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1. Re: Tiger GT (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Maddock" <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 20:27:26 +1000
The original 1926 Tiger is my pick too, I'd hock my grandmother for it. There aren't too many 70 year old cars about that are good for 150mph. They did actually build two, but the second car was call
/html/tigers/1998-03/msg00023.html (8,601 bytes)

2. New kid on the block (score: 1)
Author: "Russell Maddock" <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 18:32:30 +1100
There's a Rootes connection to that Renault-Volvo V6. It was also used in the Talbot Tagora, a belated replacement for the Humber Super Snipe. The Tagora didn't exactly set the market alight and only
/html/tigers/1998-02/msg00070.html (8,833 bytes)

3. Re: Classifieds2000 found 1 car (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 20:00:50 +1100
"Baby Barracuda" production actually continued right up to 1975 with Alpine badging and 1976 with Rapier badging, but I imagine they stopped selling them in the USA in 1970. All the post-1970 cars we
/html/tigers/1998-01/msg00011.html (7,749 bytes)

4. Microcell seats (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:55:18 +1100
A question I've been meaning to post for a while: I have an unusual set of seats in my Series III. They seem to be based on Series III-V/Tiger Microcells, but are quite different to the standard ones
/html/tigers/1998-01/msg00129.html (8,366 bytes)

5. RIP Rastus (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 21:17:18 +1100
The newspapers here carried a story this morning about a motorcycle-riding cat from New Zealand named Rastus which was killed with its owner in a head-on collision. Apparently the bike was a Sunbeam
/html/tigers/1998-01/msg00220.html (6,559 bytes)

6. Re: Rootes and Science Fiction (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 15:49:25 +1100
You just reminded me that a little while back I was watching the film of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and was surprised to find a Commer Imp Van featuring every now and than.
/html/tigers/1997-12/msg00207.html (7,228 bytes)

7. Re: [Fwd: Calendar] (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:38:37 +1100
Although I don't think he's on any of the lists, Ian Gerrard (of NZ) is on email. His address is i.gerrard@xtra.co.nz Russell
/html/tigers/1997-11/msg00096.html (9,092 bytes)

8. Classic Cars ? (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:47:13 +1000
I just checked that site, but they seem to have changed the picture already. Now it has an XK Jaguar. I think I might know what that mystery car is though. The boys in the club here will love this. O
/html/tigers/1997-10/msg00161.html (8,948 bytes)

9. Re: Superlite Wheels (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 1997 18:05:51 +1000
I'm running Superlites on my Imp and intend getting some for my Alpine when I put it back on the road. I've had them on the Imp for five years with no problems. They seem to be quite a popular access
/html/tigers/1997-09/msg00113.html (6,923 bytes)

10. Re: Mirror replacement & Engine Run on (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 22:54:57 +1000
Horch was one of the firms (Audi, Wanderer & DKW were the others) which made up the Auto Union, responsible for some amazing racing cars and forerunner of the modern Audi company. August Horch founde
/html/tigers/1997-09/msg00129.html (7,610 bytes)

11. Re: vent screws (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 12:22:02 +1000
Tigers could be different, but on my Alpine those extra holes are for the tonneau cover studs. Russell
/html/tigers/1997-07/msg00399.html (7,413 bytes)

12. Re: New address (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 15:13:12 +1000
While we're on the subject, my Sunbeam site has moved to: http://www.petrie.starway.net.au/~sunbeam Scott, your registry information is now at www.petrie.starway.net.au/~sunbeam/registry.htm Russell
/html/tigers/1997-07/msg00400.html (7,129 bytes)

13. Aussie Sunbeam Nationals (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 1997 18:29:13 +1000
The following is a bit on the long side, so you may want to hit the delete key, especially Hillman people since the Hillman link is a bit tenuous. I hope it will be of some interest to the lists. I j
/html/tigers/1997-06/msg00107.html (9,892 bytes)

14. Re: "Hillman - " New addition to Hillman Homepage (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 19:56:07 +1000
In the same vein, I have just scanned the covers of some old issues of Modern Motoring & Travel (the Rootes Group's own motoring magazine) and put them on my site. See http://www.petrie.starway.net.a
/html/tigers/1997-06/msg00270.html (7,531 bytes)

15. Re: Hunter for Cheap (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:14:47 +1000
The humble Hillman Hunter provides an excellent case study on Rootes' badge engineering activities. They were sold under a bewildering variety of names for marketing purposes around the world. Here a
/html/tigers/1997-06/msg00283.html (8,104 bytes)

16. Re: F'tang, Yang, Kipperbang?-Eureka Auction! (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 14:26:51 +1000
David, you wouldn't happen to know would you what became of a couple of rather special Imps formerly the property of one Alan Fraser and, I believe, last heard of in the vicinity of Tenerife? Russ Ma
/html/tigers/1997-05/msg00335.html (8,634 bytes)

17. Re: Political Correctness (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 22:46:25 +1000
Since this list knows no national boundaries, we don't all have the luxury of such freedoms. I enjoyed Ole's original post. Personally I think the best jokes are those at the expense of myself or my
/html/tigers/1997-05/msg00410.html (7,304 bytes)

18. Discovery Channel (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 20:00:19 +1000
I just read in the Dutch Rootes club's newsletter that Discovery Channel in Holland ran a documentary on post-war Sunbeam cars. Would anyone know if there's likely to be/has been an English language
/html/tigers/1997-04/msg00107.html (6,607 bytes)

19. [Fwd: Classic 1926 Sunbeam 35 For Sale] (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 1997 20:48:02 +1000
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --53741ABF7EC5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The following message was recently posted to me. Usual disclaime
/html/tigers/1997-04/msg00236.html (10,223 bytes)

20. Talbot Sunbeam Lotus (score: 1)
Author: Russell Maddock <rmaddock@petrie.starway.net.au>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 16:48:24 +1000
I think, Jarrid, you have your post-Rootes Talbots mixed up. The Talbot Sunbeam family, of which the Lotus was a member, was derived from the Hillman Avenger. It was the Talbot Horizon which was bas
/html/tigers/1997-04/msg00264.html (7,581 bytes)

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