Cliff- Nice post. Your expression of feeling for the Tiger is Wonderfully
Charming.
Chris in Trinidad
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> From: comorgan@juno.com
> To: MWood24020@aol.com
> Cc: rdmallory@earthling.net; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Luggage rack
> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 11:24 PM
>
> Great response Mike. I have hauled my Tiger around for over 25 years
> without driving it. It has become a family possession which my kids
> will fight over who "gets it when I'm gone." And, yet it's not that
> "special" as far as a performance car. In fack it's dangerous if pushed
> to the limits with a high horse power engine. Why is it so "special?" I
> think that part of the reason is the timing of when it was introduced,
> ie, muscle car era. I began driving in the early 50's. Cars were real
> dogs. The most exiciting thing was to drop a big V8 into a normally
> sedate car. My best friend's father was a doctor who drove chrysler's.
> My friend swapped engines from his dad's car (hemi's) into 1946-50
> Plymouths. this was an exciting time (the cars were loud but were
> installed behind 3 speed transmissions. Anyway, the best car was a car
> which had a V8 installed. So, the Sunbeam Tiger met this imagery. I had
> heard about the Tiger in the early 60's. I was in collage, and I saw a
> "cherry" Tiger on a Tucson street for $1300 (it was painted the most
> subdued color, Moonstone.) Moonstone is not white, not blue, and not
> exactly grey either. I drove the car all over, including Arizona desert
> roads. I stopped driving the car in 1973. Over the years it has
> deteriorated badly. I now want to get this car running. But I agree
> with you that , from one point of view, the car is not that "special."
> But somehow I can't get rid of it. Thanks for listening.
>
> Cliff
>
> COMORGAN@JUNO.COM
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