Dont let the photo lead you astray. What you are looking at is what they
were as shipped and when. Uncle Wally said that Sunbeam utilized the
shipped cars to get parts in the US. Most of them came in with hardtops.
Saved having them crated. And all were black unless ordered with the car.
Nave plates and rings were removed and usually in the boot. The coveted
Talbort mirrors were stuffed next to the passenger seat, etc, The tonneau
was on the rear shelf. Ditto sunvisors. Anything they could pass off to
customs as standard was fair game. Saved the duty taxes.
So what you see at the dock was what not what you got That all depended
on you sold the car: A Chrysler dealer or Indendent dealer. The indepedents
did a lot of stuff at the end. My Tiger came from an independent. It had an
Alpine ammeter. Why? Because the dealer didnt have a Tiger ammeter and
Chrysler didnt want to order one for him. Besides it fit the hole. Ditto
about my
clock. It took a while to get the correct parts. I got my 'official' radio
from
a Chylser dealer. A Chrysler Sunbeam radio with the MK II style lettering
that said 'Sunbeam' and the pentastar. Not the WR-1 or WR-9, but for
concurs it is correct. Uncle Wally said the radios cost less than $15 and
performed
like it. Too bad its not a Blauplunt with European frequencies and great
performance. A Tiger delivered in Europe would not have an AM radio. He also
said Chysler tended to ignore the independents hoping they would go away. He
would know since he was in charge of all dealers East of the Mississippi.
Dave
--- On Tue, 3/30/10, hanjan2 <hanjan2@bellsouth.net> wrote:
From: hanjan2 <hanjan2@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Sunbeam Unloading
To: "Jeffrey Nichols" <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>, scattt@verizon.net
Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 1:45 PM
Tigers never had chrome rings.
Chrome started showing up on tigers when the plain ones became hard to find.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Nichols" <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
To: <scattt@verizon.net>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: [Tigers] Sunbeam Unloading
>" I seem to remember someone posting a photo of the loading docks showing
> Sunbeams with chrome rings and painted hardtops ect ect ready to be
> exported. Anyone have a copy of that photo?"
>
>
>
> I haven't seen that photo but how about this one:
>
>
>
http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/plugins/p17_image_gallery/popup.php?categoryid=3
> &p17_sectionid=1&p17_imageid=142
>
>
> Jeff
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