[Tigers] thunderbird not sunbeam?

[Chris Thompson]

I think whoever posted this thought it was a Tiger, not the owner.  It's 
clearly a Thunderbird, and that the owner was trying to pay homage to 
the Cobra, not the Tiger (nor Alpine), as evidenced by the snakes on the 
seats, and the tag on the firewall that clearly says "Cobra".

Guess he hasn't heard about what Shelby thinks about that kind of thing 
these days.....

Chris
B382000331

Steve Laifman wrote:
> On the other hand,
>
> Mayf had some interesting observations, so I pulled up this familiar 
> pic to compare to Michael's posting:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/27587130@N02/3404959991/sizes/l/
>
> It is pretty familiar to us, and at about the same angle, Old 74 
> Alpine championed by Don Sessler:
>
> http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/chassisNum.aspx?carID=12466&iDNumID=3638 
>
> <http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/chassisNum.aspx?carID=12466&iDNumID=3638> 
>
> and:
>
> http://www.seriouswheels.com/1960-1969/1964-Sunbeam-Alpine-Racecar-White-Black-Stripes-FA.htm 
>
>
> It is fairly clear that the car is a homage to Don's racing Alpine.  
> It is a very handsome "replicar", but T-Bird based, with some custom 
> glass work.
>
> Steve