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Just caught a glimpse of a commercial for CW’s Nancy Drew TV show and Dave said, “That’s a Sunbeam!” He rewound (DVR is great!) and indeed it is a blue Sunbeam Alpine. https://thenewswheel.com/nancy-drew-classic-car/ I loved Nancy Drew books when I was a kid…now I’ll have to catch up on the TV show. Lori Noyes’ Good Karma (more…)
Add your suggestions in the comments below Prince Borghese’s Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge by Genevieve Obert He says it’s a great Rootes (Hillman) story. (First posted in the TEAE Forum by Robert Jaarsma, Jan 18, 2006) The Rootes (more…)
Frank Mooney found an early 1960’s movie “BACHELOR FLAT” with Terry Thomas (English comedy actor) and Tuesday Weld playing a young lovely. It opens with Thomas driving a white, red interior, Series I, wire wheel, Alpine, top down over various streets and byways. A real dumb movie…were we ever really that dumb? Remember the first (more…)
Skip the info and go straight to the form Before you get started, here are the costs of separate options. Find the list and description of activities here General Fees and Payments In the following chart, early registration fees by July 31 / thereafter increase shown Single registration $185/$210 Couples registration $350/$375 United T-shirt (with (more…)
Ron Stein uploaded an original Sunbeam radio jingle from 1965 onto Youtube, digitized from the original 1/4″ reel to reel tape I have. As Youtube requires that video be added to audio tracks, I picked some random historical photos from my computer as a slideshow. Tiger Tom had this jingle on his answering machine way (more…)
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United 40Bowling Green, KYSeptember 14-17, 2023 Our host hotel is the Holiday Inn University Plaza 1021 Wilkinson Trace Bowling Green, KY 32103 Please use this link to make reservations. Tigers East-Alpines East Special room rate of $129.95 per night (plus tax), which includes a buffet breakfast. Attendees can get this special rate for three days (more…)
2,120 Miles in a Tiger June 18 – 25, 2022 Read about this trip and make your own plans for getting to Bowling Green, KY for United 40. September 14-17, 2023 Watch for Joe Parlanti’s planned pre-United event! Here we go!Day 1 to Pulaski, VA Trouble at the start The Otto Amici met at the (more…)
– Brian Glenn,California Association of Tiger Owners The 1966 official Rootes dealership directory lists over 500 authorized Rootes dealerships in the U.S., as well as dealerships across Canada. What are sorely missing from the Tiger records are: which dealerships received Tigers, how many, how often and what was their Port of Entry (P.O.E.) into the (more…)
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