Last night the seller told me he was going to clarify the description to
describe it as an Alger. I advised him not to be shy - an Alger with a 302
roller is going to kick the a$$ of any stock Tiger and is still a desirable
car. Not sure he bought it - no update on the e-bay web page yet ;-).
Personally, I think anybody who buys this car thinking it's a Tiger wouldn't
even be able to spell TAC. It's *fairly* clearly being represented as an
Alger. TAC is best for those conversions where the current owner is
swearing on a stack of Jenson papers that it's the real thing and is doing
his utmost to deceive.
Just my dos centavos...
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Laifman [mailto:SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 12:03 PM
To: Larry Paulick
Cc: Chris Thompson; Scott S. Hutchinson; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Alpine Conversion
Tigers,
I actually sent a letter of inquiry to the seller. He readily admits it
is a conversion, and believes the quotation marks were his intended
disclosure. He actually changed his description to say it is a
conversion of a real "Alpine 260", by way of clarification.
Unfortunately, that name was used in Europe for Sunbeam TIGERS because
of a prior copy right on the name Tiger, so it is still wrong. He used
his real name in the reply. I do not think he is trying to be deceitful,
but just does not understand these facts.
Steve
Larry Paulick wrote:
> Chris, I think he is far beyond just being cagey. He states, "Tiger""
> is an original Alpine 260 converted to a 302 .... There was a Alpine
> 260, that was a Tiger, so either way he is selling a hoax.
>
> Steves point is well taken, in that why would a owner of a real Tiger
> change the spare and tools to a Alpine location.
>
> With Norm's repository of the real Tiger numbers, and his statement re
> that it is not, this is pretty convincing evidence, without seeing the
> car.
>
> This once again points that the TAC program, has real value,
> especially to the prospective owner who does not know, and gets caught
> up in the hype of buy the car, shoe phone and all.
>
> Larry
>
> Chris Thompson wrote:
>
>> That and the B395x VIN number, and that he always puts "Tiger" in "
>> ". And
>> that he calls it an Alpine conversion.....
>>
>> But somebody who didn't know a lot and wasn't paying attention may
>> think he
>> is selling the real thing. He knows what he's got, but he's being cagey
>> without being totally dishonest. The only "mistake" he made was
>> calling it
>> an Alpine 260 - everything else could be construed as him telling the
>> truth,
>> the whole truth, and nothin' but the truth....
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
>> Behalf Of Steve Laifman
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:10 PM
>> To: Scott S. Hutchinson
>> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: Alpine Conversion
>>
>>
>> Scott,
>>
>> You are correct, it is an Alpine conversion. Much as I hate saying
>> this, the PROOF is in the vertical spare wheel in the trunk !!!! :-)
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Scott S. Hutchinson wrote:
>>
>>
>>> This,
>>>
>>>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1873035329&in
>>
>>
>> dexURL=1#ebayphotohosting
>>
>>> looks, even with my admittedly untrained and inexperienced eye,
>>> quite a bit
>>> like an alpine conversion.
>>>
>>> sh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Steve Laifman
>> Editor
>> http://www.TigersUnited.com
>>
>
>
>
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Steve Laifman
Editor
http://www.TigersUnited.com
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