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Post by Jeepsterhemi Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:14 pm

Chrysler operate Sunbeam in the sixties???





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Post by ARCTICMOPAR Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:19 pm

The story I heard is why the Sunbeam Tiger became extinct. Chrysler bought the Roots Group including the Sunbeam...and I don't think they (chrysler) liked the idea of a ford engine and I'm not sure if they even tried to fit the 273 in there. scratch
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Post by Jeepsterhemi Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:35 pm

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They say Sunbeam Tiger V8. That V8 in not a Mopar 273 cu in ?
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Post by anlauto Mon Feb 09, 2015 5:41 pm

I just learned myself something today....Thanks guys drunken
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Post by smoken340 Tue Feb 10, 2015 5:35 am

I had a friend back in the 70s that had a Sunbeam Tiger, and it had a Ford 302 in it. It was a cool car but not all that fast and very hard to handle.

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Post by Jeepsterhemi Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:06 am

I remember seeing a few Tiger on road courses in the sixties. What I liked most was the combination of an English sport car body with the sound of a Ford V8..... TILL.... I saw and heard a Cobra in a rally.

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Post by ARCTICMOPAR Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:32 pm

Jeepsterhemi wrote:Chrysler Sport Car Sports15

They say Sunbeam  Tiger V8. That V8 in not a Mopar 273 cu in ?
No its a ford V8 first the 260 the a 289. Look at the starter is shown on the wrong side and the dist. is up front.
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Post by Jeepsterhemi Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:03 pm

What a pity they pull the plug! Nice 2 seater with a V8.
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Post by Jeepsterhemi Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:50 pm

June 1966 with a Ford engine...

June 1967 no more Ford and a $1,000 less....


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