All,
Took off for a couple of days, came back, and logged on to get my E-mail and
WOW! Look at all this! SIMPLY AMAZING.
I guess I'd heard about "TAC bashing" on the net before, but to sit down and
read all this...I had no idea.
But this time there seems to be a new twist - impuning the integrity of the
TAC inspectors as Tom Hall would put it. As a TAC inspector, I take this
personally.As I look at the list of "TAC Bashers", I only recognize one name
and I haven't spoken more than 50 words to him in the entire time I've known
him. The rest of the people, I've never heard of. I doubt if this guys know
any of the other inspectors either, yet somehow they feel qualified to
question our integrity.
So , I made a few inquires. Seems one guy is reported to own an Alpine
conversion, another had his car restored by "what's his name down south", a
known, outspoken opponent of the TAC program, someone else is reportedly
building a conversion, and so on... and so on....SIMPLY AMAZING.
Tom Hall is right not to bother with responding to their weak arguments and
accusations. They've already made up their minds about TAC. Tiger owners
who've had their cars TACed have made up their minds also. As for the rest of
you, by the simple fact that you're on the net tells me that you have the
intelligence to figure out where to get your questions answered, where to
have your concerns addressed, and then make your own informed decisions about
this program. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that this TAC Bashers are
not intelligent, just that they are skewing the facts and their arguments in
order to promote their own agendas.
I'm not sure if the STOA TAC program will ever be universally accepted, but I
do know that in the San Francisco Bay area, most all of the Tigers will have
been authenticated by the end of this year. So at least here, a prospective
buyer of the marque knowing of the TAC program can rest assured that if it is
of importance to him/her to buy a genuine "run down the Jensen assembly -
line" Tiger that there are resources available locally to insure them that
they are buying what they think they are buying. It may seem like insanity to
some, but I sleep well at night knowiing that I've played an important part
in establishing this program in the Bay area.
Because of this recent bashing of the TAC program, the STOA authentication
committee is now looking into means by which persons interested in the
program may more easily obtain information, have they're questions answered
or concerns addressed. Stay tuned on this.
In closing, I'd like to make just a few points:
1) 100% of all cars TACed have been easily determined to be Tigers produced
on the Jensen assembly - line
2) With only one exception, all cars denied the TAC sticker have been easily
recognized as Alpine conversions
3) The 60% Alpine, non - factory rivets, etc. etc. argument isn't important.
In 22 years of involvment with these cars, I've only seen one car that fell
into this catagory and at this point it has not been presented for
inspection.
4) TACing a Tiger does NOT increase it's value, although TACing may make it
easier to sell a Tiger to a prospective buyer , provided that buyer has
knowledge of the TAC program.
5)There are no TACed Alpine conversions in Southern California...PERIOD.
And I could go in forever, or at least until next Thursday, but I'll leave
you with this question to ponder:
Why is it that these TAC Bashers are so intent on obtaining "secretive
-minute detail" information when all they supposedly want is to spread the
fun and drive safer cars? Think about it. Its SIMPLY AMAZING.
'Til later
Paul Reisentz
Reisentz Restorations
TAC Senior Inspector #14
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