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04-19-2007, 06:44 PM
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Sunbeam Tiger: looks like a MG but has Ford V8 under the hood, still affordable soon to be $$$$$ IMO
Dad bought one when I was in high school. With help from friends, he and I fixed it up and took 1st place in Tiger division of our first Ford Auto show. It was a 1/2 burned-up chassis with the engine and trans in pieces when we broght it home on a trailer.
Sunbeam was making nice sedate english sports cars and along came Carol Shelby. He stuffed a Ford 260 under the bonnet and things got interesting. Mark II Tiger models got 289s.
Ours was Mark II with soft top and optional fiberglass hard top. The engine was bored to about 300, 10.5-1 compression, ported and polished, alloy intake w/ 750cfm carb, a big cam, headers and dual point distribitor (high tech at the time). The cam and carb we used were a bit over the top for street use, but it was a hoot to drive. It looked totally mild, but the lumpy idle hinted that there was something lurking under the hood.
The rear-end ratio on ours was way too tall, launches were very uneventful, but once you got it rolling the fun began, we had a blast autocrossing it, point the front tires where you want to go, light up the rears and hang on :-)
Dad sold it while I was off at college, I was so pissed for weeks.
While Mustangs, Cobras, GT40s even Torino prices have gone through the roof, the Tigers have not caught on with collectors, yet. with the Carol Shelby connection, I predict they will catch on as collectables very soon.
I might be able to dig up some old negatives and upload pix if anyone is interested.
Robert
Sunbeam was making nice sedate english sports cars and along came Carol Shelby. He stuffed a Ford 260 under the bonnet and things got interesting. Mark II Tiger models got 289s.
Ours was Mark II with soft top and optional fiberglass hard top. The engine was bored to about 300, 10.5-1 compression, ported and polished, alloy intake w/ 750cfm carb, a big cam, headers and dual point distribitor (high tech at the time). The cam and carb we used were a bit over the top for street use, but it was a hoot to drive. It looked totally mild, but the lumpy idle hinted that there was something lurking under the hood.
The rear-end ratio on ours was way too tall, launches were very uneventful, but once you got it rolling the fun began, we had a blast autocrossing it, point the front tires where you want to go, light up the rears and hang on :-)
Dad sold it while I was off at college, I was so pissed for weeks.
While Mustangs, Cobras, GT40s even Torino prices have gone through the roof, the Tigers have not caught on with collectors, yet. with the Carol Shelby connection, I predict they will catch on as collectables very soon.
I might be able to dig up some old negatives and upload pix if anyone is interested.
Robert
04-19-2007, 07:02 PM
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You really got me thinking about this and then i remembered the ULTIMATE sleeper...
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04-20-2007, 07:38 AM
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Durocco...
Being partial to old skool VWs Sciroccos, I think this is a lot of fun. Basically, take a VW Scirocco, and bolt in another complete drivetrain in the back end. Cheap and faster than heck.<ul><li><a href="http://www.durocco.com/video.html">http://www.durocco.com/video.html</a</li></ul>