In a message dated 1/20/00 11:56:57 PM EST, TIGEROOTES@aol.com writes:
<< How about assembling questions from the list, and interviewing your
neighbor. Then write an article for all the Rootes Club Newsletters? I
guarantee we will print it!
Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
>>
Be careful what you wish for Jim.
I remember, once upon a time, we had an ex-Rootes dealer at a C.A.T. meeting.
Theresia and I were just getting into SCCA autocrossing with the Mk II at
the time, and so I was very interested in the "legitimacy" of the L.A.T
options. I explained the "situation" with the SCCA, at that time, and then
asked him point-blank: " . . . So, could I, say in 1966 or '67, have walked
into your dealership and ordered a brand new Sunbeam Tiger with such-and-such
L.A.T. options, and had it delivered that way?"
His answer was devastating:
"What's an L.A.T option?"
Ramon.
P.S. No sense telling ANYBODY in Denver that story, right?
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