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Re: Tiger for Sale needing Alpine

To: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
Subject: Re: Tiger for Sale needing Alpine
From: Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:29:15 -0400
Jay,
Sound's like a MKII Tiger to me. They don't have the opening for the
battery/fuel pump.

Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com wrote:
> 
> On the way back from a meeting, I stopped in "Marina Del Rey" to look at
> the Tiger that is currently listed in the Recycler for $5,900, and claimed
> to be running, with only 70,000 miles.  Yikes.  Or, should I say "Holy
> Shit"  no, "Holey Shit" is more appropriate.  First, the guy is not in the
> Marina, not even close - and it goes down hill from there.  This Tiger does
> appear to be a real Tiger.  It does have the original valve covers, fan
> shroud, water bottle, dash (though not all guages).  That's about it.
> There is so much rust that I can't imagine it can be put back together
> without an Alpine donor.  In fact, there was so much rust I think the car
> is bending down just at the front line of the dash, with distinctly visible
> curvature at the tops of the fenders right there.
> 
> This car did spend time in New Jersey.  If it really only had 70,000 miles,
> then the owner did a very good job of packing it each year in some
> snow/salt packing and letting it sit until spring.
> 
> There was one odd thing that I haven't seen before.  The battery box hole
> did not seem to exist.  I'm not talking about the Alpine box, but the hole
> in the rear deck where the fuel pump goes on a Tiger (and would be a box on
> an Alpine).  No door top, no hole.  I didn't bother looking underneath to
> see what might be there.
> 
> I of course had hoped to come back and tell everyone about this great find
> of a running Tiger for $5,900.
> Oh well.  So sad to see it.
> 
> Jay

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