[Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information

[Al]

There were two Sunbeam dealers in Rhode Island. Picard motors in North Smithfield, and another in Newport whose name I don’t recall. 
Both long gone. 

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> On Aug 24, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:
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> Allan
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> According to TBON there were 2 Hillman and Sunbeam dealers a Service Dealer and a Singer dealer in Atlanta
> Import Motors Ltd
> Lander Auto Parts Inc.
> Buckhead Foreign Car Center Inc. – Service Dealer
> Southeastern Sports Car Center Inc. – Singer Dealer
>  
> West coast executive offices
> LA and San Francisco
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> East coast offices
> Long Island City and New York City
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>  
> I believe most of the MK IIs had to be shipped to Canada for some technicality. (?)
>  
> Ron Fraser
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> From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Allan Ballard
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 5:07 PM
> To: GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net>; Tiger List List <tigers at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information
>  
> Thanks for this very interesting commentary.
>  
> I’ve always wondered how Sunbeam distribution across the country took place.  My Mk1a is
> An Oklahoma car for example.
>  
> Here in Atlanta there were only a few Tigers on the streets in the 60’s. I don’t know if there
> Was a dealership or not. Used Tigers and Alpines were sold out of the Atlanta newspaper’s classified
> ads for “British cars.” 
>  
> That’s where I found my first Tiger, a Midnight Blue Mk1.
>  
> I recall reading about MkII’s but seeing just one. I’ve come to appreciate MkII styling
> But back in the day the absence of side “stripe” left me skeptical.
>  
> Allan Ballard
> -Atlanta
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> On Aug 23, 2022, at 2:07 PM, GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad at comcast.net> wrote:
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> For sure they came into the port at LA(Long Beach?).
>  
> The 80% (I think) is just a number out of his A$$...
> He was back east or Canada, he didn't get one new, just many years later (I think).
> The hot rod scene was California and the weather definetly favors a convertible.
>  
> But he was right, most came to the west coast due to demand.  That is why you
> see more MK2s back east, by the time they came out, everyone in the west already
> had a MK1  with a 289 (info from the late Paul Reisentz).
> Gary
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> On 08/23/2022 10:47 AM steve wick via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Steve
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> 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 
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