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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information
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I thought Tigers were sent to the dealers who ordered them.=C2=A0 For insta=
nce, in little old Vermont there were very few dealers who sold foreign car=
s.=C2=A0 Yankees wanted US steel.=C2=A0 But, I believe there were at least =
2 Sunbeam dealers.=C2=A0 The larger one was in a city of 35,000 people. The=
 2nd was in a town of about 2,000.=C2=A0 Needless to say these places sold =
very few Sunbeams.=C2=A0 But, I know that the larger dealer did sell=C2=A0 =
a few. If these dealers weren't ordering Tigers, they wouldn't be shipping =
them to Vermont (or any other location that didn't have buyers).=C2=A0 Appa=
rently Calif. had buyers.
In a message dated 8/23/2022 4:34:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, garywinblad@=
comcast.net writes:=C2=A0
For sure they came into the port at LA(Long Beach?). =C2=A0The 80% (I think=
) is just a number out of his A$$... He was back east or Canada, he didn't =
get one new, just many years later (I think). The hot rod scene was Califor=
nia and the weather definetly favors a convertible. =C2=A0But he was right,=
 most came to the west coast due to demand.=C2=A0 That is why you see more =
MK2s back east, by the time they came out, everyone in the west already had=
 a MK1=C2=A0 with a 289 (info from the late Paul Reisentz). Gary =C2=A0
On 08/23/2022 10:47 AM steve wick via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:=
=C2=A0=C2=A0I don't have definitive information, but the cars could have be=
en all delivered to east coast ports, then transported from there. Where th=
ey would have been sold was just a function of where the dealers in the net=
work were located.=C2=A0Steve=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0From: Tigers <tigers-bounces=
@autox.team.net> on behalf of Brian Glenn via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net=
>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2022 9:58 PM
To: Tigers Den <tigers@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information=C2=A0A=
ll,I was reviewing a well researched 1995 article What is a Sunbeam Tiger? =
listed on the STOA website by Von Levandowski from Cobra Magazine.In it, he=
 states "While about 80% of the original Tiger sales were located on the we=
st coast, ownership opportunities now exist nationwide."While I knew the ma=
jority of Tigers were delivered to California, I had never heard it quantif=
ied.Our Tiger research has always lacked data on delivery ports and retail =
outlet distribution.=C2=A0Does anyone know from where this 80% figure was o=
btained?Does anyone have additional or contradictory information/documentat=
ion on ports of entry and retail distribution?Thanks in advance.CheersB=C2=
=A0Brian Glenn=20
P.O. Box 578=20
Julian, CA 92036-0578=20
714.345.9883=20

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<div class="userEdit" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 
font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000; font-style: 
normal; font-weight: bold;">I thought Tigers were sent to the dealers who 
ordered them.&nbsp; For instance, in little old Vermont there were very few 
dealers who sold foreign cars.&nbsp; Yankees wanted US steel.&nbsp; But, I 
believe there were at least 2 Sunbeam dealers.&nbsp; The larger one was in a 
city of 35,000 people. The 2nd was in a town of about 2,000.&nbsp; Needless to 
say these places sold very few Sunbeams.&nbsp; But, I know that the larger 
dealer did sell&nbsp; a few. If these dealers weren't ordering Tigers, they 
wouldn't be shipping them to Vermont (or any other location that didn't have 
buyers).&nbsp; Apparently Calif. had buyers.</span></div>
<br>In a message dated 8/23/2022 4:34:22 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
garywinblad@comcast.net writes:
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<div>For sure they came into the port at LA(Long Beach?). </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">The 80% (I think) is just a number out 
of his A$$... </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">He was back east or Canada, he didn't 
get one new, just many years later (I think). </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">The hot rod scene was California and 
the weather definetly favors a convertible. </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">But he was right, most came to the west 
coast due to demand.&nbsp; That is why you </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">see more MK2s back east, by the time 
they came out, everyone in the west already </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">had a MK1&nbsp; with a 289 (info from 
the late Paul Reisentz). </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">Gary </div>
<div class="yiv4189640217default-style">&nbsp;</div>
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<div>On 08/23/2022 10:47 AM steve wick via Tigers &lt;tigers@autox.team.net&gt; 
wrote:</div>
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<div class="yiv4189640217elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, 
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">I don't have 
definitive information, but the cars could have been all delivered to east 
coast ports, then transported from there. Where they would have been sold was 
just a function of where the dealers in the network were located.</div>
<div class="yiv4189640217elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, 
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="yiv4189640217elementToProof" style="font-family: Calibri, 
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;">Steve</div>
<div id="yiv4189640217signature_bookmark">&nbsp;</div>
<div id="yiv4189640217appendonsend">&nbsp;</div>
<div style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; 
color: #000000;">&nbsp;</div>
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<div id="yiv4189640217divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: 11pt; 
color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong>From:</strong> 
Tigers &lt;tigers-bounces@autox.team.net&gt; on behalf of Brian Glenn via 
Tigers &lt;tigers@autox.team.net&gt;<br clear="none"><strong>Sent:</strong> 
Monday, August 22, 2022 9:58 PM<br clear="none"><strong>To:</strong> Tigers Den 
&lt;tigers@autox.team.net&gt;<br clear="none"><strong>Subject:</strong> 
[Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information</span>
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Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<div dir="ltr">All,</div>
<div dir="ltr">I was reviewing a well researched 1995 article <em>What is a 
Sunbeam Tiger?</em> listed on the STOA website by Von Levandowski from Cobra 
Magazine.</div>
<div dir="ltr">In it, he states "<span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-family: 
Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">While about 80% of the 
original Tiger sales were located on the west coast, ownership opportunities 
now exist nationwide.</span>"</div>
<div dir="ltr">While I knew the majority of Tigers were delivered to 
California, I had never heard it quantified.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Our Tiger research has always lacked data on delivery ports and 
retail outlet distribution.</div>
<div dir="ltr">&nbsp;</div>
<div dir="ltr">Does anyone know from where this 80% figure was obtained?</div>
<div dir="ltr">Does anyone have additional or contradictory 
information/documentation on ports of entry and retail distribution?</div>
<div dir="ltr">Thanks in advance.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Cheers</div>
<div dir="ltr">B</div>
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