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by michael-king
Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:37 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
Replies: 722
Views: 675641

Micheal King, At the begining of this thread i asked that my fathers car be kept seperate from this discussion, as at some point in the future the full story of his ex works car should be told. So now i'm whining kicking and screaming am i ? Really? My father very almost lost his life in that accid...
by michael-king
Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:10 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
Replies: 722
Views: 675641

Are yes but there lies another tale. Shelby himself made continuation GT350 convertables from base model bodies. Hardly original GT 350's but thay are accepted as such. He's also done continuation Cobra's in fibreglass? carbon, and used Kirkham's also. none built by AC at Thames Ditton. Shelby's pa...
by michael-king
Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:01 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
Replies: 722
Views: 675641

My E Type had a brand new body from Martin Robeys and never went down the line at Jaguars. It was still an E Type and sold for top money. No one in any of the Jag clubs viewed it as a fake and most wished their cars had such a good shell :) Ash your example has been covered in regards to heritage s...
by michael-king
Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:36 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: LRX? LRO?
Replies: 8
Views: 14246

Peter,

On the plate lamps might be the switch to the dual small lamps on the plate VS the single larger glass one mounted in the recess for the trunk (boot) push button.
by michael-king
Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:35 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
Replies: 722
Views: 675641

Re: rebody

michael, my alpine has a lot of tiger panels on it and the blue series 5 was a MK2 shell. that means the values of the cars would be much higher by your reasoning. Bob.. Hypothetically.. if you had taken a MKII tiger and then put an alpine tunnel/running gear in it.. made a battery hole and box the...
by michael-king
Tue Apr 03, 2012 3:13 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
Replies: 722
Views: 675641

In the case of this MKII there are several questions. 1. How much of the original Tiger shell is left? 2. How much of the MKII specific body has been lost (different scenario to even a stock mKI/MKIA) 3. Has the car been reparied/will it be restored so that it is safe to drive? I will start by sayin...
by michael-king
Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:07 pm
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: LRX? LRO?
Replies: 8
Views: 14246

Nothing to do with hardtops, the LRX designation appeared on all the alpines in the states as well. All the USA delivered Tigers cary the LRX designation and they didnt all have hardtops.
by michael-king
Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:11 am
Forum: Rootes & Jensen History
Topic: 2012 Australian GP F1 pits-race
Replies: 0
Views: 9311

2012 Australian GP F1 pits-race

Some pictures from the F1 pits and the race: http://rides.webshots.com/album/582533580wLICKq http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/52/752/4/9/41/2163409410054462410pzxDPR_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/90/90/6/58/88/2718658880054462410KguLYr_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/84/84/5/67/67/218356767...
by michael-king
Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:11 am
Forum: Rootes & Jensen History
Topic: 2012 AU F1 GP V8 supercars
Replies: 0
Views: 9104

2012 AU F1 GP V8 supercars

Some pictures of the V8 supercars from the Australian F1 GP: http://community.webshots.com/album/582533773KiZpuF http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/86/86/2/60/3/2115260030054462410ArvgAm_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/81/81/2/33/59/2049233590054462410ZgXELc_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/52/7...
by michael-king
Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:09 am
Forum: Rootes & Jensen History
Topic: Various historic events Melbourne AU
Replies: 0
Views: 9384

Various historic events Melbourne AU

Motoclassica 2011 http://rides.webshots.com/album/582531112qUxVKv http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/52/752/2/28/76/2824228760054462410cilbyn_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/52/752/5/62/38/2499562380054462410anbPra_th.jpg 2008 Sandown Historics http://rides.webshots.com/album/582533775oohIbS http://...
by michael-king
Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:05 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: Australian FI GP - Tiger Drivers Parade
Replies: 45
Views: 60258

Thanks Tony and Brad, The car was in the display area behind the pits with some rather more exotic company.. i was so honoured and surprised at the attention the Tiger drew. http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/81/81/8/95/78/2119895780054462410TzzYKN_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/90/90/4/38/63/28184...
by michael-king
Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:11 am
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: Australian FI GP - Tiger Drivers Parade
Replies: 45
Views: 60258

Some more pics from the AGP drivers parade: http://rides.webshots.com/album/582533586iDLLRV http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/90/90/4/0/79/2910400790054462410rKVADm_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/84/84/5/32/14/2297532140054462410xxvwAs_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/81/81/6/44/1/246164401005...
by michael-king
Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:48 am
Forum: Rootes & Jensen History
Topic: 2012 F1 Australian Grand Prix Historics
Replies: 0
Views: 9062

2012 F1 Australian Grand Prix Historics

Some of the historic cars from the 2012 F1 Australian Grand Prix Historics demonstration MAIN ALBUM: http://community.webshots.com/album/582523354JhOXTJ SAMPLE PICS: http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/86/86/3/44/97/2166344970054462410Oxegpi_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/84/84/2/76/94/2391276940054...
by michael-king
Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:45 am
Forum: Rootes & Jensen History
Topic: 2012 Philip Island historic meet
Replies: 0
Views: 9300

2012 Philip Island historic meet

Here are some pics from the 2012 Philip island historics: MAIN ALBUM: http://community.webshots.com/album/582530161FjSkHz SAMPLE PICS http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/86/86/9/81/46/2830981460054462410llaSIK_th.jpg http://thumb10.webshots.net/t/84/84/5/30/42/2505530420054462410vhVCQT_th.jpg http://thumb...
by michael-king
Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:28 pm
Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
Topic: Australian FI GP - Tiger Drivers Parade
Replies: 45
Views: 60258

I will post some photos in the next few days, and a video or two. The parade was originally for SI-3 Alpines with wire wheels... but that was always going to be a stretch to get 27 cars, so it opened up to all alpines/tigers with wires or alloys. It was quite a special day for sunbeams. There was al...