Dick, et al:
In lieu of the half-done concept, wouldn't the original engineering
drawings for this "space frame" Tiger be equally as good? I've heard, on a
number of occasions, that Lister admits to having complete files for the Le
Mans project. STOC's David Dickerson, is quietly on the trail of a number
of such forgotten leads, including current visits to the "Lister" operation.
On a different front, one recent success resulted in unearthing unknown
"Jensen" accounting records that clearly refer to the construction of
twelve "prototypes". Much of this new data will require hours of
interpretation, but at least it keeps turning up. The progress is slow,
but each discovery encourages continuation.
Norm
At 11:16 AM 12/3/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/3/98 5:33:52 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>STUART_BRENNAN@HP-Andover-om3.om.hp.com writes:
>
>>...... that article about the discovery of additional
>> Lister Tigers.
>
>Stu,
>I assume you are referring to the piece in the Book of Norman regarding the
>unfinished Le Mans Tiger. Reportedly Brian Lister, who insisted that the
cars
>should be built using a space-frame tube chassis with an alloy body,
partially
>completed construction of such a car, which he equipped with a HP289. But
when
>Rootes refused to accept it or pay for it, the project was abandoned.
>
>There are reports that the remains still languish somewhere in the UK, but
>David Duncanson, Brian Postle, Ken Dalziel, et al, if they know of its
>whereabouts, refuse to reveal an info about it....probably because they have
>selfish designs about acquiring the car and keeping it in England. After
all,
>at one point in time, all 3 of the original cars got away from them and went
>to other countries, although in recent years Tony Eckford went to Australia
>and brought back ADU179B.
>
>I have no intention of letting 7734KV get back there again, having only
>recently overcome all the damage and cancer it suffered during its 9 years in
>England. I convinced those blokes over there just don't know how to care for
>cars~especially Sunbeams~and are to content to cobble them up with all sorts
>of strange, non-factory bits and pieces while the cars just continue to rust
>away. So one Le Mans Tiger is all they deserve. And if anybody has any
>information whatsoever on the 4th one partially completed by Lister, please
>let me know. In order to save it from the ravages of an another inevitable
>slow death in England, I think I could find room in my heart any my garage to
>provide sanctuary in San Diego for one more piece of Tiger history.
>
>And as the Laifman would say.... :)
>
>Dick Barker
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