[Tigers] Tiger Hardtop

[Michael Wood]

I think what limits the appeal of hardtops is that they are kind of a pain to take off and put back on...and then you have to store, too. I guess if you used your Tiger as a GT, a hardtop would be nice, though!

<div>I can see where collectors would want one, too

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From: Tom Witt via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
To: Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Aug 29, 2018 07:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Hardtop



I’d say the average price for removable, decent condition hardtop’s seem to
be in the $1,500 $2,000 range regardless of the manufacture of the car. There
are two sub $800 Tiger hardtops on Ebay right now (needing attention). One
factory, the other not.  A while back I was looking at Hardtops for my
nephew’s Miata and it seemed that even Mercedes hardtops were within that $1,500
$2,000 range.
>>>If
Pentastar, deduct $5000..  lousy Chrysler product.. might have bashed in
firewall to fit 318.<<<
As to the Pentastar adding value (as noted above). The engine would have
been a 273, not a 318. BUT..., had that been the case a 360 would have dropped
right in. No special stroked 347 needed.  So, put back the $5,000 and
likely add more! And, had they had today’s engines crank triggered ignition it
would have eliminated the distributor problem. But more a dream than a reality
because the Chrysler LA engine is very wide and left/right fitment is as much an
issue as front/back.
From: Gary via Tigers
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 5:33 PM
To: Tigers
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Hardtop
If
Pentastar, deduct $5000..  lousy Chrysler
product.. might have bashed in firewall to
fit 318.
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On Aug 28, 2018, at 11:04 AM, Norman Miller via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
wrote:
I wonder how much added value you get for a
Pentastar?
At 08:35 AM 8/28/2018, Stu via Tigers wrote:
I was looking at the
Hagerty pricing estimates for my Tiger recently, and, IIRC, having the
factory hard top can add $5000 to the Tiger's
value.
Stu
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