To be fair, there are not all that many cars out there where the only
"official" difference is on a VIN tag that is pop-riveted on. Ford V8s and
trannys are relatively easy to obtain - and a change that many Alpine
owners might want to do anyway - and even easier when a dead Tiger is
available.
Other companies have better records of the cars and VINs stamped onto
various parts of the cars.
Sure there are other marques where the hi-po versions can be copied, and
are. It just that Tigers are part of that group - and those other marque
owners are probably just as concerned about fakes (unless they are buyers
who are drunk at an auction with some knucklehead in their face egging
them - which I've never understood. Guess it works).
>
> --- On Wed, 12/12/12, C And J <cjcoffel@sonic.net> wrote:
>
> From: C And J <cjcoffel@sonic.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] My understanding
> To: "rande@thecia.net" <rande@thecia.net>
> Cc: "tigers@autox.team.net" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Date: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 3:47 AM
>
> If anyone who is healthy wonders why Tiger people are so fixated on
> authenticity. My understanding is that an alger got a big award at a Tigers
> United, which caused an aneurism in this person. Ever since than, it's
> effected everyone else and now it's 90 percent of the discussion for Tiger
> people. Thus, scaring away a lot of healthy, normal people from a lot of
> events.
>
> Now you know.
> Chris
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 11, 2012, at 6:59 PM, "rande" <rande@thecia.net> wrote:
>
> > A disclaimer.
> > I'm just one of sixty-odd TAC inspectors. I'm neither the chief justice
> nor
> > one of the regular justices of the TAC Supreme Court.
> >
> > My point this morning was that, based on what I could see strictly from
> the
> > eBay photos, I would not discourage the dealer from thinking about a TAC
> inspection,
> > if it was convenient for him/her. Assuming that the eBay reserve was
> close
> to
> > their 'buy it now' figure. If this car was advertised or presented with a
> TAC
> > certificate, it might help the dealer get close to the price they're
> looking
> > for.
> >
> > But, I'm just one TAC inspector, and as all of you remember from
> elementary
> > school Tiger class, it takes three inspectors to agree after inspecting
> the
> > car in person before a certificate and sticker can be issued.
> >
> > Rande Bellman
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