Descripción
Kelham Hall | Newark, Nottinghamshire
Viewing: Tuesday 16 June from 12pm
Auction: Wednesday 17 June from 9am
Location: Main Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX
1966 Sunbeam Tiger Mk1
Estimate
£26, 000 - £32, 000
Registration No: JRT 436D
Chassis No: Bthe details belowHROFE
MOT: Exempt
A rarer, Mk1-A variant of the iconic Sunbeam Tiger
Believed to be fitted with its original 260 engine
Subject to significant and recent Tiger specialist work
Offered for sale with a history file and current Swansea V5C
The Sunbeam Tiger was conceived on 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 was eventually produced.
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