Trying to stay somewhat on topic, when my TAC certificate #111 was
completed in gold ink did anyone know it would fade to the point of being
almost invisable. I now have a TAC certificate that is signed in black and
nothing legible in the body.I don't want to try and go over it in black as
this will look rather odd. Any suggestions? Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Hall" <modtiger@home.com>
To: "Theo Smit" <tsmit@home.com>
Cc: "Tiger News Group" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: Surviving Tigers vs TAC
> At 09:44 PM 8/9/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >I would think that the TAC list (highest number I saw on Norm's website
> >was 0426) would give some starting point for estimating the number of
> >remaining Tigers. Do you think TAC's penetration is up to 30%? As far as
> >I know, of the dozen or so Tigers in Calgary, mine is the only one on
> >the TAC list. Also, Norm's registry data should lead to a pretty good
> >estimate.
> >
> >Theo
>
> I thought I'd use Theo's comments to make a few points. First,
> the TAC program identifies chassis shells not necessarily running
> cars. We've applied our serialized TAC Hallmark stickers to several
> chassis that were rusted out hulks or gutted shells that still contained
> sufficient indication that they were "Tigers". We do note these details
in
> case they happen to show up again in another life form. The fact remains
> that the vast majority of the Tigers that have been authenticated are
> running cars.
>
> Second, the final number reported (426 at this point) contains
> some serialized certificate numbers that may not have been issued yet.
The
> reason for this is the expansion of the program. Every new Senior
> Inspector outside the SF area has, or will have, blank certificate forms
> that they will be issuing in their area's. Larry Atkisson in Seattle, and
> Peter Thomson in Australia, already have these forms and are ready to
> operate independently in their respective regions.
>
> Finally, we are in process to train more Inspectors and Senior
> Inspectors this year. We're hoping to be able to announce new Senior
> Inspectors in the Los Angeles and South East regions in the near
> future. We are also hoping to be able to operate a TAC training and
> authentication operation at the TEAE United in St Louis. At this point,
> demand seems to be very light and we need to identify more individuals
> that will be attending this event and would like to be trained as TAC
> Inspectors and/or would like to have their Tigers authenticated. If you
> are interested in having TAC in St Louis, Please e-mail me and let me know
> before August 24th. I will have to make my decision to attend and
possible
> reservations shortly thereafter, depending on your responces.
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