At 06:00 PM 3/24/2010, Smit, Theo wrote:
>So these would then be the "continuation series" BON?
>
>Trying to not draw too fine a parallel here... ;)
>
>
>I think it would be more interesting to do a new book that looks at the
>Tiger's current popularity, such as it is, the amazing amount of
reproduction
>and remanufactured parts available for the car, and what that says about
the
>ownership. Do some profiles of the different types of Tigers and their
>owners:
>- the unrestored but well-maintained survivor
>- the resto-mod
>- the basket case to concours winner
>- the autocross and/or track-day special
>- the barn find
>
>An appendix with an updated print registry, and a listing of current clubs
>would round it out pretty well.
>Obviously, the above information can already be distilled from a detailed
>compilation of Internet information, but having it all together in one
place
>would be helpful and having it in print is more palatable to a lot of
folks.
You raise some excellent points. I was looking
at the issue from just two angles -- the need for
raw information to the Sunbeam community and the
need to enhance Norman's exchequer. (e-Bay is an
oddball forum. One of my books is, quite
illegally, still in print and available for $40
or so, but copies routinely sell on e-Bay for
$100 or more, generally with statements that I am
dead. I am not, incidentally!)
To revise the BON would task Norm or someone else
to do a LOT of work. This would be a worthy
enterprise but would not provide a proper return
on investment -- I write books on collector
cameras, and spend years of research and writing
for a world-wide market of 2.000 folks or so,
most of whom I already know. So, a rewrite and
expansion of the BON would require a given number
of hours of work -- 1,000 would probably be
conservative -- not to mention the effort in
layout and the like. The market is just not
large enough to ensure a return on investment.
So I went the lowball route. Just scan and
reprint the original BON. Hell, I would buy a
reprint at $100, and I do not even own a Tiger
and really have little interest in ever owning
such a hog. <he grins> That would put the
information out to the community and would put a
steady pile of bucks, small but steady, into
Norm's checking account. I do not know the lad,
but I suspect that he has a need for money, as is the case with the rest of
us.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Marc
msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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