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re: Is there a classier car than an Aston Martin DB5?
Posted on 6/14/15 at 9:34 am to MaroonNation
Posted on 6/14/15 at 9:34 am to MaroonNation
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Sunbeam Tiger.
Tiny English car mated to a 289 cu inch (4.7L) Ford V8 by none other than Carroll Shelby.
When my brother was about 18-19 one of his best friends, 'Crazy Cox', got one of those. It took him about a month to kill himself with it.
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Posted on 6/14/15 at 6:51 pm to SavageOrangeJug
Yes the wheelbase is so short on the car it was a certifiable death trap. But God what a beautiful little car. There is a guy that lives in Flowood/Reservoir area that has a yellow one with a black top and I go crazy every time I see it. I speed or turn around just to get near him at a stop light. The sound at idle vibrates your car as most had very very short mufflers basically coming right out of the headers. YouTube videos of the sound coming from these. It is pure heaven. It was considered the "poor man's Cobra" because it had the same engine and transmission as the legendary AC MarkIV Cobra that Shelby also developed.
This post was edited on 6/14/15 at 6:54 pm
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