[Tigers] Recent Auction Sales

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Problem is those of us that bought our cars to restore are now seeing our budgets getting blown out of the water. I did build in extra for unforeseen costs but the price of some parts are now double and sometimes triple what they should be. My Tiger may be sitting longer for completion then I thought and that is a shame. This keeps up I will be priced out of the restoration and may have to sell. It's great the Tiger is getting the recognition it deserves but those of us who do not have deep pockets are going to be pushed out by investors who have those pockets and really only care about turning the profit.   TimB9470149

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From: awtiger--- via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
To: Tom Hall <modtiger at comcast.net>
Cc: Tom Hall via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Recent Auction Sales
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:41:20 -0400

Hey, Tom:

With regards to raising the coverage on our Tigers...I just did this morning!!!!!  Of course, I've just finished that huge project on mine and it needed to be raised anyway.  It does appear that Tigers are finally becoming seriously collectible, which is a double-edged sword of sorts, I suppose.  I'm just glad I've got mine!!!

BTW...the car in question appeared to still be wearing its original paint under the hood.  It looked to me like the shade of green on the body was a bit lighter than what was in the engine compartment.  It also had an aftermarket steering wheel and, from what I could tell, an incorrect amp gauge, too.  Considering all of this, I was pretty surprised to see it bring that kind of money.

Andy

---- Tom Hall via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote: 
> On 8/18/2015 6:27 AM, awtiger--- via Tigers wrote:
> > According to their website, Mecum also sold a green Mk1A for $100K.  It did appear to be of a very nice driver quality, though not a concours resto.  It came with LAT 70s and a LAT hood, but I can't remember if it had a hardtop with it.
> >
> > Andy Walker
> > Edmond, OK
> >
> Yes it did have a black hardtop.  I thought it was pretty close to an 
> average Tigers United Concours entry.  Shiny BRG, but not a particularly 
> clean example.  The booster was missing and the vacuum line was there 
> with a plastic cap on it.  Starting to look like it's time to raise the 
> insurance limit on our "drivers".
> 
> -- 
> Tom Hall
> ModTiger Engineering LLC
> www.tigerengineering.net
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