[Tigers] Autoweek OOOOPS photo

[parlanti at comcast.net]

I guess I'll have to take credit for the photo and tell the story. 

When I owned my first Tiger, which was quite rusty, I acquired a rust free Alpine for donor sheet metal. I eventually decided it would be better to find a better Tiger to start with than to go that route. After finding a nice clean restorable car, it was time to sell the old one which included the Alpine shell. The new owner drove the Tiger home and I told him to bring a trailer to pick up the Alpine. Well, he shows up with the Volvo wagon and insists that we can put the Alpine on top. I kept trying to dissuade him, but no go. He had brought a couple of 2x12s that we laid across the hood and top of the windshield and pushed the car up the ramp. It scratched the hell out of the car. He then proceeded to tie everything down. I was sure that at the first quick stop, the Alpine would slide right off, but apparently he made it all the way home to West Virginia. Oh, by the way, I made him sign a form absolving me of any responsibility before he left. 

And now you have the rest of the story... 

Joe Parlanti 
1966 Sunbeam Tiger B382000026 
1959 Abarth Zagato 750GT 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. Nichols" <jxnichols at sbcglobal.net> 
To: tigers at autox.team.net 
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:47:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [Tigers] Autoweek OOOOPS photo 

The latest issue of Autoweek has a photo on the last page of a Alpine or Tiger 
shell sitting on top of Volvo station wagon. I think they forgot to weigh the 
shell before putting it on the Volvo's roof because the suspension collapsed 
onto the rear wheels. It makes it tough to drive home. I wonder how they got 
it on top in the first place since the photo was taken in the driveway in 
front of the garage. The name on the photo is someone on this list but I 
won't give it away. 

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