Vic; There are a lot of guys on the tiger list that think it is
sacrilege to make a Tiger out of an Alpine, regardless what your
intentions are, and regardless of the fact that Tigers were really a
modification of the Alpine design. I understand that some have a large
investment hat they wish to protect, and having Alpine conversions that
are claimed to be authentic Tigers will hurt the value of Tigers in
general. There is not a lot of agreement on exactly what is an authentic
Tiger because most Tigers away from the southwest have now had extensive
body repair, usually using Alpine sheet metal, but the general cry from
the list seems to be that if the car has the original vin tag with the
original rivets, it is an authentic Tiger and worthy of being called,
titled & sold as a Tiger even if every other part of the damn car has
been replaced. Just for my own opinion, if you want to build a custom
suspended, V-8 Alpine & call it a Tiger my feelings and the value of my
Tiger will not be hurt a bit. Of course, my car has Alpine doors & trunk
lid, so I guess it's a bastard anyway. Good luck with your project.
Doug Leithauser
Now why would a want to
buy a perfectly good Tiger to hack into it? To me it'd make more sense
to
cut up a less valuable car.
-Vic
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