He should stll be in jail for being so stupid. Im sure the nylon rope he used
was as strong as good dog chain. Its times like this I hate having to admitt I
grew up in WVA. Then again, I left in 72- I often remember why. Today is one
of those WHYS.
TtT
--- On Tue, 9/22/09, parlanti@comcast.net <parlanti@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: parlanti@comcast.net <parlanti@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Autoweek OOOOPS photo
> To: "J. Nichols" <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 6:31 PM
> 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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