Subject: [Tigers] The one that got away

From: J Clark via Tigers <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 23:41:37 +0000 (UTC)

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My 35 year involvement with Alpines/Tigers began with a '62=C2=A0 Series 1.=
 It was my first car back in 1978. Around that time Alpines could be locate=
d and purchased all day long for a pittance. Tigers on the other hand, here=
 in the So. Bay area, Calif, were harder to find but they were there if you=
 looked hard enough. Yet, every time I found a Tiger I simply wasn't in a p=
osition to swing it, or had no place to work on it,=C2=A0 or no place to ga=
rage it.=C2=A0 Though so much water has passed under the bridge I still som=
etimes wonder where those vehicles are today. There were more but here are =
two that come to mind most effortlessly. Maybe one of you is privy to their=
 fate? Not looking for names or addresses. Just, if possible, how thingspla=
yed out. I wish I had more details to share than I have provided, I know it=
's not much to go on.
Mk 1 Tiger last seen in 1977 languishing topless in the storage yard at Cro=
ne's Transmission shop in Mt. View, Ca. It was white at the time, probably =
original paint. Don Crone, the shop owner, knew what he had and told me tha=
t he wanted $5000 for it. Didn't get around to the details such as what par=
ts went with it (interior was stripped out as i recall) but Mr Crone DID ma=
ke a point of telling me he had four brand new "Tiger Paw" tires for it. I =
was fifteen years old, unemployed, didn't have the 5 grand - and rode my bi=
cycle back home with the silly idea that he was "asking too much anyway", w=
hich , in retrospect, he obviously wasn't... sigh. Hope it found a good hom=
e.
Mk1A last seen (1990, iirc) at the owner's home in Sunnyvale, Ca. near Hend=
erson Ave and El Camino. Owners name was Charlie. It was color code 39 with=
 a black interior. Though it had been in a left front fender bender, it was=
 all there -=C2=A0 including the black and yellow plates. He wanted 3500 fo=
r it. Passing on this car will be one of the bigger regrets (and I hope it =
remains that way, come to think of it) I shall carry to my grave :-(. Don't=
 know the vin # of either of these cars but this one (the 1A) had the lette=
rs "TIM" in the license plate character string.
... hope it too, as well, found a good home.=20

I'll bet that there are more than a few similar stories out there to tell a=
bout "the one that got away". Hope to hear yours... but if it is still too =
sensitive a subject to share with the world, I understand...=C2=A0 :-)

Best regards,=20
Jon ClarkB9472148 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
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51389_6578"><span id=3D"yiv5056626323yui_3_16_0_1_1430628000663_5252">My 35=
 year involvement with Alpines/Tigers began with a '62&nbsp; Series 1. It w=
as my first car back in 1978. Around that time Alpines could be located and=
 purchased all day long for a pittance. Tigers on the other hand, here in t=
he So. Bay area, Calif, were harder to find but they were there if you look=
ed hard enough. Yet, every time I found a Tiger</span><span id=3D"yiv505662=
6323yui_3_16_0_1_1430628000663_5252"> I simply wasn't in a position to swin=
g it, or had no place to work on it,&nbsp; or no place to garage it.&nbsp; =
Though so much water has passed under the bridge I still sometimes wonder w=
here those vehicles are today. There were more but here are two that come t=
o mind most effortlessly. Maybe one of you is privy to their fate? Not look=
ing for names or addresses. Just, if possible, how things</span></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1430690851389_6721"><span id=3D"yiv505662632=
3yui_3_16_0_1_1430628000663_5252">played out. I wish I had more details to =
share than I have provided, I know it's not much to go on.</span></div><div=
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yui_3_16_0_1_1430690851389_5263"><span id=3D"yiv5056626323yui_3_16_0_1_1430=
628000663_5252">Mk 1 Tiger last seen in 1977 languishing topless in the sto=
rage yard at Crone's Transmission shop in Mt. View, Ca. It was white at the=
 time, probably original paint. Don Crone, the shop owner, knew what he had=
 and told me that he wanted $5000 for it. Didn't get around to the details =
such as what parts went with it (interior was stripped out as i recall) but=
 Mr Crone DID make a point of telling me he had four brand new "Tiger Paw" =
tires for it. I was fifteen years old, unemployed, didn't have the 5 grand =
- and rode my bicycle back home with the silly idea that he was "asking too=
 much anyway", which , in retrospect, he obviously wasn't... sigh. Hope it =
found a good home.</span></div></div><div id=3D"yiv5056626323yui_3_16_0_1_1=
430628000663_6798" dir=3D"ltr"><br><span id=3D"yiv5056626323yui_3_16_0_1_14=
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000663_6902" dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1430690851389_=
3315"><span id=3D"yiv5056626323yui_3_16_0_1_1430628000663_5252">Mk1A last s=
een (1990, iirc) at the owner's home in Sunnyvale, Ca. near Henderson Ave a=
nd El Camino. Owners name was Charlie. It was color code 39 with a black in=
terior. Though it had been in a left front fender bender, it was all there =
-&nbsp; including the black and yellow plates. He wanted 3500 for it. Passi=
ng on this car will be one of the bigger regrets (and I hope it remains tha=
t way, come to think of it) I shall carry to my grave :-(. Don't know the v=
in # of either of these cars but this one (the 1A) had the letters "TIM" in=
 the license plate character string.<br></span></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_=
1_1430690851389_3314"><span id=3D"yiv5056626323yui_3_16_0_1_1430628000663_5=
252">... hope it too, as well, found a good home. <br></span></div></div><d=
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n id=3D"yiv5056626323yui_3_16_0_1_1430628000663_5252"></span></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1430690851389_5924">I'll bet that there are mor=
e than a few similar stories out there to tell about "the one that got away=
". Hope to hear yours... but if it is still too sensitive a subject to shar=
e with the world, I understand...&nbsp; :-)<br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_=
1_1430690851389_7324"><br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1430690851389_7563"=
>Best regards, <br></div><div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1430690851389_4878">Jon Cl=
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