- 1. Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:29:54 -0500
- Steve is correct and to those who just don't know. In 1965 three Tigers came in third in their respective divisions of SCCA B Produciton, Pacific, Mid Ohio and Central Florida. The Hollywood car won
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00353.html (8,021 bytes)
- 2. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: itswonderful@comcast.net
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:45:09 +0000
- Isn't this due in part to limited factory and then aftermarket support? I mean then and now you could buy a ton of go fast goodies for Mustangs and Vets and the car magazines were and are filled wit
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00354.html (8,507 bytes)
- 3. RE: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:19:44 -0700
- IIRC from reading Taylor's book and others, the Tiger was reclassed to C Production (in 1967?) and all of the go-fast parts that Doane developed for the Hollywood car (which were then homologated as
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00355.html (8,044 bytes)
- 4. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:52:42 -0500
- You may be right. I don't know what the problem was with the Tiger. It could be that a car designed for a 1.5 litre engine,( Alpine), had difficulty with a 260 cu in. v8 (Tiger). I do know the Alpin
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00359.html (9,694 bytes)
- 5. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:05:53 -0500
- written in the race results and record books that counts. A Morgan won the 1966 ARRC E production race with second place, Porsche, and third place, Porsche. I wonder how much factory support Morgan
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00360.html (8,920 bytes)
- 6. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: Drmoonstone@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:36:16 EST
- On the same note, the top performing Tigers were raced in fewer races due to the cost of transportation, time, financial and human resources. For a car that saw limited competition it's record is one
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00362.html (8,092 bytes)
- 7. RE: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim Sylvester" <jim.sylvester@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:01:33 -0600
- I don't think of the Tiger as a failure at all! In fact, to whatever degree it was less successful than hoped, it wasn't because of the Tiger's failure but because of Rootes failure (and the failure
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00363.html (9,868 bytes)
- 8. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:00:12 EST
- Jeff, Did you know a Lotus would have collected that award had they managed to homologate 500 cars in time for the 1961 LeMans? Jim Leach Pacific Tiger Club Seattle
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00369.html (7,416 bytes)
- 9. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Thompson <chris@cthompson.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 23:13:40 -0500
- Do you know that the Index of Thermal Efficiency was something just dreamed up by the French to try to guarantee them an award after they conceded that they were no longer competitive in their own na
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00370.html (7,689 bytes)
- 10. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 04:00:41 -0800
- Yes. And, to add insult to injury, the French STILL lost that award at Le Mans year after year, beginning in 1959, and kept on changing it. They tried to fine tune it so that the French entry (I bel
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00373.html (8,640 bytes)
- 11. Re: Tiger sucess? (score: 1)
- Author: <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:24:11 -0500
- No, I didn't know that fact. But I do know the Sunbeam Alpine beat Porsche for the trophy. I do know the Alpine won two SCCA national championships and finished the 1961 Le Mans 24 hour with an Inde
- /html/tigers/2005-01/msg00374.html (7,782 bytes)
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