An html reference can be found here to the Mike taylor book which talks
about the Daimler engine (go to the page bottom)
http://www.team.net/www/rootes/sunbeam/alpine/mk1-5/history.html
The page title is...History of the Alpine: Taken from the book TIGER The
Making of a Sports Car by Mike Taylor, ISBN 0-85429-774-X.
Of course this offers no proof that the Ebay car is nothing more than
someone's backyard butchery.
Paul
>From: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
>Reply-To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
>To: <Tigers@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Fw: Question for item #4522027799 - Sunbeam Tiger V8 Prototype
>Replica / Alpine
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:48:53 -0800
>
>I sent a question regarding the provenance of the claim of Sunbeam trying
>Daimler's engine in the car. Here is his response... I havent ried the
>article yet.
>
>mayf
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "mister annon" <essexdingo@hotmail.com>
>To: <drmayf@teknett.com>
>Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 4:18 AM
>Subject: Re: Question for item #4522027799 - Sunbeam Tiger V8 Prototype
>Replica / Alpine
>
>
> >
> > The guy who did it had done quite a bit of research I think, and if
>you're
> > really interested I'll let you have his email. But I have found one
>article
> > on the web which refers to Rootes first trying the 2.3 Humber, then the
> > Daimler, by a guy called Mike Taylor, but at moment Im having trouble
> > opening the article - its here though:
> >
>http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:6C7PlVDyxoQJ:www.theautomobile.ndirec
>t.co.uk/PDF2002/02_09_34.pdf+sunbeam+tiger+prototype+daimler&hl=en%20target=
>nw
> >
> > They knew the American market needed more power, so tried naturally
>enough
> > their own, then a bigger British engine, before Shelby showed them his
> > version. But the Daimler could probably have been bored out and made
>more
> > powerful - might have made a great car too!
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