Jim, et Listers,
Some wise person once said you should believe all of what you see, half of
what you read, and none of what you hear. Well, I'm not sure about
believing everything I see, but certainly the rest is good advice. Don't
get me wrong, I'm sure the book is worth twice the price. But is it 100%
accurate? You already pointed out one error and there probably are others.
Other books about Tigers have been inaccurate as well. Bill Carroll's book
has many errors, all of which I took as gospel until later finding out
otherwise. But I suppose we'll never know if, as according to Bill, he was
actually the one who suggested to Ian putting the Ford small block into the
Alpine. After Dave's talk at TUXXIII I'm curious what he says about "the
Red one in fall of 1963" since he clearly stated and repeated several times
under questioning that neither he, nor anyone he spoke with that was at
Shelby American during that time period remembered anything about that car.
But hey, a lot of people in California can't remember much from the
sixties, so I'm not too surprised. Doesn't mean it didn't happen though.
All I'm saying is caveat reador.
Livening up in San Diego,
Bob
At 08:04 PM 7/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>At 12:27 PM 7/26/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>Jim, et Listers,
>>
>>Oh, if only ...
>>...what
>>about the "several more racing Tigers"? How many exactly and when? I guess I
>>will have to go buy this book myself.
>
>Bob,
> #45 or #45B, #74 and #50 plus the Red one in fall of 1963.
>
> Buy the book before you knock it.
>
>The hood scoop treatment on #45 is unique. Pictures on page 67 show
>a couple of black marks on the inside of the hood. Was Lew Spencer
>running with no air cleaner at Tucson and having backfire problems?
>
> The #45B on page 66 clearly had "Alpine" script on the side.
>Below that was a rectangular "powered by Ford" sticker and below
>that an Alpine IV badge.
> The #45 on page 149 clearly had "Tiger" script on the side.
>Below that was a rectangular "powered by Ford" sticker and below
>that an Alpine IV badge.
> From the captions I have derived that #45 had an Alpine script at
>Laguna Seca
>B Production race and had a Tiger script at the Willow Springs USRRC race in
>May 1964.
>
>No Alger script was noted,
>
> I sent a copy of my "Book Report" via E mail to Dave Friedman.
>I hope he responds.
>
>
>
>James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
>
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