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Solved - NEH 3578: Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans - 1964
« on: June 30, 2014, 06:54:46 AM »
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Re: NEH 3578
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2014, 05:00:12 AM »
Rookies all back to sleep again so it's an easy Expert point...
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Re: NEH 3578
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2014, 05:34:36 AM »
Triumph ?
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Re: NEH 3578
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2014, 05:42:36 AM »
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Re: NEH 3578
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2014, 07:31:07 AM »
It looks like the Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans car of 1964 to me.
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Re: NEH 3578
« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2014, 07:47:04 AM »
Quote from: Oswald on July 08, 2014, 07:31:07 AM
It looks like the Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans car of 1964 to me.

Indeed it is.
Too easy for an Expert!
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Re: Solved - NEH 3578: Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans - 1964
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2014, 03:02:25 AM »
Great stance, that car. More Shelby than Sunbeam isn't it?
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Re: Solved - NEH 3578: Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans - 1964
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2014, 04:08:15 AM »
Quote from: Oswald on July 09, 2014, 03:02:25 AM
Great stance, that car. More Shelby than Sunbeam isn't it?

Yes.
Another missed opportunity - something the British motor industry particularly excelled at...
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Re: Solved - NEH 3578: Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans - 1964
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2014, 08:00:06 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on July 09, 2014, 04:08:15 AM
Quote from: Oswald on July 09, 2014, 03:02:25 AM
Great stance, that car. More Shelby than Sunbeam isn't it?

Yes.
Another missed opportunity - something the British motor industry particularly excelled at...

It was all the fault of Sunbeam. They had commissioned Brian Lister to develop the car, and he suggested aluminium bodies, but Sunbeam insisted on steel, and the cars were way too heavy. In addition they used the Fairlane 4.2 engines , unlike their US-engined rivals who used the 4.7 lump. And just look at that short wheelbase - they did not handle well.

I used to watch Bernard Unett race one regularly in GT races at Snetterton as a teenager. The rules about what qualified as a GT were fairly lax in those days.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3578: Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans - 1964
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2014, 10:23:14 AM »
Then when Chrysler took over the Rootes Group, which included Sunbeam, they discontinued the Tiger as it was Ford powered
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Re: Solved - NEH 3578: Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans - 1964
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2015, 07:54:31 AM »
Another picture:

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