[Tigers] Urban legend

[Tom Witt]

/"Seems to me Shelby American had a list of improvements for the Tiger."/

I've never heard of this list but perhaps I missed something that 
occurred later on. Since I edited the George Boskoff video from when he 
spoke at Mammoth I got to repeatedly hear what George said. He basically 
implied that Shelby dumped the Alpine V-8 conversion on him and Shelby 
had little interaction. When I believe it was John Panks came to pick up 
the car it was George, not Shelby that took him for the test drive. When 
done he asked George for the official drawings and George humbly replied 
that, "Well..., I have a few templates in a box."

I hope I'm not coming across as contentious. Perhaps later on there was 
interaction with Rootes and Shelby for improvements but at least 
originally it seems Shelby did the job for the money and primarily 
placed it into Boskoff's lap. From that point on  George said he never 
saw the car again (until Mammoth).
//

On 3/13/2020 8:03 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers wrote:
>
> Jim
>
>                 It would have definitely been nice if Shelby American 
> remained involved with Rootes and the Tiger program.
>
> Seems to me Shelby American had a list of improvements for the Tiger.
>
> I’m not sure if that list is available in the Shelby American archive 
> or elsewhere but it would be nice to read that list.
>
> I’m sure suspension improvement were on that list.
>
> Anyone know if that Shelby American Tiger improvement list is available?
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Jim B 
> via Tigers
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 12, 2020 12:18 AM
> *To:* tigers at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Urban legend
>
>     Geez Buck, now what will we talk about? Just kidding. Ya know,
>     Chrysler really didn’t have much of a choice really. With all the
>     fitment issues and the new standards it was probably the right
>     choice, or the only choice. What I tend to ponder is, where things
>     might have gone with the Tiger if circumstances were different.
>     Shelby involvement? Ford involvement? Rootes remaining solvent?
>     Just rambling about the what IFs. Cheers
>
>
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