[Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information

[michael king]

Tom,

Norms site has been down since he had his stroke, I dont think anyone else
was maintaining it so it's been offline for the best part of 2 years now. I
know some people have had some contact with Norm, but assume he is still
recovering to some extent, hope he will be back to full engagement soon,





On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at 14:19, Tom Witt via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> I've seen that picture too. Given I have  XXXX0101 I wondered if my car
> was in that picture. I believe I saw it on Norm's Rootes1 website. I went
> there (Rootes1.com) this morning and I couldn't get in. Still can't get in
> this evening. This is what I get, "www.classictiger.com refused to
> connect." Makes me realize how old most of the Tiger sites are..., and how
> old we are all getting.
> On 8/23/2022 11:03 AM, jim via Tigers wrote:
>
> I have this pic from Norm showing what he said is the first Tiger shipment
> to long Beach Ca.  Don’t have any other details other than that
>
>
>
> Jim
>
> B382000446LRXFE
>
>
>
> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net>
> <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *steve wick via Tigers
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2022 7:48 AM
> *To:* Tigers Den <tigers at autox.team.net> <tigers at autox.team.net>; Brian
> Glenn <ora_archy at yahoo.com> <ora_archy at yahoo.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information
>
>
>
> I don't have definitive information, but the cars could have been all
> delivered to east coast ports, then transported from there. Where they
> would have been sold was just a function of where the dealers in the
> network were located.
>
>
>
> Steve
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Brian Glenn
> via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 22, 2022 9:58 PM
> *To:* Tigers Den <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information
>
>
>
> All,
>
> I was reviewing a well researched 1995 article *What is a Sunbeam Tiger?*
> listed on the STOA website by Von Levandowski from Cobra Magazine.
>
> In it, he states "While about 80% of the original Tiger sales were
> located on the west coast, ownership opportunities now exist nationwide."
>
> While I knew the majority of Tigers were delivered to California, I had
> never heard it quantified.
>
> Our Tiger research has always lacked data on delivery ports and retail
> outlet distribution.
>
>
>
> Does anyone know from where this 80% figure was obtained?
>
> Does anyone have additional or contradictory information/documentation on
> ports of entry and retail distribution?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers
>
> B
>
>
>
> Brian Glenn
> P.O. Box 578
> Julian, CA 92036-0578
> 714.345.9883
>
> B9470208LRXFE GT
> B9471101LRXFE
> B9472615LRXFE
> B382000846LRXFE
> B382001212LRXFE
>
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Michael King
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