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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Allan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>According to TBON there were 2 Hillman and Sunbeam dealers a Service Dealer and a Singer dealer in Atlanta<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Import Motors Ltd<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Lander Auto Parts Inc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Buckhead Foreign Car Center Inc. – Service Dealer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Southeastern Sports Car Center Inc. – Singer Dealer<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>West coast executive offices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>LA and San Francisco<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>East coast offices<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Long Island City and New York City<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I believe most of the MK IIs had to be shipped to Canada for some technicality. (?)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tigers <tigers-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Allan Ballard<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 23, 2022 5:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> GARY WINBLAD <garywinblad@comcast.net>; Tiger List List <tigers@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for this very interesting commentary.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve always wondered how Sunbeam distribution across the country took place. My Mk1a is<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>An Oklahoma car for example.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here in Atlanta there were only a few Tigers on the streets in the 60’s. I don’t know if there<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Was a dealership or not. Used Tigers and Alpines were sold out of the Atlanta newspaper’s classified<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>ads for “British cars.” <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That’s where I found my first Tiger, a Midnight Blue Mk1.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I recall reading about MkII’s but seeing just one. I’ve come to appreciate MkII styling<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But back in the day the absence of side “stripe” left me skeptical.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Allan Ballard<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-Atlanta<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Aug 23, 2022, at 2:07 PM, GARY WINBLAD <<a href="mailto:garywinblad@comcast.net">garywinblad@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>For sure they came into the port at LA(Long Beach?). <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The 80% (I think) is just a number out of his A$$... <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>He was back east or Canada, he didn't get one new, just many years later (I think). <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The hot rod scene was California and the weather definetly favors a convertible. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But he was right, most came to the west coast due to demand. That is why you <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>see more MK2s back east, by the time they came out, everyone in the west already <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>had a MK1 with a 289 (info from the late Paul Reisentz). <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Gary <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 08/23/2022 10:47 AM steve wick via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Steve <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="signature_bookmark"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id=appendonsend><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></strong> Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net">tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> on behalf of Brian Glenn via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Sent:</span></strong> Monday, August 22, 2022 9:58 PM<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>To:</span></strong> Tigers Den <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Subject:</span></strong> [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>All, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>I was reviewing a well researched 1995 article <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>What is a Sunbeam Tiger?</span></em> listed on the STOA website by Von Levandowski from Cobra Magazine. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>In it, he states "</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0A0A0A'>While about 80% of the original Tiger sales were located on the west coast, ownership opportunities now exist nationwide.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>" <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>While I knew the majority of Tigers were delivered to California, I had never heard it quantified. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Our Tiger research has always lacked data on delivery ports and retail outlet distribution. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Does anyone know from where this 80% figure was obtained? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Does anyone have additional or contradictory information/documentation on ports of entry and retail distribution? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Thanks in advance. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Cheers <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>B <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue"'>Brian Glenn <br>P.O. 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