[Tigers] Pilot who owned a Tiger and Ferrari in Woodland Hills in 80s

[David Sosna]

Love the side pipes--that had to be before parking lot speed bumps. 😁

Best Regards

David Sosna


On 6/23/22 14:36, twotigers--- via Tigers wrote:
>
> Jay,
>
> That was a great looking top. I believe I had the same top on my first 
> Tiger but it was labeled Coachman. Bought it in the early 70’s. Dare I 
> say, I actually liked the look of it slightly more than the factory 
> hardtop! I don’t know about you airline pilot, but I bought my Tiger 
> in Sun Valley in 1970.
>
> Kirk
>
> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Jay
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 23, 2022 9:38 AM
> *To:* Tiger List List <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Tigers] Pilot who owned a Tiger and Ferrari in Woodland 
> Hills in 80s
>
> Anyone here an airline pilot who owned a Tiger and then a Ferrari, and 
> lived in Woodland Hills in the 1980s?  Or anyone know who that might 
> have been?
>
> I was just recalling that I purchased a Dynoplastic hardtop from 
> you/him then.  At the time, he had sold his Tiger and bought a 
> Ferrari, and still had the hardtop.  I bought it for a whopping $75.
>
> It’s funny, it didn't have the rear quarter windows. The front and 
> rear clips were basically L brackets with J bolts in them. Years 
> later, when I had money and restored my Alpine, I bought a decent 
> factory steel hardtop and restored it to match perfectly, all new 
> rubber, all new windows and all correct brackets. I finally ditched 
> that silly $75 top.
>
>
> Then I came to realize how great that Dynoplastic one was. Glass rear 
> window and sooooo light. Easy to put on and off by myself. Easy to 
> hang up on the wall. Quick to put on and off if the need arose.
>
> And now instead I have a supremely heavy hardtop with plastic rear 
> window, that I can still put on and off myself - but with quite a heft 
> to get it up and off. In fact, I think I've done it only once or twice 
> since restoring it. Of course that's mostly because I greatly prefer 
> top down driving and don't drive it in the rain.
>
>
>
> Sometimes they say the simpler life is the better life.  So maybe 
> the simpler hardtop is the better hardtop.
>
>
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