Another item I posted to the list last week that didn't seem to appear. I'll
have to check the addresses more carefully.
In the discussion about crossover bodies for Tigers, I think Mike questioned
the use of the 'Sunbeam 260' emblem on North American Tiger 1A's, and I went
along with his reservations, thinking my car B382000048LRXFE had the 'Sunbeam
V8'ones. But, I went to look at mine, just to be sure.
Surprise, mine actually read 'Sunbeam 260'.
For the record, the parts cataloque lists three part numbers for the 'front
wing insert motif':
1. "Sunbeam 260" 3 per vehicle, no other remarks.
2. 2 per vehicle, for U.S.A and Canada.
3. "V8" 2 per vehicle, no other remarks.
Presumably, the second part number, whose label is blank in the catalogue, is
the 'Powered by Ford 260' motif. But Norm, in his BON lists four combinations:
ALPINE 260
POWERED BY FORD 260
SUNBEAM 260
SUNBEAM V8
As for more crossover body information, I don't think this has been brought
up, but Chris McGovern's book Alpine - The Classic Sunbeam mentions early and
late Series IV Alpines, and I'll quote..."September 1964,...the trailing edges
of the doors and bonnet were 'squared' off, which meant that it was no longer
necessary to lead in the joints where the front wings met the scuttle panel,
and where the outer sill met the front and rear wings. This was supposed to
have been done to speed up production, but one suspects that the real reason
was to cut down costs..." I think everyone knows that the Alpine Series IV
coresponds
generally to the Tiger Mark I body.
On the radio front, the eBay radio and enclosure recently offered reached a
bid of $380, but that did not make the reserve. This item in general really
fluctuates in value on eBay. The last version of a Tiger radio I remember on
eBay was an New Old Stock complete kit in the Bendix box(radio, speaker, trim
plate,mounting bracket) from maybe six months ago. It spent two-three weeks
in its first auction at around $1000, with no bidders. As soon as the seller
dropped the price to (IIRC) $500, it lasted a couple of days before being sold.
I wouldn't know what to advise a seller today about what to set the price at.
I've seen a couple go for around $150 for just the radio head, and then there's
the $500 auction.
RB
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