20th Mar, 2019 13:00

Imperial War Museum Duxford

 
  Lot 47
 

1966 Sunbeam Tiger


Lot details
Registration No: KSC174D
Chassis No: B9473670HR0FE
Mot Expiry: Aug 2019

- Old mot certificates dating from 1983 on file

- Recorded and credible 51,000 miles

- Undergone a complete bare metal repaint, full interior and mechanical restoration over a 5-year period with file of bills, invoices and pictures

- Restored fastidiously with original specification and detail in mind

- Matching numbers UK RHD home market car

- Front wings, valance, rear quarters, inner and outer sills all genuine heritage parts

- Correct radio, tool kit, tools and tool roll

- Optional reversing lights, correct radio and centre console

- Tonneau cover

- Featured in 50th Anniversary Tiger book

- Same key fits boot, doors and ignition , 2 sets of keys

- Electronic ignition, alternator, twin electric fans

- Good history file present

Happily, unlike their animal namesakes, Sunbeam Tigers are not an endangered species. However good ones are rare and keenly sought, so there is likely to be much interest in this immaculate righthand drive, matching numbers, home market example. Displaying a credible 51,000 miles from new, 'KSC 174D' has been the subject a fastidious five year restoration, during which it was treated to a bare metal repaint and comprehensive refurbishment of the mechanicals and interior, with full regard for the original specification. The renewed front wings, valance, rear quarters, and inner and outer sills are all genuine heritage parts, and the car features the correct radio, toolkit, tool roll and centre console. Desirable uprates include electronic ignition, alternator and twin electric fans. This splendid Sunbeam featured in the 50th Anniversary Tiger book, and is unsurprisingly now considered by the vendor to have 'excellent' bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, V8 engine and four-speed manual transmission, and is offered complete with: tonneau cover, reversing lights, two sets of keys, and a comprehensive file of invoices and old MOTs from 1983, plus a current one valid to August 19.

The Sunbeam Tiger was conceived on the West Coast of the USA and inspired by the success of the AC Cobra - the result of inserting a small-block American V8 engine into the nose of the British designed and built sports car. Rootes saw the potential for performing a similar operation on the stylish but rather pedestrian Sunbeam Alpine, and Ford's 4.2-litre (260ci) 'Windsor' unit was again found to be the appropriate powerplant. The 164bhp engine endowed the car with a top speed of around 120mph and a 0-60mph acceleration of under eight seconds. A total of some 7,085 Sunbeam Tigers were eventually produced, including 536 of the rare 4.7 litre MKIIs.
 

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Auction: Imperial War Museum Duxford, 20th Mar, 2019

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