[Tigers] 1966 SUNBEAM TIGER CONVERTIBLE 31500

[Cullen McCann]

Bob (and others on the list)

The seller of this car doesnt provide a photo of the undercarriage, but he
does provide some close photos of the side pipe exiting the body near the
front wheel opening. Im trying to consider how the exhaust would be routed
on the car to fit the sidepipes. I assume it would pass beneath the "frame
rail" where it follows the contour of the floor board below the firewall.
But in the photos, the outer rocker looks like it was modified or relieved
some to accommodate the close fitting side pipes. You can barely see ther
where the outer rocker is black instead of red.

Other than a couple of holes drilled to hang a bracket, do sidepipes on a
Tiger require much chassis modification? notching the frame rail for the
exhaust or can it just pass beneath with decreased ground clearance?  Not
interested in putting sidepipes on my Tiger, I'm wondering more about what
would be needed to return the Tiger chassis to "original".

Just curious...Cullen





On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Bob Hokanson <tgrrr at frontier.com> wrote:

> Interesting in that it is one of very few Sunbeams you see with
> sidepipes... brings back old memories.
>
> About 40 yrs ago I put sidepipes on my Tiger. After the 2nd time Beverly
> burned her ankle, they became "those ff--ing pipes" and were promptly
> removed.
>
> Those of you who know Bev would understand.
>
> Bob H
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cullen1972" <cmccann1972 at gmail.com>
> To: <tigers at autox.team.net>
>
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 6:17 PM
> Subject: [Tigers] 1966 SUNBEAM TIGER CONVERTIBLE 31500
>
>
>  Stumbled across this on the Internet. Just the messenger, no affiliation.
>> Interesting twist on a sunbeam with some mods. Not sure what to think
>> about
>> this one.
>>
>> Haven't checked this vin in the registry or anything yet.
>>
>> Interesting...
>>
>> Cullen
>> 1452 lrofe
>> TAC 860
>>
>>
>> http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/4338787479.html
>>
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