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by Terry Trovato in the May 1999 RootesReview Last summer in Mississippi it was hot. Real hot. And since those blokes in the mother country designed the cooling systems of our cars for a 45-degree Fahrenheit rainy day in London town, it’s no wonder when driving in 95 degree F+ air, accompanied by a 105 (more…)
by T.T. Cantwin Surveys have been made at various UNITEDS to determine the accuracy of electric tachs used in Alpines and Tigers. Tiger Tom uses a tach calibrator which is capable of calibrating tachs for Alpines and Tigers with single and dual point distributors. One survey produced the following results. Tachs were checked using single (more…)
PERFORMANCE AND MILEAGE The Sunbeam Tiger is a child of the muscle car era or the middle 60′ s, when Sunoco 280 was 35 cents a gallon. Times have changed, octane is down and gas prices have doubled. We find ourselves in the gas miser era. How does the Tiger rate for performance and gas (more…)
The venerable Joseph Lucas Ltd. has done it to us again. The infamous 4TR regulator used on the Series V Alpine has been changed from a three (3) terminal unit (Figure 1) to a newer four (4) terminal unit (Figure 2). Both units are electrically the same as far as use in the Series V (more…)
by Larry Paulick in the March 2006 RootesReview In the rush to get the Tiger out of the door, Rootes or Shelby, or whoever, did not provide a full fan shroud for the Tiger. The result: overheating because the hot air from the radiator recirculates from the engine side, down past the cross member and (more…)
Question: Does anyone make a roll bar for the Tiger? Answer: Sunbeam Spares of Lenexa KS, sells a roll bar for the Alpine and Tiger. J .C. Whitney also sells one for Sunbeams. The CAT Club sells a SCCA construction style roll bar. Sunbeam Specialties sells a “show bar” which can be SCCA approved. Others (more…)
Author Unknown Originally printed 1/84 The battery should not only be disconnected for winter storage, but also removed entirely from the luggage compartment. We know of at least one damaged car (Note: maintenance free batteries are riot without fumes). The several minutes spent removing the battery may save headaches, frustration and dollars later. Your battery (more…)
by Jim Morrison The black plastic pieces making up the steering column cowling, the steering wheel hub and the telescoping adjustment section are usually quite faded and discolored on a car that has spent its life with the top down (especially in the southern sun). These were brought back to a jet black, glossy finish (more…)
By John Logan First published in Rootes Review, 2007 Use a distributor with both vacuum and centrifugal advance, and replace the mechanical points with an electronic ignition. Electronic systems increase dwell time, the time available to charge the coil between firings, far beyond the old single or dual mechanical points. The “Hall” effect pickups used (more…)
by Peter Long I have the engine, the seats. trim, dashboard and wiring harness out and have scraped off the bituminous impregnated paper from the floor. I am removing the clutch and brake hydraulics and it looks as if I shall have to take out at least part of the steering linkage to be able (more…)