-
Hi Guest!
You can help ensure that British Car Forum (BCF) continues to provide a great place to engage in the British car hobby! If you find BCF a beneficial community, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.
There are some perks with a member upgrade!**Upgrade Now**
(PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Hey - did you know if you click on the title of a thread it will take you to the first unread post since you last visited that thread?
but were afraid to ask: 
STOP!! Never post your email address in open forums. Bots can "harvest" your email! If you must share your email use a Private Message or use the 
smilie in place of the real @
Pretty Please - add it to our Events forum(s) and add to the calendar! >> 
My Tiger
- Thread starter Sownman
- Start date
Share this page
aeronca65t
Great Pumpkin
Offline
Oooooo! Nice!
Looks like very unmolested and original (to my non-expert eyes, anyway).
Even still has a generator.
Congrats and have fun!
Looks like very unmolested and original (to my non-expert eyes, anyway).
Even still has a generator.
Congrats and have fun!
V
vagt6
Guest
Guest
Offline
Mighty nice looking car, and unmolested-looking!
Drive safely, especially if you're not used to driving Tigers! They can get away from you very quickly, especially in high speed turns.
Keep us posted! :thumbsup:
Drive safely, especially if you're not used to driving Tigers! They can get away from you very quickly, especially in high speed turns.
Keep us posted! :thumbsup:
The prior owner has had it for 34 years and done a very nice job with it. He's done some chrome bits under the hood that are not my cup of tea and I will probably change. He moved the oil filter to under the car. I think it's probably better but I'll change it back to stock. This car is one of the somewhat rare LRO cars. It's a very high chassis number Mk1 made left hand drive for sale in Europe rather than the US. It carries
Alpine 260 badges rather than the Ford or Sunbeam or V8 badges.
Spec plates of all cars call them Alpine 260 but this one was actually sold in Europe as an Alpine 260 not as a Tiger because of German and French copyright issues. The few in the USA were brought here by returning servicemen. The owner before the last one was an airman.
I was sent a link which clarifies a bit about the LRO Tiger
https://www.sunbeamtiger.co.uk/catswhiskers/CW68alpine260.htm
Alpine 260 badges rather than the Ford or Sunbeam or V8 badges.
Spec plates of all cars call them Alpine 260 but this one was actually sold in Europe as an Alpine 260 not as a Tiger because of German and French copyright issues. The few in the USA were brought here by returning servicemen. The owner before the last one was an airman.
I was sent a link which clarifies a bit about the LRO Tiger
https://www.sunbeamtiger.co.uk/catswhiskers/CW68alpine260.htm