Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

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chap foose
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Location: essex

Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#11 Post by chap foose »

TerryG wrote:Very pretty :)
I spy Tina hiding in the background.
That's my tina Terry.
Be in paint soon
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rich.
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Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#12 Post by rich. »

chap foose wrote:
rich. wrote:thats nice, are you doing the paint?? :thumbs: :thumbs:
Cheers mate.
Yes I done the prep and paint
thought i recognised your extremely high standards! :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:
hows tina coming along? or have you been busy??
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suffolkpete
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Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#13 Post by suffolkpete »

The bloke who services my boiler is restoring a Tiger just like that.
1974 Rover 2200 SC
1982 Matra Murena 1.6
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chap foose
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Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#14 Post by chap foose »

The cortinas coming along nicely.Inside is painted and so is engine bay and the underside.
Next job is flat the rest down and paint the car
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chap foose
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Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#15 Post by chap foose »

Went to see the car today and he has the engine back in.
4.7 v8 played with and over 300 bhp.
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zipgun
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Location: Crowborough

Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#16 Post by zipgun »

Pleaseeeee buy this and do it :P http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PORSCHE-356B- ... _468wt_958
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tractorman
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Location: Wigton, Cumbria

Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#17 Post by tractorman »

While I quite liked the looks of the Alpine when I was in my teens, it was the Tiger that stole my heart! Far nicer than a GT6 - as the Alpine was far nicer than the Spitfire. The Chemistry?Geography/PE teacher at school had a fairly new Spit which he swapped for a nice Alpine - though he did have a Borgward or Moskvich when I first went (I can't remember which - it was nearly 50 years ago!)

Dammit - I'm depressed now :cry:
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chap foose
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Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#18 Post by chap foose »

Thought I would pop in and see how my mate is getting on with his sunbeam tiger I painted earlier this year.
Looking good with some parts back on it.
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A couple more sunbeams which ive got to paint.
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And a very rare manual gearbox 1965 Jenson.
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tractorman
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Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#19 Post by tractorman »

The bursar at my old school had one of the second "Sunbeams" in the 60s. It was a shame that one of the boy's grandmother bought a nice new Interceptor just after the bursar bought his Jensen: I didn't like the older car much, but the Interceptor was something I could drool over.

Almost as much as that Tiger.

You'll have to watch out if you keep posting porn like that - I read that Microsoft have reported someone to the Police for storing nasty images on their cloud server! They must be trying to outdo Google!
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TerryG
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Re: Sunbeam Tiger Repaint

#20 Post by TerryG »

My eyes have just turned green. Seriously nice cars!
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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