Well there's always new history coming to light, so maybe evidence will
eventually turn up that indicates a small run of red-interior cars was
made at the start of the Mk1A production...
Speaking of history - sounds like the guy who tried to sell his black
Alger on eBay got the shock of his life when he dug deep into the past
of the car. According to the seller's last update on eBay it was rebuilt
on an Alpine chassis in the early 70's, and neither he nor several
previous owners realized it was not original. The bidders all pulled
their bids, despite the seller lowering his reserve. It will be
interesting to see where this car goes from here... it's still a very
nice Sunbeam.
Looks like October has been a good month for Tigers on eBay in general.
A MkII went for 44700, the black modified Tiger in Hawaii went for
35000, the hurricane Ivan victim went for 11600, and two others sold as
well, with a lot of bidding going on. Is public interest in Tigers going
up or is it just auction fever?
Best regards,
Theo Smit
VegasLegal@aol.com wrote:
>I write because this must be the most prolific "one of a kind" car in
>existence. While rare, I can assure the seller that he can come over my house
>and see the identical car (sans unknown hood badge) in my garage. My car is
>thirteen numbers off the serial number listed on the E-Bay car, and Norm
>checked the pictures when I picked it up from the first owner.
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