[Tigers] FW: #9 LeMans Tiger

[Kirk Smith]

From: Kirk Smith [mailto:twotigers at verizon.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 6:41 PM
To: 'Mountjoy'
Subject: RE: #9 LeMans Tiger



Darrell,



That picture (and many more that I took) were from Tigers United in Eureka
in 1997.  #9 was sporting yellow wheels and a matching yellow spoiler across
the tail.  Seeing those 3 cars together for the first time ina long
timewas just amazing!



Kirk

From: Mountjoy [mailto:dsmtjoy at cox.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 8:37 AM
To: tigers at autox.team.net; twotigers at verizon.net; michael king
Subject: Re: Tigers Digest, Vol 3, Issue 183



Michael & Kirk,



Yes, the N: 9 car was the one lent be Marcus Chambers to Bernard Unett and
campaigned during the 1965 season.  Mr. Unett was responsible for the notch
in the bulkhead to accommodate the Weber 48IDA carbs as well as other
modifications to make the car more competitive.  At what point in time the
4.2 motor was swapped out for the 4.7 is uncertain.  That is one important
bit of information that I've not been able to determine.



N: 9 was subsequently sold / given (??) to Alan Fraser racing where it was
stripped of all its important bite to create the "Monster Tiger".  In the
early '70s N: 9 was "discovered" and retrieved from a chicken shed behind
Fraser's facility by Ted Walker, Ken Dalziel & a couple others. It was
"resurrected" using Jaguar bits and vintage raced in the UK before being
purchased and coming across the pond.



Kirk, I am unfamiliar with the pic you posted on N: 9.  Can you tell me any
detaile of it ?  It appears to be from the time period when Syd Silverman
owned the car.



Cheers,



Darrell







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> Kirk,
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> thanks for the pics, that confirms the setups i was talking about. The
> #8 car currently runs a single 4bbl (and a 4.7 IIRC) and competes in
> the 60's GT masters class in UK and events in EU like the spa historic
> (and does very well when it hangs together).
>
> I think the the #9 might have been the Unett car he ran in the
> autosport championship, and he did switch it to a GT40 4.7 spec motor
> with 4 webers, this motor i think ended up in the fraser "monster"
> tiger at a later point... as darrell mountjoy is on the list and owns
> the car i'm sure he can confirm/correct the details.
>
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> On 01/12/2011, Kirk Smith < <mailto:twotigers at verizon.net>
twotigers at verizon.net> wrote:
>> I put a couple of pics up on the CAT forum:
>>
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>>
>>  <http://www.catmbr.org/VB_forum/showthread.php?p=4933#post4933>
http://www.catmbr.org/VB_forum/showthread.php?p=4933#post4933
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