[Tigers] thunderbird not sunbeam?

[drmayf]

FWIW. when I look at the car, I see a 55 bird.  Looking at the rear 
fenders, they have the characteristic shape of the 55 and 56 birds. When 
I look at the hood attachment it looks like a ford product. It does not 
have the piece to which the sunbeam hinges attach. And I may be wrong, 
but weren't the parking light on the early birds round like that as 
well?  I think it would be cool if someone chopped up an early bird and 
claimed it was a Sunbeam, lol...  And claimed some affiliation with 
Shelby to boot. The grill piece also looks like a Bird in shape. It may 
even  be a glass replica of one and  that has been heavily modified.  A 
rear view shot and some other pics as well would help. I wonder if the 
owner will share? Probably only if the restorationists don't nibble him 
to death (either the sunbeam or t-bird purists).  I think it is a cool car!

mayf
Tony Somebody wrote:

>For what its worth, IMO, the car appears to be a very modified S3 Alpine. They have moulded the entire front end while keeping the stock parking lights and the firewall was made to make engine fitment much easier than a stock Tiger. It would be nice to have seen pics as the work progressed. Im sure the car is a go fast SOB and the Shelby affilation is used to draw more attention to this unusual one of a kind Sunbeam.It seems all cars from the mid 50s and the next decade had similarties when you look at the tail lights in FIN formation.
>TtT
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