I recently was given a Sunbeam price list from 1965.
I had my Tiger at a car show on Monday in downtown Fredericksburg, VA (I
know, a British car on Independence Day!) and a guy walks up and we start
talking about Tigers. He's always wanted one, but no luck. He tells me
that he has some Sunbeam documentation and that a "real Tiger owner" should
have it. So I gave him my address and thought no more about it. Wednesday
morning he dropped off the package while I was at work. OMG! Inside a
Sunbeam Manilla mail folder (with $0.12 postage!) is a spotless 1965 color
Tiger tri-fold, a Sunbeam Competition and Performance Parts bi-fold, a
Sunbeam price sheet, a 4 page color folder of Sunbeam optional
accessories, a "Tale of the Tiger," and reprints (by Sunbeam) of Tiger
reviews from various magazines!
The guy called me to make sure that I got it and I thanked him profusely.
Keep on Tigering!
Jim Sencindiver
B382100451/TAC 448
http://www.tigersunited.com/car_show/sencindiver_j/default.asp
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 3:05 AM, michael king <michael.s.king@gmail.com>wrote:
> Tony.. back in the 60's you could buy the whole tiger brand new for
> under 4K!! and a set of LAt wheels for $48 and a LAt hood for 135! so
> 200 for painting a whole car was probably even cheap then!
>
> " Its funny how much it cost to paint a
> car at todays prices and in the mid 60s for $200 you could get a top of the
> line paint job- well in my memory, which often fails the older I get. I
> often
> think I have beginning stages of oldtimers before I reach 60."
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Michael King
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