<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">There were two Sunbeam dealers in Rhode Island. Picard motors in North Smithfield, and another in Newport whose name I don’t recall. <div>Both long gone. <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 24, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><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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