My Dad's 1965 Sunbeam Tiger

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Please view the attached videos of my father's 1965 Sunbeam Tiger. He purchased the car new in Cleveland, Ohio back in 65. He worked at the dealership that was selling the car.

After having some engine problems around 1971, the Tiger sat in a garage for several decades until we took it completely apart and restored every inch of the car. Take a look and enjoy!

Video of the car being started after nearly four decades off the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey1dYiSDBZw

This is the car...finally on the road...with Mom and Dad enjoying it...just as they did back in 1965.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uGWJYfUDis

 

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Static Photo at a recent classic car show

Photo of my father's Tiger at a recent car show.

 

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Sunbeam Tiger Diecast Model

Recently, Diecasm presented a fitting homage to my father by using photos of his Sunbeam Tiger to represent their current Sunbeam Tiger Homage Edition. My dad purchased his Tiger brand new off the showroom floor in 1965 and has kept it all these years. I think it is very cool that Diecasm selected photos of my dad's Tiger for their website. It all started with a Hemmings competition to help Automodello select their next diecast car to go into production. I entered the competition with a suggestion that the Sunbeam Tiger should be their next diecast...and the rest is history. Here is a link to the page so that you can check it out for yourselves.

http://www.diecasm.com/servlet/the-6171/1964-dsh-1967-Sunbeam-Tiger-Homage/Detail

Check out the previous entries and links to this thread to get the whole story regarding my dad's Tiger.

 

[cobrakidz]

car looks great, congrats on the die cast promo.