Oh My GOD !! He leaves with a Tiger, and comes home with a
....Pontiac? I would have had one less brother the moment he told me
that. Lets ask our Attorney at large, Jay Laifman, ...Would this have
been deemed Justifiable Homicide had he "capped" him right then and
there ??
Rich
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> From: A. C. Tynes[SMTP:actynes@communique.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 1997 9:00 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Is my Tiger still alive?
>
> Group,
>
> I purchased a new Tiger on October 8, 1965 in Baton Rouge,
> Louisiana. I do not have the serial number because I have only the
> paid note
> and not the mortgage document. The dealer (Consolidated Car Company,
> owned
> by J. W. Love and also known as Love Motor Co, Inc. or Love Motor
> Company)
> stated that it was the first Tiger brought into Louisiana and had been
> used
> by him as a demo. It had a few miles, maybe 1,000 to 1,500.
>
> It was light blue with black interior, no radio. I added a
> Ford
> Autolight four barrel on a Ford manifold. I think the carb was
> intended for
> a 390 cu. in. The carb was so long I had to dent the firewall to
> provide
> rear clearance for it, but the stock air cleaner and linkage fit fine.
> It
> seems there was a v-shaped protrusion coming out from the firewall and
> I had
> to flatten a part of it.
>
> Later, Love wanted me to trade the Tiger even for a Shelby
> GT-350
> with a few more miles, which I turned down. I sold the car to my
> brother in
> 1967. For reasons, I can only plead stupidity and the fact I had a
> 1966
> Dodge Charger street hemi as a company demonstator at the time.
>
> My brother drove the Tiger to California on vacation in
> August, 1968
> and blew the clutch in Los Angeles. He thinks in or near Beverly
> Hills. He
> traded the car to a Pontiac dealer on a Firebird 400 convertible.
>
> Late in 1990, I saw an interior shot of what appeared to be my
> car
> or a duplicate in Cars & Parts magazine in an article about a Shelby
> gathering in southern(?) California. I lost the magazine but I still
> have a
> letter from Robert J. Stevens, Editor, who took the picture but says
> he did
> know the name or home town of the owner.
>
> If anyone out there has a Mark I that is or was light blue and
> has a
> dented firewall, please contact me. I promise not to try and buy the
> car
> back (only because I can't afford it), but I would really like to know
> it
> still exists. And I will send you a copy of the original note for
> $3,675.96
> at $102.11 a month for 36 months!
>
> Actually, I have never completely forgiven my brother for not
> towing
> the Tiger back home. Would you?
>
> Thanks for listening,
>
> A. C. Tynes
> Metairie, LA
> Usetobe owner of a Mark I
>
>
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