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Re: New Book with Tiger photos

To: nicholsj@oakwood.org
Subject: Re: New Book with Tiger photos
From: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 15:18:57 +0100

nicholsj@oakwood.org wrote:

>    Included is a chapter on the Shelby racing
>      Tiger.  A little known fact, at least to me, is the racing Tiger started
>      out as a red Alpine that had a race prepped 260 installed.  Shelby 
>painted
>      it yellow and left on all the Alpine IV badges.  All that was added was 
>the
>      rectangular 'Powered By Ford' badges from the Cobra.  Apparently, it was
>      entered in events as a Sunbeam Tiger.  Let's see, .... Alpine converted 
>by
>      Shelby's installation of a Ford 260 and now known as a Sunbeam
>      Tiger.....I'll let that one go without saying anything.

>     Jeff

OK Jeff,

I'll just add some humor here.

The car would properly be a "Shelby Sunbeam Alpine GT260 HiPo". It is said he 
still
has over 200 original chassis and 260 cid motors, and is intending on producing
"factory new" 1964 Shelby Alpines for only $125,000. Enthusiasts insist that 
ONLY
these cars can be truly called "SHELPINES"!

{8->

Steve
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