Here is a link to the model:
http://www.automodello.com/sunbeamtiger.htm
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:44 AM, michael@michaelshortt.com <
michaelsavga@gmail.com> wrote:
> Link through Autoweek article today. sorry I can't share the photo.
>
> Michael Shortt
>
> *Automodello*
> *Get Smart* fans will recognize this 1/43-scale 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Mark 1.
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> Following the startling success of the Ford 289 V8-powered Shelby-designed
> Cobras <http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120119/CARNEWS/120119793>, the
> folks
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> at Rootes Group, manufacturers of the 1959 Sunbeam Alpine got the bug.
>
> They reached out to Carroll Shelby to work his magic on their handsome
> little car. Shelby designed
>
> and built the prototype, and the result was a fun little sporty car with
> wire wheels, whitewalls and four cylinders in Tiger form.
>
> The Automodello image replicates, in 1/43 resin, the Mark 1 version
> introduced in 1965. The car comes in red or British
>
> Racing green ($135), and features a removable hardtop. Fans of the '60s TV
> show Get Smart will recognize the
>
> red Tiger as Maxwell Smart's ride of
> choice<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZyALBqF7XA>.
> ($95, www.automodello.com)
>
>
> Read more:
> http://www.autoweek.com/article/20121219/carnews01/121219886#ixzz2FcCc3HYP
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> Michael L. Shortt
> Savannah, Georgia
> www.michaelshortt.com
> michael@michaelshortt.com
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