Bill, Thanks. I am certain that Norm gets nothing from the action on his
book. That's part of my point about the book. People are so worried about
people's motives when getting their cars TACed -- they say the TAC program is
driven by greed or car values -- yet are making huge profits on a book. My
hat's off to Norm Miller, and he knows it. Thanks! Mauro
Mar 24, 2010 10:18:32 AM, tigerfixer@yahoo.com wrote:
Mauro et al,
To those who are relatively new to the Tiger community I will provide a
little bit of background on the BON. I purchased Rootes Group Depot from
Norm in 2001 and consider myself a very good friend of Norm, so knowing
that he will probably keep quiet I offer this. Norm self published the
BON in 1990. He printed 1000 copies and sold them through Sunbeam
Specialties and sometimes at his shop for 58 bucks. It took him 5 years
to sell out. A couple of years after the printing the print broker went
under and destroyed all of the plates, thus no second editions and Norm
did not break even on the BON he actually lost money. What you don't know
is that he was chastised for having the arrogance to publish a book about
the Tiger by the same community he was trying to improve. I am sure that
with BON2 comes out it will knock everyone on their buts again. So when
you see a BON listed for an astounding amount of money remember that Norm
is not getting a piece of the action, but I am sure he is chuckling.
Bill
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