Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 29th July from 12pm
Auction: Wed 30st July from 9am
Location: St John's Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
1965 Sunbeam Tiger MK1
Estimate
£28, 000 - £32, 000
Registration No: EDV 33C
Chassis No: B9472780HR0FE
MOT: May 2026
Understood to be 1 of just 3, 763 MK1 cars
Known to the Sunbeam Tiger Owners' Club for many years
14-inch Minilite-style alloys plus both hard and soft tops
Offered with history file and current V5c document
The Sunbeam Tiger was conceived in the West Coast of the USA and inspired by the success of the AC Cobra - the result of mating an American small block V8 engine with the British AC Ace. Rootes American Motors Inc. saw the potential for inserting the same powerplant - Ford's 4. 2-litre (260 cu in) 'Windsor' unit - into the nose of the stylish but rather pedestrian Sunbeam Alpine. Carroll Shelby was duly commissioned to build the prototype and the rest is history. The basic layout of the Alpine was retained and the car featured independent suspension at the front using coil springs, and a 'live' axle at the rear supported by semi-elliptic leaf springs. The 164bhp engine endowed the newcomer with a top speed of around 120mph and a 0-60 mph acceleration time of under eight seconds. A total of some 7, 085 Tigers were eventually produced.
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