[Tigers] Shelby Tigers?

[Ron Fraser]

Tony
	I think you can look at it from this perspective; in the March,
April timeframe for the Tiger prototype, CS had a few 289's on hand and they
were showing promise.   You don't give away your future.   The 260 engine he
was pulling out were basically scrap value to CS and probably cluttering up
the shop.   You put a 260 into the Tiger seems a no brainer to me.

	The real decision for the 260 engines was in Lord Rootes hands.
Whether he knew about the 289 engines or why he choose 260's is locked in a
conversation held 46 years ago.

Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Somebody [mailto:achd73 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:46 PM
To: 'Steve Laifman'; rfraser at bluefrog.com
Cc: 'Beamclub'
Subject: RE: [Tigers] Shelby Tigers?


Ron- I have no idea what protocol was used to decide on the 260 BUT if CS
had installed a 289, then we might not have ever seen a 260 and that was my
unproveable gut feeling and what I think CS would have been thinking
business wise. Why would he build a prototype that would/could out perform
his car? As dumb as I am, I wouldnt have made that mistake and CS, above
all, is very much a bussinessman.Im also glad something I posted months ago
is creating some LIST activity.