Shelby got a royalty for every Tiger sold. Additionally, when Shelby
sold most of thecars from his collection to fund his children's
transplant charity (and he had a bunch of cars!) he did not sell the
original 260 Cobra and his personal Sunbeam Tiger! He kept a few
other cars as well, but I don't know what they were.
Keep on Tigering!
Jim Sencindiver
B382100451/TAC 448
http://www.tigersunited.com/car_show/sencindiver_j/default.asp
On 5/15/12, Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com> wrote:
> While ol Shel' was critical to the Tiger's genisis, the Tiger is still a
> ways
> down the list of his automotive contributions to the world. As much as I
> like
> the Shelby connection with Tigers (and love the Tiger), it really was
> limited
> to a one-off hot rod Alpine, proof of concept car... the real production
> engineering was done by Jensen and I've never heard that Shelby had any
> direct
> engagement with Rootes Group / Sunbeam corporate management. His strategic
> impactand marketing contribution to the modern Dodge and Ford cars is quite
> significant by comparison, as is the size of those cars impact on the
> general
> automotive landscape (and what he was paid for the work).
>
> I do think the
> Tiger would show up in his top 15 cars.
>
> Stephen Waybright
>
> From: Carlo
> Bernardino <crbdino@me.com>
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, May 14,
> 2012 10:41 PM
> Subject: [Tigers] Shelby Obits
>
> Like everyone in the Tiger
> community, I was saddened to hear of his passing. I also was saddened that
> I
> will not be able to meet the man, at a show or elsewhere. It would be need
> to
> shake the hand of one of my automotive heroes. However, one things that I
> find
> interesting that none of his obituaries in the press even mention remotely
> the
> Tiger and his involvement. Some mention great minute details of his life in
> Africa, or his chili pursuits, or how he helped with the Omni GLH and other
> cars. But no Tiger. I know I am speaking to the choir, but it is as good a
> time as any to set the record straight.
>
> Autoweek just posted a list of
> Shelby's 10 most important cars, and I wrote Dutch Mandel, one of the
> editors,
> mentioning the Tiger's omission. He countered that the tiger was like the
> Toyota 2000 GT that Shelby raced. I wrote back saying the two are not at
> all
> analogous. Furthermore, we could argue that he did more engineering in the
> tiger's case than lending his name on the modern Shelby mustangs or Omni
> pocket rockets.
>
> Rob
>
> Rob in Carmel, CA
> 1966 Mk1A Tiger
> B382000262 LRXFE
> JAL660245
> Color Code 39: Carnival Red
> TAC# 0519
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