> --------Regardless, a very close to perfect, otherwise average MkI should be
> able to compete, on points, with any other Tiger ever made.
> Mike
Yes, Mike, it should. But the practicality of the matter is that the uniqueness of these rare examples, while not on the check list, is heavily weighted psychologically.
I personally know that there are plenty of 'stock' Alpines and Tigers that have a metal smoothness, underlying a 5 digit paint job, that never came from any factory production car. This is more than good maintenance, or faithful restoration. It is building a car that never existed in the first place.
Don't get me wrong. That is a wonderful thing to do, and a beautiful sight to see. It does, however, tilt the judging in the 'entry' class "Stock Production" category.
A Special 'Best of the Best Show Car" class for these cars, to judge which of these beauties is the finest, would be a marvelous sight to behold, and the winner would truly know that he they were judged superior to their own peers, and held to a higher standard.
Just my opinion.
Steve
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