteveLaRiviere/Administrator Latest Updates: *Working on a 'Member's Photo Gallery' *Check out our 'Classified Ads' Section!
www.mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Ads.html
IP: Logged |
twostick
Journeyman Posts: 10
From: Cazenovia, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 06-18-1999 09:51 PM
My 1965 Tiger weighs 2565 lbs. If you launch it right (not to much wheel spin) the front end comes up/ the 4 barrel moans/ the dual exhaust barks/ and every MG, Triumph, Fiat, Alfa owner looks sad and says "I coulda had a V8"
IP: Logged |
MLariviere
Moderator Posts: 4008
From: Biddeford,Me.USA
Registered: May 99
|
posted 06-18-1999 10:04 PM
Tom Curlew still has one nice one and also a pile of parts behind his garage. Maxwell Smart had one,too. Or was it an Alpine?
IP: Logged |
twostick
Journeyman Posts: 10
From: Cazenovia, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 06-22-1999 09:33 PM
First he rode an Alpine, then a Karman Ghia, then agent 99
IP: Logged |
StangPunk
Gearhead Posts: 121
From: Climax MN
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 06-28-1999 10:02 PM
Always liked the intro when he caught his nose in the door...
MAN I love Tigers. I even prefer them to Cobras, don't know why. What I'd do for one...
------------------
* * *
Bondo sucks!!
IP: Logged |
Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 26513
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
|
posted 07-20-1999 10:41 PM
I had a 65 Tiger once gang, and you wouldn't belive what I did with it! I was young remeber, I street raced it! Nobody new what it was and when I got it the 260 was seized up, soooo, I put in one of my 289's! G-60 14 tires and 4.11 gears in a 2300 lbs. car! Whew...did that little thing make a lot of money!!! I sold it to some Puerto Rican guys who also street raced it, but could never get the hang of the backwards shifter!!! LOL Alex------------------
Alex Denysenko Co-Administrator and Moderator
IP: Logged |
TomP
Gearhead Posts: 5822
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
|
posted 01-25-2000 03:36 PM
I had one...actually registed as Alpine(made from a wrecked Tiger) it had a 68 302-4Vwith a cam and headers...cornering was fine as long as you respect the power. Besides spinning is fun as long you don't hit anything. typical english car wiring though
IP: Logged |
Mustangsandmore Forums
