[Roadsters] Is it a Tiger?

[Gordon Glasgow]

Actually it could be made to handle acceptably well, but it did tend towards
understeer.

When I was autocrossing my roadster in the late 1970's in Improved B, there
were typically four cars battling it out in Improved A: two Corvettes, a
Lotus Elan and a Sunbeam Tiger. A lot of times they were all within a
half-second of each other. It was fun to watch.

Gordon Glasgow


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[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gary and Cindy
Ault
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 10:27 AM
To: Gary McCormick; dave n; roadster list; Stephen Holst
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Is it a Tiger?

Gary,

I recall it was a Ford 260, also.  Added lots of weight compared to the
4 in the
Alpine.  Ran great in a straight line, but, as I recall, had problems
changing direction.

Gary



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From:
Gary McCormick <gkmcc at sbcglobal.net>
To: dave n <sumton at sbcglobal.net>;
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<stephen.holst at randrglobal.com>
Sent: Wed, May 30, 2012 9:06:23 AM
Subject:
Re: [Roadsters] Is it a Tiger?

I've also heard that there was a standard 500-mile maintenance for Tigers:
Re-tighten every bolt in the car... ;^)

They
had what, the Ford 260 V-8 was it?

Gary McCormick
San Jose, CA

--- On Wed,
5/30/12, Stephen Holst <stephen.holst at randrglobal.com> wrote:

From: Stephen
Holst <stephen.holst at randrglobal.com>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Is it a Tiger?
To: "dave n" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>, "roadster list"
<datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 3:59 AM

Be
careful the Tiger owners would be dismayed to be compared to an alpine.
Tigers
had a V8 (in an alpine body) and were quite speedy.  My 2000 was not a match
ofi them on a straight line when it was new.
Sreve


On 5/29/12 9:45 PM, "dave
n" <sumton at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I bet if you brought home a ferrari she
would like it . . .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert k. smith
>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 8:25 PM
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> Subject: Re:
[Roadsters] Is it a Tiger?
>
>  hi dave, i think i have to differ with you on
the attractiveness of the
> tiger(or sunbeam alpine). i think it is much
prettier, and better
> proportioned than the datsun roadster. the final word
on this,
> has to be my wife jeanine, who said she LIKED the alpine. in
> 40
years of marriage, she has never liked any of the other
> old cars ive had,
including the datsun 2000. just my opinion.
>                                 
              bob smith,ohio
>                                               
69 srl 311
>                                                74 260Z
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