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Re: [Tigers] Monster Tiger for sale on Bring a Trailer

To: Cars <cars@wt-inc.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Monster Tiger for sale on Bring a Trailer
From: Jay via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:09:27 -0700
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Ah, no.  That was not my point.  One of the commenters was saying that =
he could easily buy a Monterey race ready Tiger for half of the current =
bid.  It seemed he was questioning whether the extra cost is worth it =
for this car=E2=80=99s history.



On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Cars <cars@wt-inc.com> wrote:

It=E2=80=99s not. It is now $115k

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> On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:45 PM, Jay Laifman via Tigers =
<tigers@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I haven't seen this mentioned here.  So I thought I'd bring it up:
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> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-sunbeam-tiger-race-car/ =
<https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-sunbeam-tiger-race-car/>
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> I note that one of the commenters says that for $55,000 someone can =
buy a Monterey race ready Tiger.  I know that some race cars from 60s =
sports cars are less than their high end car show brothers.  But $55?
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> We're restoring a 1962 Elva MkVI right now with full sights on =
Monterey.  So both historically accurate, immaculate as can be, but 100% =
full race ready - every part as strong and straight as should be.  I =
find it hard to believe a Tiger in comparable condition would be =
$55,000.
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Ah, =
no. &nbsp;That was not my point. &nbsp;One of the commenters was saying =
that he could easily buy a Monterey race ready Tiger for half of the =
current bid. &nbsp;It seemed he was questioning whether the extra cost =
is worth it for this car=E2=80=99s history.<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div><br class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:07 PM, Cars &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:cars@wt-inc.com"; class=3D"">cars@wt-inc.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta =
http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" =
class=3D""><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">It=E2=80=99s not. It is now =
$115k<br class=3D""><br class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Sent from =
my mobile device</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">On Oct 19, 2020, at 2:45 =
PM, Jay Laifman via Tigers &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:tigers@autox.team.net"; =
class=3D"">tigers@autox.team.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">I haven't seen this mentioned&nbsp;here.&nbsp; So =
I thought I'd bring it up:<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D""><a =
href=3D"https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-sunbeam-tiger-race-car/"; =
class=3D"">https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-sunbeam-tiger-race-car/<=
/a><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">I note that one of the commenters says that for $55,000 =
someone can buy a Monterey race ready Tiger.&nbsp; I know that some race =
cars from 60s sports cars are less than their high end car show =
brothers.&nbsp; But $55?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">We're restoring a 1962 Elva MkVI right now with full sights =
on Monterey.&nbsp; So both historically accurate, immaculate as can be, =
but 100% full race ready - every&nbsp;part as strong and straight as =
should be.&nbsp; I find it hard to believe a Tiger in comparable =
condition would be $55,000.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div=
 class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></div></div>
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