I'm a dummy - what's a ducati?
----- Original Message -----
From: Allan Connell <alcon@earthlink.net>
To: Windsor Owens <wowens@etec.com>
Cc: Tiger Owners <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 4:23 PM
Subject: RE: anudda new guy...
> Giving up a Ducati for a Tiger?? You ARE serious!
>
> If Norm gave you a ride, that probably means you live in the Bay Area. If
> so, join STOA and get one of the members to go out and look at cars with
> you. I am fairly confident you will find someone that will help. I would
> even go far as to suggest that you offer Norm a couple of $20's to go out
> and survey the car with you.
>
> For your sake, I am very glad you asked first, rather than jump right in.
> You may have helped yourself to avoid some major pitfalls. Case in point:
I
> recently went out to look at an early Tiger with a friend who was very
> interested. After looking at the car, I concluded that though he could
get
> the car at a real nice price, to put it to the condition he wanted, he
would
> be better off buying one already in that condition.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Allan
> B9472373
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Windsor Owens
> Sent: Saturday, April 10, 1999 1:04 PM
> To: 'tigers@autox.team.net'
> Subject: anudda new guy...
>
>
>
>
>
> > I am new to the list and am not yet a tiger owner. (Although thanks to
> > Norm Miller (who gave me a ride in his car) I am considering selling one
> > of my old Ducatis to finance a tiger!) One car that I looked at
recently
> > has a nice straight, rust-free body on it. Unfortunatley, the front end
> > on the car may have been damaged, since the trim holes are not on the
> > front fenders. (either bond'oed or front end from an alpine?) This is
not
> > a major problem for me, because I'm not looking for a perfectly stock,
> > original car. However, I would like to know how I could tell if the
sheet
> > metal has been replced and also what sort of structural damage I should
> > look for. I don't know anything about the front end, but are there some
> > specific undercarraige areas I should look at, such as where the
> > cross-member anchors to the frame rails (?). Also, when new front
> > exterior sheet metal is placed on a car, what things should I look for
to
> > see if the job was done correctly?
> >
> >
> > Windsor Owens
> >
> > Ducati 900 SS
> > Ducati 750 Sport
> > long live bevel drives!
>
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