California Association of

Sunbeam Tiger Owners

Photo Page: Fabulous Fords Forever, April 22, 2001



April at Knott's in Buena Park is the biggest all Ford car show.  Weather was sunny.  Most models of Fords of all years and many Ford Powered non-Fomoco built cars.  As usual acres of Mustangs.  Cobras and kit Cobras were well represented.

More importantly 6 Sunbeams were in the show.  More than last year and at least a few more CAT Members were there for an hour or more cruising the show.  Your web dude had family duties but managed to drop by and take some snaps for your pleasure here.  The location the cars were displayed was great bringing lots of people traffic to discover and enjoy the fabulous Ford powered Tigers.

Biggest surprise for me was the wild and very professional home brewed port injection system Paul Parretti has built and installed on his Mk1.  The billet throttle body sits on an Edelbrock Air Gap? single plane manifold with the fuel rail tucked under the raised plenum.  The injectors squirt into the manifold runners just above the ports.  The electronics which measure and time the fuel also controls the 4 coil distributerless ignition!  The air filter is a dual element low profile B&M product and exhaust is via CAT Club headers Sterling coated by Jet-Hot.  Well done Paul.

The engine? in between all this exotica is a stock and well run 260.  Paul will further develop the F.I. system on the stock motor and up the ante with a 302 in the future.


Line of cars rear quarter.
First Tiger on the left belongs to Paul and Cindy Parretti.  Then Ann and Colin Hook.  (License LA TIGER).  That last red one belongs to Bill and Maria Graf.


F.I.  by Parretti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Paul's Pride F. I. all polished, Wow.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Parts Manager's Tiger
 

As I said last year, Some local CAT Members are by subscription only but we have others that participate to the maximum.  Committed CAT Members Kathy Kruidhoff,  Paul Parretti, Bill Graf, Chris Thoman, Ann and Colin Hook and Bob Shield were showing their cars and having a great time.  I hope you can come out and join them next year.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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