True enough, at one time it made economic sense to combine a good Alpine
unibody with your Tiger parts to make a fun driver.
But, these days there's basically zero reason besides fraud to go down that
path...if you have a suitable Alpine candidate and some Tiger parts, it
makes much more sense to sell off the Tiger parts and use the proceeds to put
together a better balanced package, using a late model, twin cam 16V 4
cylinder motor ;-)
Sacrilegious in Alamo,
Mike
btw, TAC has been an incredible boon to the Tiger community and we all
should thank the "usual suspects" who have carried the flag for their
contribution to the marque. I was there in the beginning and I can promise you
that
it was a contentious process...but out of that debate came a program that,
while not perfect, has achieved (perhaps) more than any involved at the
time might have imagined.
In a message dated 3/22/2010 4:42:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
michael.s.king@gmail.com writes:
Mauro,
Not all the conversinos are from people trying to pass the cars off as
real.. when they were cheap cars (70's and 80's) it was a more economical
way of repairing them.. swap the parts out, thogh these cars were done
quickly and the owners did not care for the smaller details of a factory
build.. at the time not an issue.. perhaps later if they then sell the car
on without disclosing it as a rebody.
I also have no issue with algers if they are open about what they are..
selling them off as real cars is fraud.. converting one and being open
about
it is fine.. I'd hazard a guess that the early conversion done just to keep
the car on the road are quite easy to spot as the owners were more
interested in a V8 engined sports car than an investment.
Now.. converting a car these days and swapping the tiger tags onto it...
not
much qustion of what is trying to go on..
--
Regards
Michael King
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