Hey, cool down big boy, this is a discussion and not everyone is
questioning anyones integrity. Most of us who dislike TAC are trying to
preserve the marque in a sensible way. I'm not familar with any other
group that has come up with this gimmick.
On Mon, 17 Mar 1997 13:17:02 -0500 (EST) PLRRESTO@aol.com writes:
>All,
>
>Took off for a couple of days, came back, and logged on to get my
>E-mail and
>WOW! Look at all this! SIMPLY AMAZING.
>
>I guess I'd heard about "TAC bashing" on the net before, but to sit
>down and
>read all this...I had no idea.
>
>But this time there seems to be a new twist - impuning the integrity
>of the
>TAC inspectors as Tom Hall would put it. As a TAC inspector, I take
>this
>personally.As I look at the list of "TAC Bashers", I only recognize
>one name
>and I haven't spoken more than 50 words to him in the entire time I've
>known
>him. The rest of the people, I've never heard of. I doubt if this guys
>know
>any of the other inspectors either, yet somehow they feel qualified to
>question our integrity.
>
>So , I made a few inquires. Seems one guy is reported to own an Alpine
>conversion, another had his car restored by "what's his name down
>south", a
>known, outspoken opponent of the TAC program, someone else is
>reportedly
>building a conversion, and so on... and so on....SIMPLY AMAZING.
>
>Tom Hall is right not to bother with responding to their weak
>arguments and
>accusations. They've already made up their minds about TAC. Tiger
>owners
>who've had their cars TACed have made up their minds also. As for the
>rest of
>you, by the simple fact that you're on the net tells me that you have
>the
>intelligence to figure out where to get your questions answered, where
>to
>have your concerns addressed, and then make your own informed
>decisions about
>this program. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that this TAC Bashers
>are
>not intelligent, just that they are skewing the facts and their
>arguments in
>order to promote their own agendas.
>
>I'm not sure if the STOA TAC program will ever be universally
>accepted, but I
>do know that in the San Francisco Bay area, most all of the Tigers
>will have
>been authenticated by the end of this year. So at least here, a
>prospective
>buyer of the marque knowing of the TAC program can rest assured that
>if it is
>of importance to him/her to buy a genuine "run down the Jensen
>assembly -
>line" Tiger that there are resources available locally to insure them
>that
>they are buying what they think they are buying. It may seem like
>insanity to
>some, but I sleep well at night knowiing that I've played an important
>part
>in establishing this program in the Bay area.
>
>Because of this recent bashing of the TAC program, the STOA
>authentication
>committee is now looking into means by which persons interested in the
>program may more easily obtain information, have they're questions
>answered
>or concerns addressed. Stay tuned on this.
>
>In closing, I'd like to make just a few points:
>1) 100% of all cars TACed have been easily determined to be Tigers
>produced
>on the Jensen assembly - line
>2) With only one exception, all cars denied the TAC sticker have been
>easily
>recognized as Alpine conversions
>3) The 60% Alpine, non - factory rivets, etc. etc. argument isn't
>important.
>In 22 years of involvment with these cars, I've only seen one car that
>fell
>into this catagory and at this point it has not been presented for
>inspection.
>4) TACing a Tiger does NOT increase it's value, although TACing may
>make it
>easier to sell a Tiger to a prospective buyer , provided that buyer
>has
>knowledge of the TAC program.
>5)There are no TACed Alpine conversions in Southern
>California...PERIOD.
>
>And I could go in forever, or at least until next Thursday, but I'll
>leave
>you with this question to ponder:
>
>Why is it that these TAC Bashers are so intent on obtaining "secretive
>-minute detail" information when all they supposedly want is to spread
>the
>fun and drive safer cars? Think about it. Its SIMPLY AMAZING.
>
>'Til later
>
>Paul Reisentz
>Reisentz Restorations
>TAC Senior Inspector #14
>
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