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04-28-2017, 12:58 PM
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Yeah I'm a bit surprised that it's stayed so low for so long. Especially with the 68 jumping so quickly after it was posted.
I get that the 68 is a bit more desirable, but this 80 is cleaner and appears to be more ready to go out of the gate.
I agree I probably won't get it for 10, but figured it was worth a shot (and my marriage
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I get that the 68 is a bit more desirable, but this 80 is cleaner and appears to be more ready to go out of the gate.
I agree I probably won't get it for 10, but figured it was worth a shot (and my marriage
).That 68 is a Cooper S. Or at least it claims to be. The last Cooper S that was on that site went for $43 and it was a mess. This one is nicer. My guess is $47-50k. It may even go for more because it has the Australian doors. I hope I'm wrong though. That's way too much money for a mini in my opinion.
04-28-2017, 01:05 PM
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BTW, if you lot think I'm nuts looking at the Mini. I'm also watching that 2CV too 
While I really like that 2CV, it looks like it needs more money than I want to sink into it though. I would DD the hell out of it though
While I really like that 2CV, it looks like it needs more money than I want to sink into it though. I would DD the hell out of it though
04-28-2017, 01:08 PM
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04-28-2017, 01:59 PM
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Why is the market for those cars so high? I've seen some well into 6 figures. I don't get what's so much more appealing about them than say, a TR6.
04-28-2017, 02:01 PM
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04-28-2017, 02:20 PM
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As I ponder the above I think I should have kept not only the Tiger but the girlfriend, as well! (Don't tell my wife!)
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04-28-2017, 03:10 PM
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04-28-2017, 03:16 PM
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1965's and 66's had the Ford 260 V8. In 1967 they started putting 289's in them. It was a poor man's Cobra. Shelby, Rootes and Sunbeam got together and produced. I seem to remember some got Chrysler 273 V8's after Ford dropped out of the deal. They were a little nose heavy but that made cornering interesting! That may not be accurate, as it been a while ago and my brain could be lying to me!
04-28-2017, 03:24 PM
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The Sunbeam Tiger is a high-performance V8 version of the British Rootes Group's Sunbeam Alpine roadster, designed in part by American car designer and racing driver Carroll Shelby and produced from 1964 until 1967. Shelby had carried out a similar V8 conversion on the AC Cobra, and hoped to be offered the contract to produce the Tiger at his facility in America. Rootes decided instead to contract the assembly work to Jensen at West Bromwich in England, and pay Shelby a royalty on every car produced.
Two major versions of the Tiger were built: the Mark I (1964–67) was fitted with the 260 cu in (4.3 L) Ford V8; the Mark II, of which only 633 were built in the final year of Tiger production, was fitted with the larger Ford 289 cu in (4.7 L) engine. Two prototype and extensively modified versions of the Mark I competed in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, but neither completed the race. Rootes also entered the Tiger in European rallies with some success, and for two years it was the American Hot Rod Association's national record holder over a quarter-mile drag strip.
Production ended in 1967 soon after the Rootes Group was taken over by Chrysler, which did not have a suitable engine to replace the Ford V8. Owing to the ease and affordability of modifying the Tiger, there are few surviving cars in standard form.[2]
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The 273 V8 would not fit. I knew there was some connection but like I said a long time ago...
Two major versions of the Tiger were built: the Mark I (1964–67) was fitted with the 260 cu in (4.3 L) Ford V8; the Mark II, of which only 633 were built in the final year of Tiger production, was fitted with the larger Ford 289 cu in (4.7 L) engine. Two prototype and extensively modified versions of the Mark I competed in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans, but neither completed the race. Rootes also entered the Tiger in European rallies with some success, and for two years it was the American Hot Rod Association's national record holder over a quarter-mile drag strip.
Production ended in 1967 soon after the Rootes Group was taken over by Chrysler, which did not have a suitable engine to replace the Ford V8. Owing to the ease and affordability of modifying the Tiger, there are few surviving cars in standard form.[2]
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The 273 V8 would not fit. I knew there was some connection but like I said a long time ago...