i wrote to the 0bama bailout center for another billion or so to rescue this
poor car.
they said they were printing it and a large box was on the way to restore
the poor thing..
Best,
Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cullen McCann" <cmccann@lwpb.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Can This Tiger Be Saved?
> ooooh...one of my favorite conversations and the beginnings of a great
> debate.
>
> my official position: YES!!!...anything can be saved with enough money and
> time involved...but its usually the car and project that the poor guys
> like me chase and the rich guys say is too far gone....which is fine with
> me, it gives an opportunity for the poor guys to play too. And when the
> car is all back together and it looks as good as new....if done right...no
> one will ever know you resurrected a mkII from certain death....then I get
> to rub shoulders with you cool guys and be part of the cool crowd....(it
> works better when you donbt know what I started with, but the concept is
> sound from my perspective...)
>
> I do however agree that this car would be ALLLOOOOTTT of work. its
> actually not the rust that scares me as bad as the wreck damage on the
> driver qtr panel.....that kinda thing has a tendency to ripple throughout
> a unibody...and you never know for sure how far it got. next thing you
> know the front fenders donbt line up....and you never find out why....
>
> Actually I will back up a bit...the more I look at it, the more I notice
> it actually does have "structural rust" in the cross members...it would be
> a royal pain the square that car back up I think....but I bet someone buys
> it and "rebodies" it....which I donbt know FOR SURE how to feel about.
> Based off of prior conversations about "original tub" authenticity being
> the determining factor....then a rebody in of itself would be an alger I
> suppose...but again, if you took this car, replaced the floor pan,
> replaced the trunk pan, replaced the fenders and quarters....then you
> might as well have rebodied it, because only about 50lbs of the original
> tub is still there, enough to put in a suitcase..but yet people donbt
> frown on it as much....and its not at all uncommon to restore a car and
> replace all the skin and pans.......so honestly, I donbt know about
> that...it seems like more of a conceptual debate.................but yes,
> its one realllly rough old cat...poor thing....never
> had a chance...so neglected...left to die, alone.....just not humane
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Ebay is listed a really rough MK II, # 220455388283, that appears to
> be
> too far gone to be saved. It doesn't even look like there is enough
> "Tiger"
> parts to make an Alger. May it rust in peace!
>
>
> Jeff
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