I guess I'll have to take credit for the photo and tell the story.
When I owned my first Tiger, which was quite rusty, I acquired a rust free
Alpine for donor sheet metal. I eventually decided it would be better to find a
better Tiger to start with than to go that route. After finding a nice clean
restorable car, it was time to sell the old one which included the Alpine
shell. The new owner drove the Tiger home and I told him to bring a trailer to
pick up the Alpine. Well, he shows up with the Volvo wagon and insists that we
can put the Alpine on top. I kept trying to dissuade him, but no go. He had
brought a couple of 2x12s that we laid across the hood and top of the
windshield and pushed the car up the ramp. It scratched the hell out of the
car. He then proceeded to tie everything down. I was sure that at the first
quick stop, the Alpine would slide right off, but apparently he made it all the
way home to West Virginia. Oh, by the way, I made him sign a form absolving me
of any responsibility before he left.
And now you have the rest of the story...
Joe Parlanti
1966 Sunbeam Tiger B382000026
1959 Abarth Zagato 750GT
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Nichols" <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:47:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [Tigers] Autoweek OOOOPS photo
The latest issue of Autoweek has a photo on the last page of a Alpine or Tiger
shell sitting on top of Volvo station wagon. I think they forgot to weigh the
shell before putting it on the Volvo's roof because the suspension collapsed
onto the rear wheels. It makes it tough to drive home. I wonder how they got
it on top in the first place since the photo was taken in the driveway in
front of the garage. The name on the photo is someone on this list but I
won't give it away.
snip ...
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