Sunbeam Tiger V8

Bigbjorn - Googled Allard 32 replica and I can imagine like the tiger light car .. BIG engine ... skinny wheels is a recipe to scare the S*** out of you.

Ron - They are such a lovely style and even light blue they are a head turner .... BTW your not parked in front of your mates house by any chance :)


Finally - I did some work for a customer (commercial fit outs) and on my 1st meeting with the client I noticed all these pictures of Jaguar cars on the walls
I asked who was the jag enthusiast and a gentleman (distinguished like Ron) happen to walk in the office with overalls - him she replied.

Whats your favorite I asked and he motioned me to follow him through the ware house .... where there was 4 vehicles under covers.

I'm only hazarding a guess on years but ......

Pulled the first off was a 1920s 2 door roadster (immaculate) only 2 in the world.

Pulled of the second was a 1930's XK type roadster (immaculate)

Pulled off the third E Type Jag rated the best in Oz

Pulled off the fourth and a newer 90's Jag coupe.

Do you drive them I asked..... yes he replied often ... funnily enough I've been driving the E Type around and hadn't realized the insurance had lapsed.


Unfortunately we're all getting closer to God ..... with each year


Cheers


Baggy

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Ron - They are such a lovely style and even light blue they are a head turner .... BTW your not parked in front of your mates house by any chance :)

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[bigsmile] No, it was a country club in Washington state.

Bigbjorn - Googled Allard 32 replica and I can imagine like the tiger light car .. BIG engine ... skinny wheels is a recipe to scare the S*** out of you.

Mine was built by a speedway competitor and car builder in his Spring Hill workshop about 1960. I went there in 1962 to look at a midget he wanted to sell. The midget was a POS but the replica was sitting there and looked pretty good to a 21 y.o. addicted to fast sports cars. So we did a deal and the Allard replica went home with me. It had a 5+ litre much modified GMC truck engine and a Mk. 5 Jaguar gearbox. It could chew up and spit out these boxes in short time I found out. I persevered with it for about two years and decided to sell it before it killed someone and preferably not me. That split beam axle front suspension was a bloody nightmare. Into a fast corner and it produced bad understeer which would change to full on oversteer as the outside wheel tucked under. The builder built it with what he had laying around.

Bigbjorn, that car sounds downright, bloody scary!

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Originally Posted by cripesamighty

Bigbjorn, that car sounds downright, bloody scary!

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Yes, it frightened everyone who drove it other than Len Brock who was bloody mad anyway. I was up at a private practice day at Lowood crewing for a mate and let Brockie take it around the circuit. He did a couple of slow laps then let rip. He drove it like a dirt track car powersliding the corners. He told me "that's the way to drive that beast". I replied "Lenny, it's supposed to be a road car and you can't drive like that on the public roads". He severely scrubbed a near new set of tyres in about seven laps. It did have good brakes, though.