"there was no such thing as a Harrington Tiger"
On the back of the Sunbeam Specialties catalog is a photo of one with
the owners name circa 1990. The car was entered at the Pebble Beach
Concours D'Elegance in 1990. In my reading about Tigers, I recall
seeing a photo of a drag racing Tiger in the mid-60's that had a
fastback similar to the Harrington Alpine. Maybe the one-off
Harrington Tiger is the same car.
"sledgehammer"
Norm's web page (www.best.com/~rootes1/) has a photo of chassis number 7's
transmission tunnel. No sledgehammer touched that sheetmetal, it was welded
together from several pieces of formed sheetmetal. Maybe this story came from
somebody witnessing a 'fine' adjustment to a prototype transmission tunnel.
Jeff B9471120
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Subject: book review
Author: Larry Wright <Larry.Wright@mail.wdn.com> at INTERNET
Date: 12/31/96 7:20 PM
I just finished " Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger, the Complete Story" which
I got for a X-mas gift. Comments:
a) P14: "and after a brisk fight wtih William Lyon's SS Cars concern, Sunbeam
was also purchased in
July 1935" Whoa! Never heard that before! Our cars coulda been cheap Jags
instead of sporty
Rootesmobiles. Anybody want to take a crack at another 'alternative timeline'?
b) p114: "there was a stage ar Jensen (it was one of the very first operationas,
in fact), on the
assemble line, where a large gentleman with a sledgehammer had to step into the
engine bay -
high-tech engineering -- to attack the bulkhead to make space for the Ford
engine". Bla-bla-bla
follows, and seems to be a quote. Well I've had the engine outof the Garage
Queen, and my bulkhead
does not look bashed-into-shape. I know that there's some secretiveness about
this part of the car,
and mebbe for good reason, but mine looks much more like a competent pressing,
and I'm pretty sure I
don't have an Alger. Is this guy "Mr. Robson" a Tiger guy, and enough of a
wrenchslinger, to know
from experience what a Tiger bulkhead looks like?
c) p73: " there was no such thing as a Harrington Tiger". Well, Kevin's calendar
shows different! Is
the existance of, or the validity of, this car in question?
d)I think it was Rick Fedorchak who pointed to a pic of a Rapier and noticed the
similarity to some
Studebakers. p32 " the original Rapier of 1955 was very clearly related to the
1953 Studebaker" and
point to some common detail points and the common Loewy/Howes influence on both
cars. Sharp eye,
Rick!
Any other thoughts on this book????
Larry Wright "I can't get no-- Satis-traction"
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