I Am Lusting After A Sunbeam Tiger

jackknife said:
A.W.U.K.-

Did you catch the Top Gear show where they tried to kill the Toyota pick-up truck.? That cracked me up.
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I saw it on the internet, yes, very amusing!
 
cockroachfarm said:
I lusted after a brunette and her brand-new 'Mille Miglia" (gift from Daddy) all through high school :D The last one I saw for sale was a few years ago at US$48,000. :eek:
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The girl or the car?


LOL

Paul
 
pcnorton said:
While nostalgia is cool. THe reality of upkeep isn't.

http://www.mallettcars.com/sky-conversion.htm

This is something up that alley but modern and brand new. What would a pristine tiger cost you?

I opted for a modern(2004) MINI Cooper s with the works package. For my nosalgia purchase.



Paul
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But, Paul, it's powered by a "Stovebolt"! That would be heresy for a Ford guy like me.:D :D
 
Now I had not realized that there had been 289 c.i.d. versions of the Tiger. All that I remember were the 260 c.i.d. versions. A 302 would fit very nicely, but it would very probably overpower the chassis. One of the nice things that I remember about the Tiger was that it had a good balance of power to chassis. It did not just slather off the rubber from the rear tires.
 
I'm pretty sure my old boss has one,it's completly appart but all there aside from the motor and tranny,i could check if it's still available for sale if you want
 
Nobody does engine swaps any more. There was a time when everybody and his hamster was shoehorning a monster engine into whatever lightweight little car he could get his hands on. The AC and the Sunbeam were overbuilt little sports cars and the swaps were so successful they became production offerings; many of the others were not so successful -- but fun....

It seems to me hot-rodding is much less of a do-it-yourself hobby than it used to be. There are still hot-rodders but they mostly work from kits. I saw a T-Bucket parked on the street yesterday, a very cool car with what appeared to be a blown hemi engine and monstrous rear tires that yet had tread on them so the car was street-legal -- a very cool hot rod in its way, but it was built from a kit. You just buy the kit and assemble it. That's not the way it used to be....
 
Owned a 61 Sunbeam Rapier in Germany, honkin 79 hp 4 banger, not zactly a muscle car but handeled european roads will.
 
Cougar Allen said:
It seems to me hot-rodding is much less of a do-it-yourself hobby than it used to be. There are still hot-rodders but they mostly work from kits. I saw a T-Bucket parked on the street yesterday, a very cool car with what appeared to be a blown hemi engine and monstrous rear tires that yet had tread on them so the car was street-legal -- a very cool hot rod in its way, but it was built from a kit. You just buy the kit and assemble it. That's not the way it used to be....
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I was registering a modified vehicle a couple of years ago. Here you have to have all the mods (this was basically a transmission swap) approved by a certified inspector. What I discovered is that the certified inspectors are 99% from the hot rod community. Makes sense as they have a vested interest. I met some interesting craftsmen in the process including a guy who did the nicest piece of welding for me. Still hope for do it yourself here.
 
We used to travel @ 20 miles out to a rural hotel with pool most sundays. My Dad had a Sunbeam Alpine and the top was down and us kids 6&8 years old enjoying every minute. It was traded in for a 1970 4+2 E-Type.

The Tiger was a bit nose heavy in a small car.

The Alpine is still going strong in Zimbabwe.
 
Cougar Allen said:
Nobody does engine swaps any more. There was a time when everybody and his hamster was shoehorning a monster engine into whatever lightweight little car he could get his hands on. The AC and the Sunbeam were overbuilt little sports cars and the swaps were so successful they became production offerings; many of the others were not so successful -- but fun....

It seems to me hot-rodding is much less of a do-it-yourself hobby than it used to be. There are still hot-rodders but they mostly work from kits. I saw a T-Bucket parked on the street yesterday, a very cool car with what appeared to be a blown hemi engine and monstrous rear tires that yet had tread on them so the car was street-legal -- a very cool hot rod in its way, but it was built from a kit. You just buy the kit and assemble it. That's not the way it used to be....
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Cougar;
it's really hard to find a rolling chassis or an original steel body that is good enough to build on. As you can imagine, t-buckets are approaching 100 years old- but you can buy a glass tub and chassis for about 7 grand.

I've been dying for a Tudor, but the car is 50 years older than me!
 
You're right. Real Model Ts are antiques now, and so are deuce coupes etc. -- it would be a crime to make one into a hot rod. Cars made since the mid-sixties have no frame. :eek:
 
FullerH said:
I am sorry, folks. I didn't say that I could afford one, only that I wanted one.
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Come on you work for the Govt'...you must be loaded.;)

Of course those rents around DC and property prices:eek:



Paul
 
My best friend's brother used to own a Tiger. What a kick to ride in. The three brothers in the family owned, at various times during the three years we were in high school: MGTD, Sunbeam Tiger, Bugeye Sprite and a Velocette motorcycle followed later by a Morgan. I ended up with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spyder Veloce. Wish I'd never sold that car.

Good luck on your Tiger.
 
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