The stories of Carroll Shelby and his racing and car building exploits are legendary and have filled many books and could be discussed for hours.  In the early sixties, after already putting the Ford V8 in the AC Cobra, he had a hand in the development of the Sunbeam Tiger.  The Tiger was quite a success on the racetrack, racing in international races such as Lemans, international rallys, SCCA, and drag racing.  Since the Ford drivetrain was so easily modified, these cars were favorites of hot rodders all over.  With the availability of Sunbeam Alpines, many of these cars were converted to Tiger specs over the years.  If someone wrecked their Tiger, it was simple to transfer all the parts over to an Alpine and have essentially the same car.
   This car was modified to Tiger specs 20 plus years ago.  I've had an unrestored stock Tiger in the past so I am pretty familiar with these cars.  This car was converted so well that I had to have it checked by the known experts to make 100% sure that this was a conversion. However, this car appears to have much of the genuine Tiger drivetrain and parts.  The toploader transmission is the  HEH-E Tiger close ratio code and the rear end is the H64 Dana 44 with panhard rod built for the Tiger. The gauges, valve covers, and more appear to be genuine Tiger.  It was originally a California car and rust free.  It was damaged in a front end wreck and shipped to the east coast where a new fender was intstalled and the car was fully restored.  
  Cosmetically this car is a beautiful driver quality vehicle.  Looking closely at the car on a lift shows no rust.  The British Racing Green paint looks very good.  It was painted 10 years ago and looks very good but is not concourse.  The passage of a few years has put a chip here or there in the paint making it a perfect car for DRIVING, not sitting on a trailer going to car shows!  The interior was redone in high quality materials (seats and door panels, and carpet) at the same time and looks great along with the Haartz type material top.  A rollbar was installed along with racing seatbelts. In some of the underside photos, the older grooved slick autocross tires are shown but since then the Minilite style wheels have been shod in new tires. 
  How does she drive?  Like a bat outta hades!  Turn the key and the built V8 fires with a lopey idles.  Hit the gas and the motor roars.  I don't have the specs on the motor but...while the valve covers are the originals for the factory 260, I believe this motor is a 289 or 302 that has been mildly built.  I've driven enough small block Fords to guess that this one is over 300 horsepower and in a light car like this, it really boogies!  The toploader 4 speed transfers the power strongly to the rear limited slip axle (installed by previous owner) that puts the puts that power to the pavement.  I've only had to tinker with and tune the car since I've owned it.  It really needs nothing to enjoy.
  This car came with the rare metal hardtop.  It was painted and restored when the car was restored.  It needs the plexi  windows installed and one side latch and will then be ready for use.  Are the Minilite wheels too common or do you want to have one set of wheels/tires for the street and the other for the track?  This car also comes with a set of very rare JA Pearce alloy wheels.  These 1967 dated wheels are rarely seen and give the car a beautiful period correct race look. 
  With the price of genuine Sunbeam Tigers skyrocketing, obtaining a restored Tiger is getting out of reach of the common man.  Recent auctions of series 2 Tigers are over $200,000 and concourse series 1 are reaching close half that number.  Restoration projects come up for sale now and then for those that have both the time and the skills. But if you want to drive and enjoy a Sunbeam Tiger right now at a fraction of the cost of a factory Tiger, this car offers a lot of smiles for your dollar.  For detailed pictures including the undercarriage and videos of the car, past the following link into your browser.... 
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If you have a project sports or classic car I might consider a trade up or down.  Email me what kind of car you have-you never know, we might be able to work out a trade.  FYI, this car is registered and insured in my name here in Georgia.   Georgia is a non title state and the registration acts as a title to the car.  Yes, titled states will reciprocate and accept this paperwork.  Please email me for any questions about the car or if you have something you might want to trade.