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beezee Hi. I am hoping to hit a cruise night here in Burlington this summer. They have one on Wednesday night at a local mall. I believe there are a few Tigers up Georgetown way. I read somewhere there are there are 61 Sunbeam Tiger Mkll's in Canada. I would think most of them would be in BC. and Ontario I have yet to see one on the road in this area however. Paul

HS30-H Yes, Phil Remington and Ken Miles were instrumental in putting the Sunbeam Tiger together. But Shelby American that was in charge of the project. Phil and Ken were employees of the company. That just is the reality of this world; the “captain of the ship” gets all the credit. There was no doubt many more people had a hand at bringing the Sunbeam Tiger to production. Throughout history the boss will always get credit, One of the major reasons the Sunbeam Tiger is in demand as a collectible is Carroll Shelby’s name. Not Phil or Ken. Yes I agree that it wasn’t a complete redesign to come up with the Tiger, but at the same time you just don’t shoe-horn a V8 into a car that was made to have a 4 cylinder and expect it to work and drive the way it is suppose to. If you are ever in California, maybe you will see Carroll Shelby cruising around in his Sunbeam Tiger. In the meantime, I will “enjoy” my 1967 Sunbeam Tiger Mkll (designed by Carroll Shelby) very much. With your permission of course! Paul

Thanks everyone for the words. I have been looking for one of these cars for years. This is a 1967 Sunbeam Tiger Mkll. One of 536 made. Maybe 250 left in the world with a lot of those un-drivable. This is #477 of that year. While this was being made, Chrysler bought the company and were not to pleased to see one of there vehicles powered by Ford. Unfortunately, one of their engines would not fit in the car so they ended production. In the new Get Smart movie, there is a Sunbeam Tiger in it. I think the movie was made in Ontario Canada and they couldn’t find a Tiger. They then bought a Sunbeam Alpine and from England, got re-production trim and made it look like a Tiger. That is a problem with the Tiger’s; there are a lot of fakes (Algers) out there, especially on Ebay. The one man to contact to find out if it is authentic would be Norman Miller. He personally made sure I got a real Tiger ll This is a Carroll Shelby designed car. This car was made for the US market and mostly for the west coast. The Mkll has a Ford 289 power plant. It was a poor man’s AC Cobra. Recently Carroll Shelby sold off his cars. I believe his own personal AC Cobra recently went for $5.5 million. There is one car he refused to sell out of his collection…His Sunbeam Tiger! I’m glad I’m older now because if I had this car when I was young, who knows what kind of trouble I could of gotten into. Paul

Hello Everyone I was looking for a 240Z and I was getting much help from this site. I bid on a couple on Ebay. Yesterday quite suddenly, an example of my dream car became available. Located in San Francisco I was was able to purchase it. It will be on it's way home soon. Thank you everybody that gave me great advice on buying a Z and too all who tried to locate one for me. I will eventually buy a 240Z, but right now my Tiger ll is all that I can handle. Paul