{"product_id":"factory-original-sunbeam-alpine-tiger","title":"Factory-Original Sunbeam Alpine \u0026 Tiger","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sunbeam\nAlpine was the Rootes Group’s contender for sports car sales, especially in the\nUSA where comparable models from other British makers were selling to what\nappeared an inexhaustible market. Rootes introduced their car in 1959, and\nchose to distinguish it from the competition by making it more refined, with\nsuch things as winding windows and a permanently-attached soft top. Pretty\nstyling, quite different from rival models, also helped the Alpine to secure a\ngratifyingly strong position in the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNevertheless,\nthe Alpine was being made at a time when American buyers were hungry for power\nand performance, and to cater for that end of the sports car market Rootes\ndeveloped a high-performance derivative that they called the Tiger. This sold\nalongside the Alpine from 1964, and central to it was an American Ford V8\nengine that offered more than twice the brake horsepower of the four-cylinder\nin the contemporary Alpine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the nine\nyears of its production, the Alpine was produced in five major variants, and\nwith a variety of different specifications, as Rootes gradually improved it to\nmeet customer expectations. The Tiger, which of course arrived later, was\nproduced in two major versions, the second one using an even larger and more\npowerful version of the Ford V8.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth cars went\nthrough a multitude of specification changes, and this fact makes it hard for\nthe average owner today to determine what the original specification of any\nindividual car would have been. The purpose of this book is to identify the\nminutiae of the changes that were made on the assembly lines. Some remain\ncontroversial, but Simon Clay’s excellent photographs help to provide the\nvisual clarity that today’s enthusiasts need to achieve an accurate and\nsatisfying restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herridge \u0026 Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54230312649048,"sku":"9781914929106","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781914929106_8c75e19f-6565-4e8d-9711-68d8e877b922.jpg?v=1778536847","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/factory-original-sunbeam-alpine-tiger","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}