I've had my Tiger out to the monthly Coffee and Cars in Houston a few times
(huge turnout with many big $ exotics every month). The Tiger is such an
unknown here that the old myths don't come up very often,. Most guys that do
know of the car, knew someone who had one and comment how crazy fast they
were. One old guy said he had a Tiger like mine except he had the slanted fins
in the back. He didn't want to beleive that only the two prototypes had such a
feature, so I dropped it rather than argue the point that he probably had an
Alpine with an engine (and title) swap.
Anyone who looks at the Tiger just loves it and I've had several say they like
it better than all the Ferraris, Lambos, Vipers, and Cobras (replicas). Those
are almost commonplace at this event compared to the Tiger. I'll have to bring
the Jensen Interceptor out sometime soon.
On a side note, I do get quite a few asking if it's a real Tiger. I'm a bit
distressed that there is a growing public expectation that a Tiger may not be
real. It's not like Cobra replicas where owners frequently say they have a
'65 Shelby Cobra, rather than saying it's a 2006 Superformance Cobra or
whatever. I also seldom hear anyone ask if those are real Cobras anymore...
they either know real Cobras don't come out of storage, or don't know there's
a difference. Strange.
Stephen
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