1966 Sunbeam Tiger Mk1a | The Vault Classic Cars

1966 Sunbeam Tiger Mk1a

This 1966 Sunbeam Tiger is a known genuine Tiger, with 260 Ford V-8, and 4 speed transmission. There were only 1826 of the Mark 1a cars built, out of a total Tiger production of only 7083 cars from ’64 through ’67.

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Looking great with nice correct Sunbeam Carnival red paint, and a set of aluminum alloy Panasport wheels. It has recently had $32,000 of documented restoration work and improvements to make it a great looking and great running car!

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Top Down and tonneau boot installed!

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Note the subtle chrome strip running down the side

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Beautiful!

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Attractive from any angle. When this car was new, the Sunbeam Factory said: “we have a tremendously exciting sports car which handles extremely well and has a performance equivalent to an E-type Jaguar”.

The original Tiger prototype was built by Carroll Shelby, at the direction of Ian Garrad, Rootes group west coast sales manager. Rootes group owned Sunbeam.

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Excellent interior – note the 4 speed shifter

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Nice bucket seats done in vinyl and accented with red piping

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That is one great looking burlwood dashboard with full instrumentation!

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Excellent interior and dash

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Ford 260 V-8 with the unique to Tiger oval air cleaner.

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.The engine was rebuilt, and the rest of the mechanical items – brakes, clutch, transmission – are excellent. The rear fender mounted gas tanks are new, and the new electric fuel pump has been relocated to the trunk instead of the factory position over the muffler.

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These new Tiger subframes were welded in to correctly repair some corrosion .

A Closer view of the installed subframe and floorpan. There were number of structural areas that were professionally repaired by a Tiger expert for safety and proper operation.

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Ready to enjoy now!

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Tail light detail

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Recent exhaust system

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Nice trunk area

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Spare tire

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Nice Panasport wheels

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Rear view

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Great profile

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Nice!

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