The following verbal description accompanied a very pretty glamour shot for
item 724 in a recent English auction catalogue:
"The Sunbeam Tiger was introduced in 1964 and featured the same For 260
motor which had powered the first AC Cobra. This example is painted
sapphire blue with pale grey-blue interior trim and upholstery, and is
fitted with a rare hard-top coupe by the old-established coachbuilders
Thomas Harrington of Hove. The Harrington top was often fitted to the
Alpine, but this Tiger version is rare, and only one other in known and that
is in the USA.
This one is fitted with a Webasto sun roof, alloy wheels, and has a rear
opening hatch and two folding occasional seats. The Harrington top was
fitted from genuine original factory parts fifteen years ago. The car is
described as mechanically excellent, with electric and chassis very good and
coachwork 'superb'. A new gearbox has been fitted and the car has just had
a full service. It was professionally rebuilt by Alpine/Tiger specialists
fifteen years ago, and was taken to the USA in 1989 and driven from
Baltimore to Aspen, Colorado and back for the major US Alpine/Tiger event
held every five years. The engine has a four barrel Holley carburetor
fitted and hi-tech radiator.
The car comes with V5, old green log book (engine and chassis numbers are
matching), is MoT'd to April 1997 and licensed."
Estimate 18,000 - 19,000 pounds.
I have since heard that the car sold for 9,000 pounds plus the fifteen
percent commission - somewhere around $17,000. For those who might not
know, B9473140 is not a genuine Harrington Tiger - sigh.
Norm
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