Whew! Just catching up with my mail.
Not only did the original Tiger do 152mph in 1926 (not
1927 - 1927 was the year for the 1000hp car), but in
1990 they took it for another run and it did 159mph.
Not too shabby at all.
Russ
>
> Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:18:03 -0700
> From: "Gary Winblad" <garywinblad@attbi.com>
> Subject: Re: Original Sunbeam Tiger
>
> 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
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