if i remember right, wasn't wally in charge of sales for sunbeam on the east
coast? at least that's what i understood him to say. i think he intended to
distribute the tigers to various dealers, but found byers had traded for
them. with the clout that byers had with chrysler, it was a done deal.
----- Original Message -----
From: "rande" <rande@thecia.net>
To: <djoh797014@yahoo.com>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] the last Mk II's going to Wally
> Hi,
> Add to Erich's comments about the early Mark II's, and mine to Tom Parker
> about
> info listed in the BON, I think it's highly unlikely that one Chrysler
> sales
> office/ zone would make a blanket order for 62 or 32 of the very last Mark
> II's,
> and I post this with full deference to Wally. I'd love to hear from
> Scooter
> Patrick, one of the P.A.M dealer principals in Manhattan Beach, CA who
> sold
> Mark II's, and whose dealer plate frame was featured in the Road&Track
> road
> test how much demand there was at that time for Mark II's as production
> neared
> the end.
>
> There's also the issue of the supposedly last seven Mark II's left on the
> Southampton
> docks that Alan Hartwell snapped up and sold, one going directly to a
> Canadian
> dealer unchanged, and the six remaining being converted by Hartwell to
> RHD,
> fitted with Minilite's, and sold in England. There's also at least one
> known
> car (#626LRXFE) built as a Alpine V8 Mark II that went to Germany.
>
> There is the issue of a comparably equipped '67 Mustang convertible for
> around
> $3,200 ( the Mark II was listed at about $3,800) and a comparably fitted
> base
> Corvette convertible(with 327/300hp, four speed, hard top, AMFM, for
> around
> $4,200 list and around $4,000 transaction price.
>
> I met Wally several times, and I don't remember a single instance when he
> seemed
> like a braggard, but unless Wally was the sole source to order Tigers for
> the
> States(and knowing that Chrysler could have been downsizing distribution
> at
> that time), a one time order of even 32 cars that sold in drabs is a tall
> one,
> and we're quite sure that the distribution of Tiger Mark II's was
> scattered
> throughout the States and Canada, with a handful going to Europe.
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