1965 Sunbeam Tiger MK1

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire 28000 - 32000 Registration No: EDV 33C Chassis No: B9472780HR0FE MOT: May 2026 � Understood to be 1 of just 3,763 MK1 cars � Known to the Sunbeam Tiger Owners' Club for many years � 14-inch Minilite-style alloys plus both hard and soft tops � Offered with Tiger Authentication Certificate, history file and current V5c document Understood to be just 1 of 3,763 Mk1 Tigers built, EDV 33C has been known to the Sunbeam Tiger Owners� Club, of which the vendor is a member, for many years and comes with its all-important Authentication Certificate. Finished in blue with black interior, the car sits on 14-inch Minilite-style alloy wheels and is offered with both hard and soft tops. In the current ownership for some 5 years, it was with the previous owner for 25 years. Now described as having �excellent� bodywork and paint with �very good� engine and interior, this 60s icon is only reluctantly being sold as full use is not being made of it and comes with a history file, previously mentioned authentication certificate, current MoT to May 2026 and Swansea V5c document. The Sunbeam Tiger was conceived in the West Coast of the USA and inspired by the success of the AC Cobra - the result of mating an American small block V8 engine with the British AC Ace. Rootes American Motors Inc. saw the potential for inserting the same powerplant - Ford's 4.2-litre (260 cu in) 'Windsor' unit - into the nose of the stylish but rather pedestrian Sunbeam Alpine. Carroll Shelby was duly commissioned to build a prototype (known as the white car) in April 1963 and the rest is history. The basic layout of the Alpine was retained and the car featured independent suspension at the front using coil springs, and a 'live' axle at the rear supported by semi-elliptic leaf springs. The 164bhp engine endowed the newcomer with a top speed of around 120mph and a 0-60 mph acceleration time of under eight seconds. Available from 1964 to 1967, a total of some 7,085 Tigers were produced.