Tim
Welcome To the world that is Sunbeam.
I think you will find that we all have been pleasantly surprised with the
ease and comfort of these cars.
Sometimes I have to tap on the speedometer to get it to work.
Ron Fraser
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Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 9:23 PM
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Subject: [Tigers] 10 Hours in a Tiger
Not really knowing what to expect, we headed off to start the Bluegrass 1000
tour in our newly finished 1965 Sunbeam Tiger. With little more than 100
miles of real testing and sorting, we rolled the dice and headed out for
four days and 1000 miles of driving on all kinds of roads.
After our first day and close to ten hours in the seat, we are ecstatic, The
car ran like a top and gave us virtually no trouble. The only real problem
we had was a speedometer that went on the fritz.
Perhaps even more important than actually surviving the day, is the fact
that both Margie and I really like the car. It is powerful, yet docile and
is very well mannered, even when we got lost in downtown Louisville, during
rush hour. We are averaging about 15 mpg, with our 410 horsepower stroker
motor and do not feel at all beat up after a day of hard driving. The 3.07:1
final drive works great, even on the interstate. The exhaust is loud in
town, but quiet on the highway and on back roads. The seats are comfortable.
The heat worked when we needed it and air vents worked well when it got warm
outside. We have no back aches or complaints and are both thoroughly in love
with our Tiger.
We have three more days, but so far so good. Today we got to run at the
Kentucky speedway and went from Louisville all the way to the Natural Bridge
state park in eastern Kentucky.
If anyone wants to see pics, you can go to our website,
ClassicMotorsports.net, where we keep all our updates, tech notes and pics.
Tim Suddard
Publisher; Classic Motorsports
and Grassroots Motorsports magazines
www.classicmotorsports.net
www.grassrootsmotorsports.com
Phone: (386) 673-4148 Fax: (386) 673-6040
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