Which speaks to the first posters point, which was:
...if Tigers had been shipped from Rootes to Shelby's plant for just a few
touches (could be anything)....
And then stick a Shelby plate under the hood like other Shelby cars.....
then
it would be considered to be a "Shelby" and would make all the difference
in
the world in pricing...
I don't think anyone is arguing that the Tiger was, or is, a "Shelby", just
that if Shelby's involvement had been more than initial feasibility and
engineering work, the car would be perceived differently in the collector
community and worth more money.
The bottom line is that there are a number of characteristics which make
some collector cars worth more than others, including outstanding styling,
competition success, innovation, initial cost/quality, initial
popularity/nostalgia etc., and the Tiger just doesn't hit on enough of those
"cylinders" to be
super high on the collector's radar screen....which, personally, I have no
problem with!
In a message dated 8/8/2007 3:35:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
owain.lloyd@gmail.com writes:
i think thats the key point. other the first prototype (well, second
prototype) no tiger went anywhere near the shelby factory. its the
same reason that a used and hammered gt-h mustang (the hertz model)
sells for $60k when you can buy the same car, new, from ford for about
$30k.
looks are subjective of course but i think its very good looking
(particularly with a series i - iii alpine grill in it!).
On 8/8/07, Thomas Witt <atwittsend@verizon.net> wrote:
> Though George Boskoff was a Shelby employee, I don't think Shelby himself
> had a whole lot to do with the car. From the Mammoth Tiger's United I only
> recall Boskoff stating Shelby told him:
> "Put one of our engines in that Alpine," and "Just bend the d*mn steering
> arms." But still, it's nice to at least be a step-child when "dad" is
> famous.
>
> Regarding the looks, I'm no "fin fan," but I think they actually made the
> car look better (though they could have been toned down slightly). The
> treatment the Tigers got looks like the back end of a 1958 Rambler
American.
> I guess "to each his own," but I still like the looks of the Tiger in
> general. As much as I can understand one's desire to see an inceased value
> in their car had the value gone the way of the Cobra perhaps many of us on
> the list couldn't have ever owned onee.
> Tom Witt
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