Years asgao I found Car 54 sitting in a garage in Northern IL.
Since I had no room for it, a room, a close friend and gearhead
got it for $50. He sent it to a famous Ferrari restoration ship in CO
that he has used. Two years and being ripped off for $15K and counting,
he retrieved it. It now sits in front of his Ferraris waiting for someone
(me??)
to put it back together. Car 54 has the Aluminum Case trans and Cobra
shifter
black dash, etc.
Question: Car 54 where are you?
Answer: Sitting dissembled in Northern IL for the last 10 years.
Dave
In a message dated 8/9/2009 5:23:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
awtiger@cox.net writes:
Tony:
This information came straight out of one of the first books to be
published on the Tiger, which was Bill Carroll's "Tiger: An Exceptional
Motorcar."
I have the book and there is a chapter towards the back that shows all
the running production changes that were known at that time. Sure enough, it
states that the first 56 Tigers came with the Borg-Warner transmission.
If I remember correctly, the shifter and knob were referenced, too, but I'm
working from memory here and I don't remember exactly what was written.
By the way, the reason I remember this production number figure so well is
because my first Tiger was B9470058, supposedly the second Tiger off the
line with the Ford Toploader transmission. This car was also the runner up
to the SCCA B-Prepared National Champion in the mid-70s (1974 or '75, I
think...) and was owned and driven by a guy named Skip Laughlin here in
Oklahoma. Anybody remember him or the car???
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
B382001600LRXFE (TAC #740)
B9006857LRX
---- Tony Somebody <achd73@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There is an auction on epay (150358810575) that shows a strange shift
knob for $100. I sent a question doubting this shift knob was on Tigers and
his reply follows.
>
> "For your FYI, The first 56 Tigers were equipped with Shelby American
supplied, Borg Warner T10-B side loader transmission, the true Cobra short
shifter, reverse lock-out T-handle and that shift knob that you see. From
B9470057 and forward the short handle was use and and the knob was changed."
>
> Norm or anyone who owns/owned one of the first 56 Tigers able to shed
any light on this statement?
> TtT
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