To All TAC Inspectors: As soon as my two tigers are up and running I
want them TAC'ed. Thanks for your unpaid efforts to make these cars
safer to buy. I have been around collectible cars all of my adult life;
there will always be someone standing on the sidelines pissing and
moaning but doing absolutely nothing for the hobby. Usually they are the
least-informed of all but the most vocal.
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>From: PLRRESTO@aol.com[SMTP:PLRRESTO@aol.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 17, 1997 10:17 AM
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Simply Amazing
>
>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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