1965 Sunbeam Tiger - today's tempter

By: Unique Cars magazine

Date: 08.06.2023

1965 Sunbeam Tiger - today's tempter

1965 Sunbeam Tiger - today's tempter

1965 Sunbeam Tiger - today's tempter

1965 Sunbeam Tiger - today's tempter

V8 roadster

The transatlantic journey of putting an American V8 into a small Brit sports car never seems to get tired, as anyone who has driven a Sunbeam Tiger will attest.

In one of our features on the model, we note: "Consulting with Shelby, the parent Rootes Group (before it was taken over by Chrysler), settled on the 260 cube (4.3lt) version of the Windsor V8. That was enough to give the car some serious urge – certainly enough to keep Americans happy. The model adopted the 289ci (4.7lt) along the way and seemed to do reasonably well through the mid-1960s."

Of course the model's big claim to fame was featuring as Maxwell Smart's car in the sixties TV comedy series Get Smart.

They tend not to pop up on the market all that often and this example is a long-term local car with documented history. 

It's running the 289 Ford V8 with four-speed manual transmission.

Located in Melbourne, it's on the market at $82,500. 

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