The fact that our club shows actually have judging classes for personalized
and modified is in itself evidence that the Tiger community is very accepting
of modifications. Most other marques I've been associated with are not
anywhere near so accommodating/inclusive of non-stock cars (go to a Vette show
sometime). Also, I'm pretty sure if you look at the number of Tiger
participants in each category, you'll find the mix has historically been very
heavy on personalized and modified cars, especially compared again with other
marque events, though my sense it that trend is shifting to more stock as
folks enter the ranks of Tiger owner having come from those other groups.
This will surely change as Tigers become more recognized in the blue chip
collecting circles, but in most "non-Sunbeam" national shows, most judges
still won't know enough about Sunbeams to catch many details, it's more about
the quality of the workmanship. Heck, my very resto-modded Dale A Tiger won
it's class (Misc British Sportscar) in Houston's 2003 Keels & Wheels Concours
d'Elegnce, even with a 5 point roll bar, full harnesses and 16" Panasport
wheels. I have to credit Dale's workmanship for that, certainly not
originality of the car.
Best regards,
Stephen Waybright
585-905-5842 (m)
281-259-3899 (h)
www.linkedin.com/in/gswaybright
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From: "Smit, Theo"
<Theo.Smit@dynastream.com>
The Tigers United and SUNI 'personalized' class
rules will capture pretty much
any Tiger that has performance changes from
stock other than exact LAT or
LAT-alike items, so long as you stick with
stock-ish suspension, 15" wheels or
less, and a 289. I'd be inclined to throw
302's in there as well, just because
it's getting tougher to build a 289
unless you have the rotating assembly; but
any stroker engine should be in
Modified.
Having just three classes for such a competition might put some
people at a
disadvantage, because they have one or two items on their car that
pushes the
car up a class; but on the other hand, the mindsets associated with
'stock',
'personalized', and 'modified' are easy to grasp and the Sunbeam
marque events
are not primarily about the speed/performance competitions
anyway...
Cheers,
Theo
>
> Hi,
>
> I think when I entered(or began) the
fray into what is considered
> stock, as
> opposed to the personalized or
modified classes, I was thinking about
> the classifications
> for concours
events at Tiger Uniteds and SUNIs, where the car is judged
> not
> on whether
it can be returned to stock, but is it presented in stock
> condition
> at
that time.
>
> If as a judge I knew your car, and you were one of my Tiger
friends(as
> Theo
> is), at the least I might ask if you wanted to enter
another class in
> order
> to be competitive, because as presented, you may
not fare well against
> the cars
> that are 'dead stock', and I don't remember
if there might even be a
> compulsory
>
> aspect to this in some clubs.
>
>
Another issue is that when determining whether a car stays in stock or
> must
> move to the next class, personalized, the rules of the club might
>
stipulate
> how many changes to original equipment you can have and still
remain in
> stock.
> The gentleman with just the addition of fog/driving
lights could stay
> in stock,
> while, for example, Theo's car might have too
many changes to remain
> there.
>
>
> Just as an aside, I looked at the Rootes
accessory catalogues for the
> Series
> IV and Series V Alpines, which show
fog and driving lights available,
> and the
> photos make it seem like they
could mount to the top of the lower
> valance behind
> the bumper.
>
> Rande
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