Tony,
The name "Tiger" has copyright in Germany and France, So it was
re-badged and sold as as an "Alpine 260"
There also were South African assembled Tigers, with the Tiger name.
Norm Miller provided the details in his TBON book.
Steve
Steve Laifman
Editor
http://TigersUnited.com
Tony Somebody wrote:
> I once found a Tiger in a shop close to me here in southern IL. I was waiting
> to talk to someone about an Alpine back against the fence row. The car had its
> hood up, had a Tiger VIN but had Alpine in place of Tiger on the outside, it
> was complete, including outside stainless. Everything I could find said it was
> a real Tiger. I had someone try to steal my Tiger in Cabondale, IL once (home
> of southern IL. university)- they had cut the wires on the ignition switch-
> glad they didn't know the easy way to start a Tiger or I would have had more
> problems than twisting some wires together to get home- I'm sure the kids that
> where standing around behind my date and I where the culprits but that was
> many years before video cameras. The Tiger marked Alpine was about 7 miles
> west of Carbondale and perhaps the Alpine chrome was to deter would be
> thieves. As for the 26 k for a Tiger, I think a Tiger in good to excellent
> condition can bring 30 easily. I'm curious what
> 1 part at a time would net a person on epay? IF you buy a rough Tiger and
> have Doug Jennings restore(prior to retirement) it, by the time you pay for
> his labor you will be knocking on over 20k and thats if the dipper didn't eat
> to many holes into the body/frame. Material is outrageous and paint must have
> gold blended into each gallon and there is still all the little things like
> brakes and steering, the front suspension needing rebuilt and on and on. Soon
> your investment is over the 26K mark and does a person ever stop finding new
> items to make improvements. I have a want list that goes over or close to 10K
> w/ me doing all the labor, except building the striker engine and I think I
> could do that if I had the blue prints from someone elses build card.
> TtT
>
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