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Stu is the winna...<br>
Urban myth is just that, a myth when it comes to Sunbeam Tiger
distributors and engines causing it to be discontinued.<br>
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One good description from:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://autouniversum.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/1968-u-s-lawmakers-introduce-automotive-safety-standards/">https://autouniversum.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/1968-u-s-lawmakers-introduce-automotive-safety-standards/</a><br>
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The first set of rules took effect exactly fifty years ago, January
1968; less than fifteen months after the agency was established.
<p data-adtags-visited="true">Most of the new regulations simply
codified best practice; requiring all vehicles to have padded
instrument panels, recessed inside door handles, non-rigid
armrests, breakaway inside mirrors, labeled controls, twin-circuit
brakes, two-speed wipers covering a minimum percentage of the
windscreen area, a left-hand outside mirror, reversing lamps and
four-way hazard flashers.</p>
<p data-adtags-visited="true">Other regulations required new
features: energy-absorbing steering columns, a warning lamp for
brake circuit depressurization, minimal post-collision fuel
spillage, front and rear side marker lights or reflectors, and
windscreens with thicker-interlayer safety glass and improved
retention. Finally, all vehicles had to survive a 30 mph (48 kph)
crash into a concrete barrier demonstrating survivability of
standardized test dummies in the front seats.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/7/2020 3:47 PM, Stu via Tigers
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">IIRC Chrysler
V-8's of the era not only had the distributor problem, but
they were also much wider. The budget to do a major redesign
of the engine compartment, as well as meet the new '68 safety
(or was it bumper?) requirements was not there, So Tigers
ended in '67.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:48 PM
Curt Bowland via Tigers <<a
href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" moz-do-not-send="true">tigers@autox.team.net</a>>
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While I have no idea about the Chrysler engine fit thread
I was aware that the inability of clearance available to
accommodate the rear position of the distributor was THE
issue for the demise of the Tiger.</div>
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I have seen several Tigers with what looks like fairly
dramatic firewall notching, mostly all to accommodate
Weber Carb installation. Just wondering if that might have
worked/been a possibility. Probably would have been to
expensive a change to tool for.</div>
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