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June 7, 2008
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$43,200.00
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Offered For Sale at the:
Russo and Steele Collector Car Auction
2004, Scottsdale AZ
Russo and Steele
5230 S. 39th Street
Phoenix, AZ. 85040
Phone: 602.252.2697
Website: www.russoandsteele.com
Consignment # 5331
1966 Sunbeam Tiger
Final Bid: $ 43,200.00 - Scottsdale 2004
Carroll Shelby. Winning driver of Le Mans, builder of Cobras, team leader of World Championship winning Shelby American engineered the small block Ford powered two seat British convertible known in the '60s as the Sunbeam Tiger.
Shelby agreed to do the engineering for $10,000, with a potential commission per car should it reach production. Fabrication was overseen by Phil Remington of Shelby's shop. The 260 c.i. Ford small-block was dropped into place, requiring a slight relief of the firewall. The installed transmission was a T-10, sending power back to a Salisbury rear end. The steering was upgraded to rack and pinion, and a revised cooling system was installed. Dual exhausts were fabricated and routed through the frame rails.
The first 3,763 Tigers are known as Mark I cars and featured a 260-ci V8 engine, Ford top loader transmissions, round corners on the doors, hood and trunk, metal convertible top covers and lead filled body seams.
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1966 Sunbeam Tiger
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Location: Woodstock, GA