Nate is an East Bay community papers editor for the Bay Area News Group and East Bay Times. He edits the Hills weekly Alameda Journal, Berkeley Voice, El Cerrito Journal, Montclarion and Piedmonter newspapers; Central Costa County's weekly Concord Transcript and Walnut Creek Journal papers; and East Contra Costa's weekly East County News.
The Sunbeam Alpine was a sports car developed by the British manufacturer Rootes Group from 1953 to 1955 and then again from 1959 to 1968.Me & My Car: Roy Orbison said to have once owned ’34 Bentley in East Bay
A Formula 1 champion driver, Jack Brabham, suggested to Rootes thay they use a Ford V8 engine like Carroll Shelby, the famous American race car driver and designer, did with the AC Cobra. So the Sunbeam Tiger became a high-performance V8 version of the Alpine roadster designed in part by Shelby. Corporations have politics too, and all new products had to be approved by Lord Rootes, who was reportedly “very grumpy” when he learned about the Tiger product for the first time. He wanted the Thunderbolt shipped to England and wanted to test-drive it himself.
This issue’s featured car is a 1967 Sunbeam Tiger owned by Danville resident Jeff Howe. His acquisition of it was somewhat unusual. He was sitting on an airplane waiting to take off and looking online when this car popped up with a lot of pictures. He looked at some of the pictures and wasn’t impressed.The interior of a 1967 Sunbeam Tiger, owned by Jeff Howe of Danville, on Friday, May 31, 2024. The engine of a 1967 Sunbeam Tiger, owned by Jeff Howe of Danville, on Friday, May 31, 2024.
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