--- On Sat, 10/17/09, Tony Somebody <achd73@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Tony Somebody <achd73@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] bench building my tiger
> To: spook01@comcast.net
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net, "DanielDoornbos" <daniel.doornbos@intel.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 12:04 AM
> I have an Alger. Ive not suffered one
> word of abuse.People who see my Tiger with the hood up are
> eager to look, hear and ocassionaly be silly enough to ask
> me "will you let me drive it once"? The Alger has been on
> going for years. The shop in which it sets and to where more
> people have ask, "what kind of car is this", than anything
> else about te car. No on has ever had anything negative to
> say. More so, they ask if it really has a V8. Both cars
> create conversation and I would guess equally so.
> To reply to Rushid's statement about it being yours, do
> what you want. I agree and I agreee whole heartedly(is that
> a word?). It is yours to cut, crimp, bend or brake BUT to
> those of us who know what a histoic and valuable car the
> Tiger is, we have all sent the same message. I think I speak
> for most who wrote that its obvious you want a go fast Tiger
> and one that is different than everyone elses. I like that
> way of thinking. Its why Im buiing an Alger that will appear
> to be a Mk2 to anyone who doesnt know the front eyebrow isnt
> from a Mk2, eventho the gril is.That the 5.0 HO isnt a 289,
> eventho it says it is. You see I really woud like to own a
> Mk2 but when I coud afford one I didnt realize I should have
> bought 6 and now I cant afford one. My Alger will still be
> worth much more than it was as an Alpine. The orginal Tiger
> parts alone Ive been collecting for years will be equal to
> the value of the orginal Alpine I converted. Of course Im
> adding the cost of
> the body work becuse I had it done proessionally. Im doing
> the
> mechanics. Wish I had the patience and physical abilties
> to do body work.. N E ways, what I set out to say is we will
> welcome you and your Tiger, no matter what you decide to do
> to it. As a group we rather you not cut the firewall as you
> can put more HP under the hood than is safe to have, no
> matter if you have EFI or a carb, a 4 speed or a 5.I go back
> to my past statement tho. Do what you wish, just so you can
> return it to orginal, it will always be of value no matter
> what path you choose but keeping it in 'returnble to orginal
> condition', will keep its value as high as the market will
> offer. Of course you might plan on never selling the car and
> in that case, do whatever you like. I hope to live many more
> years and as long as I can drive, I plan on owning at least
> one Tiger and one HD as well. But having visited the other
> side once in my life Im aware that the end can come very
> unexpectedly and with that thought in mind, fix your car the
> way you want
> it. Everyone at every United or car show or Friday nights
> local drive thru at the wal mart paking lot will be
> interested in looking under your bonnet and watching you
> melt the tires off as you leave. Good Luck, we all want to
> see the car drive no matter the road you choose.
> TonytheTiger
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