Ditto for what Theo says...
I don't think anyone who would buy this car would really care whether it's a
Tiger or an Alpine, so why not put the cost difference into the car....
>From: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
>Reply-To: "Theo Smit" <theo.smit@dynastream.com>
>To: "'Steve Laifman'" <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>, "'Paul R. Breuhan'"
><prbreuhan@hotmail.com>
>CC: <tigers@autox.team.net>, <alpines@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: The Ultimate Alger? On Ebay
>Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:29:54 -0600
>
>I'm not sure about that. Once you cross some threshold, a performance
>oriented classic car starts to lose appeal to marque enthusiasts, and if
>you're planning to go that far anyway, why start with a chassis that has
>significantly higher collector car value? For all the mods he needed to do
>(installing a powerglide, Dart block and heads, a Ford 9-inch rear end),
>significant surgery to the cowl and transmission tunnel area are required
>even if you start with a Tiger. Since you can buy a top-notch Alpine for
>about half the price of a Tiger in the equivalent condition, it would make
>sense to save the cash on the chassis outlay.
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