[Tigers] How much to spend on a conversion

[Jay]

It just boggles my mind. For $850,000, they could buy all of these together: the best MkI and the best MkII on the planet, a Tiger race car AND still have money left over to buy a house or two, depending where you are in the country. And heck, maybe instead of the house, a real Cobra too.  I just can't imagine loving the idea of a V8 AH so much that you have to do this (and then immediately sell it and never enjoy the result).


> On Jun 23, 2022, at 5:42 PM, Gary <garywinblad at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Sounds like a case of elder abuse, somebody 
> ripped off somebody.
> Gary
> 
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> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 23, 2022, at 3:17 PM, Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> OK, I had to share this absurdity.  How much would you spend to take a 4 cylinder English roadster and stuff a V8 into it?  I would imagine doing it to an Alpine and spending a bunch of money to make it like a Tiger might make some sense.  But what about a 4 seater Austin Healey that never came with a V8 option?  How about $850,000???  Yes, you read that right.  They even have the list of invoices paid.  At some point don't you say "wait, stop, dear god, how much is this going to cost me?"  And then after ALL THAT MONEY wouldn't you think he would have had a reason to do such as driving it more than 300 miles before putting it for sale?
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>> https://www.fantasyjunction.com/inventory/1957-austin-healey-100-6-bn4l/overview <https://www.fantasyjunction.com/inventory/1957-austin-healey-100-6-bn4l/overview>
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