The old C Production Solex Roadsters DID eat CP Tigers most weekends...
- Bob Mann, '69 2000
Daniel wrote:
>
> OK, I have a confession. I "was" jealous of my friend's newly purchase
> restored 67 SunBeam Tiger with a 302. The car looks beautiful. But...
>
> I went for a ride last night in the supposed 280hp beast that cost $22K. I
> feel much better about our $3K Roadster. Though the hood does not grab for
> the sky at every shift, it starts, stops and generally runs around a corner
> better than the sunbeam/ford/chrysler car. The Tiger was very floppy, zero
> brakes and would not come close to a Roadster in a corner.
>
> If you put $22K or even less in a Roadster, it would eat Tigers all day.
>
> So much for the mystic of the legend.
>
> I Love our Roadster!!
>
> Daniel Beatty
> 65 1600 #1322
> Portland, OR
> www.seaport.net/~daniel/OurRoadster
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