1966 Sunbeam Tiger Roadster (Car in NZ)
Chassis Number: B9470035. Horsepower: 200 hp. Displacement: 8-cylinder, 289 ci (4.7 L) Wheelbase: 86". Carroll Shelby, under a contract with Rootes Group of England, built the 1964 Sunbeam Tiger 289 prototype, a high-performance V8 version of the Sunbeam Alpine roadster. The production Tiger was very close to the prototype developed by Shelby.
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Sunbeam Tiger. Named for the world land speed record holder of 1926, the Sunbeam Tiger was the cheapest way to have a Shelby engineered, small block Ford powered two seat British convertible in the '60s. Fortunately, this opportunity still exists today. Built by the Rootes Group, the Sunbeam Tiger was a leading sportscar value in the '60s.
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Published Sep 5, 2016 High-performance roadster designed in part by Carroll Shelby The Sunbeam Tiger was a two-seat sports roadster built between 1964 to 1967 by British manufacturer Rootes.
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While most of the mechanicals were rebuilt to original specs, Brett is a performance junkie at heart, and shelved the factory 260 in favor of a '64 289 with 302 internals.
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Brabham had made the same suggestion to Garrad - use the Ford engine. Garrad talked about it to Doane Spencer of Hollywood Sports Cars - a mecca of the day.. The Sunbeam Tiger debuted at the New York Motor Show in April 1964, christened after Sir Henry Seagraves' pre-war land speed record V-12. Garrad's perseverance in pursuit of an.
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Altogether, 6,450 examples of the Sunbeam Tiger were made through 1967, when the model sang its brief swansong with a new model featuring Ford's 289 ci V-8. Thus, the Tiger Mk II was born.
1966 Sunbeam Tiger Tribute for sale on BaT Auctions sold for 36,750
10 Shelby Built Prototype Mecum After his success with the Shelby Cobra, Carroll Shelby was contracted by Rootes Group of England to work on their Sunbeam Alpine. The result was the 1964 Sunbeam Tiger 289 prototype, the high-performance V8 version of the Alpine roadster. via hemmings
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Mike Bumbeck 09/24/2018 Buyer's Guides In This Article Category: Buyer's Guides The original Sunbeam Tiger was a beastly V-12 powered machine built in 1926 for setting land speed records at the hands of Major H.O.D Seagrave. The mighty Tiger was later configured to run flat out around the Brooklands high-banked race track.
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Background The Sunbeam Tiger was a development of the Sunbeam Alpine series I, introduced by the British manufacturer Rootes in 1959. [3] Rootes realised that the Alpine needed more power if it was to compete successfully in world markets, but lacked a suitable engine and the resources to develop one.
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29 Photos Once introduced, the Sunbeam Tiger quickly acquired a reputation as a baby Cobra on the street. It also had a reputation as a baby Cobra on the road-racing track, although not.
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The Rootes Group was building the unibody Sunbeam Alpine since Loewy Studios—and specifically Barney Roos—designed the Series I in 1959 on a Hillman Husky chassis. It sported a wishbone front suspension, a solid rear axle, and Girling front disc and rear drum brakes.
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19 March 2019 The Sunbeam Tiger combined the power of a Ford V-8 with the sporting heritage of a British roadster in a car as adept at touring as it was racing. The Tiger was a high-performance riff on the Alpine, a lovely four-cylinder roadster built by the Rootes Group, a boutique British automaker that got its start in 1928.
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The last cars are known as Mark II Tigers, which number only 536 of the total 7,085 Tigers built. Their VIN numbers start with B382100XXX. Mark II cars came stock with 289 c.i. V8s, all the revisions of the Mark IAs, plus a new eggcrate grill. The chrome side trim and Tiger emblem were removed, replaced by stainless steel fenderwell molding.
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The Sunbeam "Tiger" — a Progress Report. FOR SOME TIME the famous 4-litre V12 Sunbeam Tiger has been an important exhibit at The Midland Motor Museum at Bridgnorth but after a gearbox failure at a Brooklands Reunion had been repaired and subsequently tested at Silverstone, its proud owner Bob Roberts decided the time had come to have the car completely overhauled, a decision prompted.
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Tiger production started in 1964 and lasted three years, ending when Chrysler purchased Sunbeam as part of a group of automotive properties from the Baron Rootes and saw an issue with the.
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The Sunbeam Tiger is a factory V-8-swapped version of the Rootes Group's Sunbeam Alpine roadster, built from 1964-1967 by Jensen Motorcars and powered by the Ford Windsor V-8.The Sunbeam Alpine.