Is the Sunbeam Tiger a budget-friendly alternative to the Shelby Cobra? Let’s totally restore one and find out.
Here are 5 things you should know before you buy a Sunbeam Tiger.
Here are a few tips on how we keep our project cars clean and camera-ready.
Our Tiger might be a suitbale budget alternative to the Cobra, but how does it compare to the Mustang GT350?
We hopped on a train to St. Michaels, Maryland, to enjoy some car and crab festivities with our Sunbeam Tiger in tow.
We charge our Tiger up and tweak the carb.
Our Tiger has a few remaining issues we've been needing to sort out.
We made it home safe—and a little overheated—after an a/c-free road trip.
A few tweaks make our Tiger a more pleasant steed for the New England 1000 Rally.
Making plans for the Tiger this spring.
We give our Tiger a final shakedown at the Going to the Sun Rally.
Another round of sorting for our Tiger project.
We test a prototype Wilwood brake kit on our Sunbeam Tiger project.
A chassis dyno is a great testing and tuning tool, and soon our Tiger will hit the rollers.
It's time to put down the wrenches and start enjoying the drive in our Tiger. But first must come the sorting process, a necessary step in any new restoration.
Putting together a good exhaust system for a built-up Tiger takes a little extra thought and work.
Tim finds he gets along really well with Tigers.
Tim takes the Tiger to the National Corvette Museum. Despite his Ford power, he was greeted warmly.
Tim continues to chronicle his Tiger tour.
Hitting the road with our Sunbeam Tiger.
Figuring out Sunbeam Tiger wheels and tires.
Tigers are not known for their excellent top design.
Little things mean a lot to a Tiger.
We wire up our Tiger and bring it to life for the first time since 1974.
We work through the finer points of keeping clean, cool oil running to our Tiger V8.
Hunting down the elusive cool Tiger.
Systems are everything on a project. Have a system, and tackle the reassembly system by system.
Tim redoes the Tiger's interior with a little help--and a few upgrades.
Tim starts in on the fun work of a restoration--putting things back together.
It's all about the wheels as the Tiger finally gets on four of them, and gets a new steering wheel, too.
With the engine finally in place, our attention turned to the Tiger's front end.
The Tiger is slowly coming together.
Those who know these cars, know that the engine install is not an easy job, especially if you start changing stuff around.
Progress continues on our Tiger. This past week we spent a couple of days at Abacus Racing where we assembled and dynoed our Tiger’s engine.
We are rolling along pretty nicely on our Tiger reassembly, despite being out of town for events.
With the rear end completed we turn our attention back to the body and paint.
Putting together the rear end of our Tiger.
Body work on the Tiger continues.
Frame work begins.
Body work begins.
Prep work in the cold.
A stripped Tiger.
Removing the junk to get to the bare metal.
We have to start somewhere.
Here is where we started.
