There was an article in the TE/AE newsletter about a year ago about the Maxwell
Smart tiger. It seems there were two, except that one was an Alpine. The
Alpine was the one with the periscope, radar, spring loaded bumpers, rear oil
sprayer and cannon that opened from the hood (never fit that under the hood of
a tiger!). The article claimed that a real Tiger was used for the chase scenes
and mentioned only one...
Chris Thompson
Executive Vice President
Recognition Research, Inc.
1750 Kraft Dr. Suite 2000
Blacksburg, VA 24060
540.231.6500
540.231.3568/fax
cthompson@rrinc.com
www.rrinc.com
B382000331
-----Original Message-----
From: Bennett Cullen-P21988 [SMTP:Cullen_Bennett-P21988@email.mot.com]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 11:12 AM
To: 'Tigers'
Subject: Looking for information on "Maxwell Smart's" Tiger.
Hi to the group,
Sorry to not being "current" on the list affairs, but, company work has kept
me too busy to read my email lately. It's a sorry day when "work" gets in
the way of the "fun" stuff. Anyway....back to the reason for the posting. A
friend of mine, Bill, recently called me and said that he has been offered
to buy the "Maxwell Smart Tiger" here in the Phoenix area. He said they have
all of the original paperwork from day one with the car to prove that it is
the original one. As I recall, there was someone on this list a few months
ago, in Hollywood (I think), who had information on this car. Bill has asked
me to go down and look at it with him since I have one and "know a little
about them". Boy, that is a real burden. I'm not sure if I could spot a good
fake or not, unless it was just a real obvious screw up. Plus, the possible
liability if it were a fake and I couldn't spot it before he bought it.
Anyway, all I know at this point is that it is red in color. Anyone know the
VIN number etc.? Is it a MK-I or MK-II? At least I would like to know
something to look for (identifying marks, scars, etc.) before we go over
there.
Thanks in advance,
Cullen Bennett
Tempe, Arizona USA
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