Steve is on top of this one yet again!
Yes, the one on the TV show was the red open wheeled one shown
on the tigersunited web site.
Apparently it is still hanging around after its Pebble Beach showing.
The show announcer said it made the 152mph record in 1927..
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
To: "tom jones" <impger@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Gary Winblad" <garywinblad@attbi.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: Original Sunbeam Tiger
> Tom,
>
> I believe the car you mean may be already on TigersUnited.com, in our
> History section, "Our Alpine Roots", on page
> http://www.tigersunited.com/history/roots3.asp
>
> Steve
>
> tom jones wrote:
>
> >Now that is one Tiger I'd pay to see at Tigers United! impgerGary
Winblad <garywinblad@attbi.com> wrote:I taped an episode of "Bay Area
Backroads" on KRON channel 4 last nite.
> >It was about something like "the need for speed" showing various
motorsport
> >activites..
> >Well, I almost fell off my chair when they were showing us through some
> >racing garages/businesses at the Infineon (Sears Point) Raceway in
southern
> >Sonoma county. There featured in this popular bay area TV show in the
> >"Robin Automotive" shop was the original 1927 land speed record holder
> >Sunbeam Tiger! I had no idea it was even in northern California, I
thought
> >it was
> >in Australia or somewhere..
> >
> >Hacksaw Gary
> >
> >
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