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RE: 40K Tigers

To: "Larry Paulick" <larry.p@erols.com>
Subject: RE: 40K Tigers
From: "James E. Pickard" <geowiz@cox-internet.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 18:35:16 -0500
Yes, more publicity helps, but the Tiger has gotten a lot of good press of
late and maybe that is why we are seeing a spike in prices.  Hopefully, it
isn't a spike, but will be a new, higher plateau.

The problem will always be that most people think a Sunbeam is a kitchen
appliance.  (My favorite bumper sticker is "You have just been toasted by
Sunbeam.")  I'm not sure we will ever overcome that, no matter how much
publicity we get.

One positive thing: most of us probably didn't buy a Tiger as an investment,
but as a toy to enjoy.  So low market value isn't necessarily all bad.
Where else can you get as many thrills for so little money?

As for attention-getting power, Tigger does draw admirers.  But if I really
want to be seen, my 2003 Mini Cooper out draws Tigger 10 to 1.  One of my
daughters (who had never seen the Mini before) and I were recently driving
through the French Quarter in New Orleans.  As we drove down Royal Street,
she said "Everybody is looking at us."  This in a city know for unusual
sights.  I'm afraid Tigers will always appeal to a small, dedicated group of
followers.  It just isn't a car for the masses.

Jim Pickard

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Larry Paulick
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 8:45 PM
To: James E. Pickard
Cc: GSFuqua1@aol.com; rande@thecia.net; tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: 40K Tigers


Jim, I agree with you, and maybe that is the challenge, Get Exposure for
the Tiger in mags, TV shows, etc.

I remarked that a fellow owner had his Tiger featured on Car and Driver
TV show a little while back.  The show was well done, car looked great,
did a super burn out, interesting to us Boy Racers, and Want To Be's,
and the commentator spoke very highly of the Tiger.  No negatives that I
remember.

But no one else on the list commented or maybe saw the show.

If Tigers are the best keep secret, then We need to change that.

I know I get lots of attention, when I take my Tiger out, like most of
you.  The girls say, "That's a Cute Car', and the guys say, "I had a
Brother In Law, whatever, who had one of those, how fast is it?"

And they add, "What is it Worth?"

What do you say, $10K, $15K, $25K, $40K?

Well I had the car at a friends house last year, and a guest  wanted to
buy it for $50K.  Is that a fair price.  No way, much too low.

People have very positive remarks about the car, so do we just let it
sit at that?

The car is easy and cheap to take car of, has lots of power, is the most
civilized Brit car of the era, and as Tom Patton, and others have show,
is very fast on the track.

How does a 37 year old car beat a new factory team, and yes Tom's car is
a race car, but so are those factory team cars.  Embarrassing to the
factory teams, so they change the rules, but what would the interest be
in the Tiger if all the restrictors were removed?

Comments?

Larry

James E. Pickard wrote:

>The problem is there are about as many nuts like us who want to buy Tigers
>as there are Tigers for sale.  If there was an increase in demand, with the
>very limited number of Tigers built, prices would soar (and so would the
>number of Algers).  Tigers just never had the following of say an XK-E.
But
>then, unlike an XK-E, you don't have to be rich AND a mechanic to keep a
>Tiger running.  Maybe someday the rest of the world will discover what we
>already know.
>
>Jim Pickard
>B9473298
>2003 Mini Cooper
>Lafayette, LA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of Larry Paulick
>Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 1:37 PM
>To: GSFuqua1@aol.com
>Cc: rande@thecia.net; tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: 40K Tigers
>
>
>I personally think that Tigers are undervalued, and owners sell their
>cars in the mid teens hoping to get that out of the car.
>
>A pristine original or well done resto should be in the $35K to $40K and
>Good Tigers should be selling in the mid twenties.
>
>Only sellers will be able to bring this into line, when they believe
>their car is worth this much.
>
>Its a mind set.
>
>Larry
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>GSFuqua1@aol.com wrote:
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>>Seems like a bit of a catch 22 from a value stand point.  We pride
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>>as you say, on not paying too much but then if we ever do decide to sell
we
>>always think it is worth more than it probably is.  Who is to say what it
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>too
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>>high or a good value?  As long as the buyer is happy and the seller is
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>happy
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>>then that is the market value.
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>>Gary Fuqua
>>Branson, Missouri
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