Jeff,
Read our story on the 2000 Le Mans Classic race with BOTH Lister Tiger's
in it at:
http://www.tigersunited.com/articles/DM-LISTER/MountjoyLemans.asp
Notice the condition of the engine on the last page. "Here is your
donor engine back. Thanks for the loan. Needs a little mild
maintenance!" :-)
Steve
jxnichols@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> On Ebay there is a "Lemans" Sunbeam Tiger up for bid. Hmmm, I thought, one
>of the Lister Tigers is for sale, lets check this out! I was a bit
>disappointed to find the car was just a regular Tiger. The seller mentions
>that this car is famous because two years ago it happened to be at Le Mans and
>the engine was swapped into a Lister Tiger which had blown its engine. After
>the vintage race, the used engine was put back in the donor, run of the mill,
>Sunbeam Tiger. Thus the claim of "Le Mans" Sunbeam Tiger. This leads me
>to believe we can start a whole new industry of swapping part from real race
>cars to other cars and making ludicrous claims. I can just see it now, "Yes
>sir, I have a "Le Mans" Ford Mustang GT because that wiper blade was once on a
>Ford GT 40 that drove at Le Mans!"
>
>
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> Stock Car Racer Jeff (I once sat in
>a NASCAR racer)
>
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Steve Laifman
Editor
http://www.TigersUnited.com
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