[Tigers] Ebay 1967 Sunbeam Tiger MK1A

[Steve Laifman]

Tigers,

Just for curiosity, my Buddy Bar original Tiger lettered aluminum valve 
covers have nearly half the fins on each side ground off to clear the 
firewall.  This car does not, and seems to have deeper fins. Curious.  
Yes the front bumper has been twisted up on one side.

As to the "soft top boot cover", I believe that some photos show the 
boot cover, and those showing a cover that seems to slope to the rear of 
the front seats, are different covers.  The "sloping" one is a Tonneau 
cover that has the cockpit cover portion stowed behind the seats.  
Perfectly normal with such a cover.

The wrong color (blue) engine appears to be a 289, as the 260 had 
outside head surface curved, and these appear straight in the picture.  
Pictures of both in "Performance Tuning the Sunbeam Tiger" by Gordon 
Chittenden.

Steve

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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com



Jeffrey Nichols wrote:
> Check out auction Item number: 140231201604 advertised as 25,000 original
> miles.  Looking at the photo's of before restoration, which includes a close
> up of the odometer registering 25,000 miles, it sure was a hard 25,000 miles.
> I think the odometer rolled over once.   Then the seller goes on to say the
> engine and transmission have only 25,000 miles worth of wear.   Maybe so, but
> the engine is pretty gunked up for a low mileage engine.
>
> The after restoration photo shows they messed up the front bumper, its looks
> like it is bent upward, or they hit something driving it.
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