If anyone is to be honored for the (physical) development of the Tiger it is
George Boskoff who did the bulk of the work. And while I'm sure he is
honored for such recognition I would be inclined to think at the time it was
just another days work for him. He has in essence said such.
That said, I have seen a picture (business card?) advertising a "Shelby"
Tiger that was from back in the 60's. I took a glance in TBON and Taylor's
book, but didn't find it. It doesn't mean its not there, but my error margin
grows with age. Maybe others can point to it's location.
I guess asking if a Tiger is a Shelby is like asking if Ray Krebs was a
Ewing! It all came down to who you asked.
Tom
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Mid West Mustangers car show
> Sorry Duke,
>
>
>
> i have to side with the guys who said "no" to having you in the Shelby
> class.. same issue i have with people putting "Shelby" on their parts on
> ebay.. he was involved in the prototype and in an early racing example...
> he
> doesn't really have much to do with the production cars and pushing the
> point makes you look like a Shelby want to be... enjoy the car for what it
> is,, not some tenuous link to some guy who hot rodded other peoples
> creations. there was never a "Shelby tiger" except for the yellow racer he
> ran.. even the prototype was a Shelby alpine...
>
>
>
> Anyway.. how much of the Shelby stuff actually ended up on the car rootes
> made their own steering, kept alpine brakes.. used a different rear end to
> the Shelby car etc... Let the mustang guys think what they want with their
> 2009 sepc cars.. they do legitimately have SHELBY on the title.. Which
> essentially equates to paying ol' Carroll a royalty for that privilege..
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> Michael King
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