Anyone like "Jensen Interceptor" don't forget about the tiger?

[BB1]

Go to page two, the right car has been found

Jensen Interceptor




http://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/sunbeam/tiger.html


The Sunbeam Tiger was relatively inexpensive for its performance; still, fewer than 7,000 were made over its four model years. It was billed as the world's fastest production car for under $3,500 (steep but not excessive for 1965). The Sunbeam Alpine, in contrast, was just $2,400. By 1967, it was billed as the world's fastest car
under $3,700 (the price having moved up) and was sold in the United States by Chrysler dealers, sold as the "Rootes Sunbeam."

Wonder what they go for? Didn't they have 340s in them?

Stick a 6.1 in there and your dead.


Oh this is the Chrysler Sunbeam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Sunbeam

There is a
   * Sunbeam-Talbot 90
   * Sunbeam Alpine
   * Sunbeam Rapier
   * Sunbeam Sport
   * Sunbeam Tiger
   * Sunbeam Vogue

weird.

[72chargerSE]

They were Ford powered, had one hand me my ass back in '82.

[BB1]

There is no way I would mess with one, unless I owned it. 

I thought Chrysler had a small sports car too. Can't think of the name. 

[Magnumcharger]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

[moparstuart]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a gold Pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

[BB1]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a gold Pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

They use to show up at our Mopar car shows back in the 80ds.

I just don't have any picture of them. 

[mikepmcs]

It was billed as the world's fastest production car for under $3,500 (steep but not excessive for 1965). The Sunbeam Alpine, in contrast, was just $2,400. By 1967, it was billed as the world's fastest car

You didn't think Maxwell Smart would drive just any car did you.

[mikepmcs]

oh and NO to answer your original question.

[Aero426]

I found a real nice Chrysler Sunbeam Alpine in a junkyard in Alberta. I was very surprised to see a gold Pentastar on the lower section of the front right fender!
Whereupon I had a steep learning curve on this subject!!

Chrysler bought the Rootes Group while the Alpine and Tiger were in production.  So it was possible to get a later Sunbeam Tiger with a Ford engine and a Pentastar on the fender.   Fitment of the Chrysler engine was a problem.

Sunbeam Alpines (the base model - no Ford stuff) are fairly inexpensive.   Tigers have always been a poor mans Cobra and are now pricey.   I would imagine you can spend $50k on a decent Tiger. 

[PocketThunder]

My old roommate has a Sunbeam Alpine that he got from his father-in-law after he passed.  My old roomate is a diehard Chevy guy and i like to tease him about the mopar in his garage....     

[Todd Wilson]

Looks like a Colt!


I'd like to find a Plymouth Cricket.


Todd

[68pplcharger]

Sunbeam Tiger was a Ford motor in a British car body(sound familiar) ... They discontinued the Tiger in 67 when Chrysler bought Rootes. The Chrysler V8 wound't fit becuase of the distributor being located in the rear. Carol Shelby was the person responsible for making the first prototype with a ford 260 c.i.d.

[bakerhillpins]

There is no way I would mess with one, unless I owned it. 

I thought Chrysler had a small sports car too. Can't think of the name. 

Looks like a Dodge Omni?

Do you mean the Conquest TSI? http://www.allpar.com/cars/chrysler/conquest.html

[Magnumcharger]

Check out this webpage!!
http://www.teae.org/

[moparstuart]

  not a sunbeam but british and mopar motivation

[mikesbbody]

My dad had one but that was before i was born. Not really a fan of british cars (or any european cars for that matter) imo they over engineer things making repairs expensive and alot harder than they need to be 

[Tilar]

Sunbeam Tiger was a Ford motor in a British car body(sound familiar) ... They discontinued the Tiger in 67 when Chrysler bought Rootes. The Chrysler V8 wound't fit becuase of the distributor being located in the rear. Carol Shelby was the person responsible for making the first prototype with a ford 260 c.i.d.

I had a friend that I went to school with that had one that had a 289 in it. Way to light for that much engine.

[Aero426]

My dad had one but that was before i was born. Not really a fan of british cars (or any european cars for that matter) imo they over engineer things making repairs expensive and alot harder than they need to be 

Production English cars tend to be rather agricultural in their basic engineering.  Aside from the mysteries of the SU carburetor, the rest is pretty simple.  An acquaintance had a Tiger and it had TWO fuses.  I would not describe that as over-engineered.

[mikesbbody]

well there's another car some kind of 2 seater lotus to get to the water pump you have to remove the head dont think that's overdone?

[Aero426]

well there's another car some kind of 2 seater lotus to get to the water pump you have to remove the head dont think that's overdone?

There's a big difference between a mid-engined Lotus and a Sunbeam Alpine.   Common ore British cars are very mechanically straightforward.    A good tractor mechanic can work on them.     

[mikesbbody]

if you say so whatever...i could give you many example but im not going to bother i come here to discuss dodge chargers not british cars.

[Aero426]

if you say so whatever...i could give you many example but im not going to bother i come here to discuss dodge chargers not british cars.

I am not suggesting there are no complex cars made in Europe.    Just that it doesn't apply to a Sunbeam Tiger.   

[DodgeByDave]

Anyone recall the Jenson Interceptor?

The Jensen Interceptor was a sporting GT-class car (semi) hand-built in the United Kingdom by Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1976. The Interceptor name had been used previously by Jensen for an earlier car made between 1950 and 1957. The car broke with Jensen tradition by having a steel bodyshell instead of glass-reinforced plastic and by having the body designed by an outside firm, Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, rather than the in-house staff. The early bodies were Italian-built, by Vignale, before production by Jensen themselves began – with subtle body modifications – in West Bromwich.

The engine was a Chrysler V-8 initially of 6276 cc (383 c.i.) with optional manual (Mark I, only few built) or TorqueFlite automatic transmissions driving the rear wheels through a limited slip differential in a conventional Salisbury rear axle. The engine grew to 7212 cc (440 c.i.) in late 1971 with 4-bbl carburation. The SP (Six-Pack) model of 1971–73 offered 3x2-bbl carburation; only 232 were built and had the distinction of being the most powerful car ever to have been made by Jensen (390 hp (290 kW)).

The sunbeam is a cool car. The Jenson is a Cobra killing monster. I had a 440 single 4 barrel Jenson. Wrapped it around a tree. Huge fun, many stitches


By dodgebydave

[Brock Samson]

  I'm a BIG fan of both the J.J. and the Sunbeams, and have started and posted pics of alot of more obscure little lovered (here) furrin makes,..  do a search with the country's names & that should show several my other favs some of which are the Italians, French and the Swiss such as Montiverdi Hai... 

[BB1]

That's it, the Jenson Interceptor. Thanks Dave.

Anyone like the Jenson  The real ass kicker.    Cobra


http://www.allpar.com/cars/adopted/jensen-interceptor.html

A movie car too.

http://www.jensencars.org/jenseninfilms.html

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