Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

You're right on the money Dwayne.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

Hi Ho Silver (silver paint ). You've gotta be proud of that beauty.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

Thanks Blair !

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

I'm no better than you, actually I'm worse than you. I towed a '62 Chrysler 300 home to Ct. from Napa, Ca. in 1977 and it sat in my garage until I sold it for $750 in 1990's. Does your Barracuda have a 273 or a 383 ? I'll guess at 383. BTW I love red line tires. I had them on my Forest Green '65 '442.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

Never too late. Thanks for the valuable additions. I love Healy's. Old XKE's and Healy's made me drool! (Still do.)

stu352 Loc: MA/RI Border

It's a Sunbeam Tiger, one of about 7000 built in the mid '60's. This is from a few years ago, when I was shooting a bunch of pictures for my antique car insurance company. Nothing visible has changed since then. I was surprised how well this view presented the car, and used this same perspective to enter a contest sponsored by a magazine. Nope, no prize.

I've had it for years, taking it to local shows, cruise nights, and a couple of our club's national conventions, if they were nearby.

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DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

It's got the 273, 4 barrel carb, mechanical lifters, big front disc brakes that are non-power and quick ratio manual steering (the latter two are rare options) and a 4 speed manual. It steers like a truck until you get above 50 or so and is really nice (for that time) at around 100. Parallel parking is almost like a gym workout. I could have gotten the 383 but didn't want it because it added about 250 pounds, all of it on the front end and destroyed the handling. I'll take handling over straight line speed every time. With the 273 and the fastback it has 52:48 weight distribution and was one of the best handling cars of its day. I put Koni adjustable shocks on it too (just like I have on my Mazda 3). Those tires were Firestone Wide Ovals, bias ply. They had a very smooth break-away and the car could be put into a really nice 4 wheel drift with the back end controlled with the throttle. I eventually put Michelin X radial tires on it that had more grip but a sharper break-away. You could still drive it with the tail out, you just had to be paying attention to it more closely. Another reason for the radials was they maintained their diameter at different speeds, which was important on time-speed-distance rallyes. I added a Halda Twinmaster resettable dual odometer that read to 0.01 miles, but since it was analog could be interpolated to 0.001 miles (5.28 feet). I used to run in the same class with the XK-E Jaguars (3.0-4.5 liters) in the high speed rallyes and always beat them, unless there was top speed involved. We started one rallye with a timed lap of Willow Springs Raceway and I beat all 6 XK-E Jaguars. Great times!

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

Quite valuable and very pleasant to look at.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

C'mon restore it.

tdozier3 Loc: Northern Illinois

http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,20458 here is a link that shows pictures of the build on the TR-6 from the time he bought it. Click on the one that says Cowboy Ray on the list. It's a little beast

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

Two words come to mind: WOW and Impressive. Thanks for sharing.

BTW, Flyin' Miata does Miata V-8 conversions.

tdozier3 Loc: Northern Illinois

Valsmere Loc: New Jersey

Found a few I would like to share:

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

FABULOUS link!! Cowboy Ray is truly inspirational. I enjoyed witnessing the build. The car show was a pleasure to see. Bug-eyed Sprites, Healy 3000s, Lotus',
3 wheeled Morgans, TR-3s, Griffiths, and on and on. That's the car show I was looking for. The British have been responsible for some really great cars. Thank you.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

I've seen some. I can't imagine that little thing with (at least) a 289.