Jim is of course correct and I do believe that the Tiger ranked high on
Shelby's list of cars he enjoys having been involved with. His participation
in Tiger events and willingness to sign the cars shows that to be true. The
unfortunate reality is that most serious car people could name a long list of
Shelby automotive accomplishments well before they'd get to the Tiger
footnote. Autoweek didn't even call out the 289 FIA in the top 10, so little
surprise the Tiger was not there.
Stephen
________________________________
From: Jim Sencindiver <jd.sencindiver@gmail.com>
To: Stephen Waybright
<gswaybright@yahoo.com>
Cc: "tigers@autox.team.net" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Shelby Obits
Shelby got a royalty for every Tiger sold. Additionally, when Shelby
sold
most of thecars from his collection to fund his children's
transplant charity
(and he had a bunch of cars!) he did not sell the
original 260 Cobra and his
personal Sunbeam Tiger! He kept a few
other cars as well, but I don't know
what they were.
Keep on Tigering!
Jim Sencindiver
B382100451/TAC 448
http://www.tigersunited.com/car_show/sencindiver_j/default.asp
On 5/15/12,
Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com> wrote:
> While ol Shel' was critical
to the Tiger's genisis, the Tiger is still a
> ways
> down the list of his
automotive contributions to the world. As much as I
> like
> the Shelby
connection with Tigers (and love the Tiger), it really was
> limited
> to a
one-off hot rod Alpine, proof of concept car... the real production
>
engineering was done by Jensen and I've never heard that Shelby had any
>
direct
> engagement with Rootes Group / Sunbeam corporate management. His
strategic
> impactand marketing contribution to the modern Dodge and Ford cars
is quite
> significant by comparison, as is the size of those cars impact on
the
> general
> automotive landscape (and what he was paid for the work).
>
>
I do think the
> Tiger would show up in his top 15 cars.
>
> Stephen Waybright
>
> From: Carlo
> Bernardino <crbdino@me.com>
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
>
Sent: Monday, May 14,
> 2012 10:41 PM
> Subject: [Tigers] Shelby Obits
>
>
Like everyone in the Tiger
> community, I was saddened to hear of his
passing. I also was saddened that
> I
> will not be able to meet the man, at a
show or elsewhere. It would be need
> to
> shake the hand of one of my
automotive heroes. However, one things that I
> find
> interesting that none
of his obituaries in the press even mention remotely
> the
> Tiger and his
involvement. Some mention great minute details of his life in
> Africa, or his
chili pursuits, or how he helped with the Omni GLH and other
> cars. But no
Tiger. I know I am speaking to the choir, but it is as good a
> time as any to
set the record straight.
>
> Autoweek just posted a list of
> Shelby's 10 most
important cars, and I wrote Dutch Mandel, one of the
> editors,
> mentioning
the Tiger's omission. He countered that the tiger was like the
> Toyota 2000
GT that Shelby raced. I wrote back saying the two are not at
> all
>
analogous. Furthermore, we could argue that he did more engineering in the
>
tiger's case than lending his name on the modern Shelby mustangs or Omni
>
pocket rockets.
>
> Rob
>
> Rob in Carmel, CA
> 1966 Mk1A Tiger
> B382000262
LRXFE
> JAL660245
> Color Code 39: Carnival Red
> TAC# 0519
>
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