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The Sunbeam Tiger Mk1 was a 1964 Carroll Shelby creation taking an Alpine body and shoehorning in a 260 Ford Windsor V8. A later Mk11 version, sold only in the USA, had the 289 Mustang V8 motor fitted.

When Chrysler took control of the Rootes group about 1967, the Ford powered Sunbeam Tiger soon got the chop, and a good car known as the "poor man's Cobra", was lost.

Viv.
 
Here's a horror story - I ordered a Cert for my car on 27 Dec 2007, but since I did not receive it after several months, I began to question whether I placed the order correctly, etc. On May 2 I ordered again. I then found the original email that showed they accepted my Dec 27 order. Logging onto their site it shows that both my orders (for the same car!) as complete but I have received neither certificate. I verified that the mailing address I put on the order is correct. I've asked them to look into this and will report back. I'm now out about 80 pound with zip to show for it...
 
I've studied on it and studied on it, but I still don't understand why owners of the sidecurtain cars spend 40 pounds on a BMIHT Certificate when they can get a Build Record from TRA for $20.

Is it because the BMIHT Cert looks better when framed?
 
rlwhitetr3b said:
Years ago when I ordered my build record TRA did not supply ones for TR3Bs. That might have changed by now.
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That's still true. They don't have records for the TR3B.

I shouldn't have written "sidecurtain cars", but rather TR2 and TR3.

My bad.
 
Update on my Heritage Certificate problem - contacted them via email and they replied promptly, will be sending me a duplicate of the original cert that was lost in the mail and will refund my money for the second order. I have only good things to say about their customer support.
 
Hi Tom. Probably no way to know w/o contacting VB and asking their source for the list.

The date/comm # match for me, TR3A, April 1959.

The last two chapters of Piggott's Original Triumph TR2/3/3A, especially the "Identification, Dating and Production Figures" section, have *lots* of good benchmarks for comparing to the VB list, which doesn't really have much specific detail.

Drive safe.
Tom in Connecticut
PS - if you've got a specific commission or engine number, I can check my Piggott for you.
 
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