Yes. If you want a driver, why would you live with a car with only two
fuses, an ackerman angle that makes the suspension potentially very
dangerous, and a heater that is marginal at best.
I have changed my driver to correct those and other issues.
Glad I did.
Larry
On 1/29/12 8:44 PM, MWood24020@aol.com wrote:
> Well said.
>
> Fact is, there are a bunch of things Ian and Rootes would have done with
> the Tiger, if the budget allowed, to make it a better driver. Unfortunately,
> the intended development of the Tiger never happened, as Rootes was
> gaining speed on their economic downslide coincident with the Tiger's short
> production run.
>
> Stock Tigers are nice to look at, but if you have any interest in actually
> driving the car, they are extremely flawed and frustrating. But, that isn't
> to say that I can't appreciate a concours correct Tiger...I just wouldn't
> have any interest in driving the car...and I'm a driver :-)
>
> Mike
>
>
> In a message dated 1/29/2012 9:35:22 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> modtiger@comcast.net writes:
>
> You know, its a real shame that Ian Garrad didnt live longer and allow
> more current owners to meet and understand his personal perspective. Ian
> created this car in order to make Sunbeams more competitive on the race
> track so that he could bring knowledge of the cars to a wider audience
> and sell more Sunbeams. This son of the Rootes Competition Director knew
> this was his mission. He also wanted to sell more LAT options, which
> were developed to make the Tiger more competitive and change them from
> the as manufactured basis. They were produced to be modified from the
> factory specifications with a wide range of these LAT options sold
> through the retail dealers.
>
> He embraced these changes and modifications and others. At our early
> Tiger meets, he thoroughly enjoyed seeing what the owners had done to
> their Tigers with their own creativity. He also really liked the Jaguar
> XJ6 sedan I built in the late 70's with a 351 Winsor, C6. We even
> discussed taking it back to England to the Jaguar people to show them
> what level of performance was possible with the Ford engine and
> transmission transplanted. It never happened, but he saw the potential
> performance opportunity 10 years after hed been pushed out of the
> automotive industry.
>
> Those of you that never had the chance to meet and know Ian, dont
> really fully understand this Marques history of embracing change.
_______________________________________________
tigers@autox.team.net
Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
|