WE'RE HOME, again.

[P.R.90]

Nice work Greg Full marks to Liz for staying with the "original concept" of the Wasp a little sleeper is always good fun not that Liz will drive it hard , as for "mother worry" go hard or go home Mum. Look forward to seeing all at Coona 2011 not enough sleeps to go
cheers ken

[lemansvk]

But I wouldn't go the V8, I reckon you'd need half a ton of ballast on the back to get traction!
Cheers, Matt.

Rootes put a small block Ford V8 into the Sunbeam Alpine sports car and called it the Tiger. (The Alpine was actually built on the floorpan of a Hillman Husky, which was a short wheelbase station wagon based on the Minx - here is a Husky that has had a Ford 302 installed).

http://www.dougscars.com/hillman.html

The first Tiger prototype they built had the motor set too far forward and while quick, threatened to shorten the life of anyone brave enough to drive it seriously. Carroll Shelby built the next prototype, cutting into the firewall to get the motor set back far enough. It worked, but the steering had to be changed and it was never a wonderful handler.

Cheers, Vic

[PR91]

sunbeam tiger..... drools......
a mate of my old man has one. damn thing flys!