'We now all know, don't we, that Tigers were born Tigers at Pressed
Steel, Ltd. and the finished and painted chassis were then sent to
Jensen for final assembly.'
Bob,
I hope you didn't tell one of TAC's secrets. Because if you did,
you're in deep doo-doo.
'However, I can't help but wonder about your characterization of Jensen as
converters of Alpines. .... I'm surprised that someone on this list hasn't gone
ballistic over this insult, intentional or not.'
Having a car built by Jensen is no insult to me. After all, they built
the
first Volvo P1800 sports car, Austin Healy, their own line of cars,
Tiger and the Jensen Healy(maybe I should have left the last one out).
As far as Alpine to Tiger conversions go, I think there is more
commonality with an Alpine then not. The Tiger didn't start out as a
new, clean design but was a modification of an existing car design,
the Alpine. If it wasn't a modification, you wouldn't have all those
people making bogus Tigers with relative ease and the spare part
situation would be a lot worse. Could this conversion question be a
case of semantics? You know what I mean, I say potato, you say
potahto?(or potatoe if you are Dan Quayle).
Jeff
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Subject: Re: Another Controversy
Author: Bob Palmer <rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu> at INTERNET
Date: 12/4/97 10:44 AM
Jeff,
Being one that likes to poke fun myself, I have no problem with your
tweaking peoples tales over the Alpine conversion issue. However, I can't
help but wonder about your characterization of Jensen as converters of
Alpines. After all the effort of those who have researched the Tiger
history and tried to educate us, the unwashed masses, I'm surprised that
someone on this list hasn't gone ballistic over this insult, intentional or
not. We now all know, don't we, that Tigers were born Tigers at Pressed
Steel, Ltd. and the finished and painted chassis were then sent to Jensen
for final assembly. This is not like Shelby Mustangs that were sent as
finished cars to Shelby and then stripped down and rebuilt as GT-350s, etc.
Since no one else rose to your bait, I just couldn't resist commenting on
just this one of your several jibes.
Keep on trekking,
Bob
At 04:48 PM 12/2/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
> Just when I thought this list was getting boring I say something and
> another controversy gets started. First of all, I didn't mean anything
> derogatory about Tiger conversions, replicas or whatever. My comments
> where made in a 'tongue-in-cheek', joking manner. I own an Alpine
> conversion, it was built by Jensen on contract from Rootes, its called
> a Sunbeam Tiger. Installing a v8 in small sports car is a lot of work
> and I greatly respect the engineering skill and dedication of someone
> who makes it work. In my past I've encountered a few conversions that
> were not so successful, a Corvette small block in an Austin Healy, 350
> Chevy in a MGB, and my favorite, Ford 427 in a Tiger. If you have been
> on this list long enough you would have read about Jim Barrett(?) and
> the amount of work he did to install a Ford 351 in his Tiger. So guys,
> I have nothing against Alpine/Tiger conversions and didn't mean to get
> anyone upset. Live long and prosper... It's been real... See you on
> the other side...bye for now...
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
Bob Palmer
UCSD, AMES Dept.
rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu
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