Hello Fellow listers:
I'm in the Southern California area and believe that cars are no more
authenticated here then in the East. If we don't want to drive 8 hours to
the Bay area is there any place here in sunny CA that will TAC our cars?
Scott
B9471989
>From: "Parfitt, Bill @ PDX" <BParfitt@GlacierNW.com>
>Reply-To: "Parfitt, Bill @ PDX" <BParfitt@GlacierNW.com>
>To: "'DJoh797014@aol.com'" <DJoh797014@aol.com>, "Parfitt, Bill @
>PDX" <BParfitt@GlacierNW.com>
>CC: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: RE: Tiger authentication
>Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 06:03:27 -0800
>
>Dave,
>
> Stay on the box all you want! But now you're getting into the
>politics. I was at SUNI also, as was every other major Tiger organization.
>I
>don't have a clue as to why some kind of program has not been instituted
>beyond the West Coast. I do know that people who truly know the cars
>jealously guard their secrets. When I sat next to someone who TAC's cars
>and I started asking questions about the process I got nowhere. It was like
>one of these " I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you"
>routines. All I know is that 1) these cars have a simple ID system 2) they
>are easily modified to fool the unsuspecting and 3) many buyers do not have
>the knowledge of Theo, Steve, and perhaps yourself to identify a true Tiger
>on their own. I know, I am one of them. I also have Norman"s book which is
>replete with horror stories about phonies. I am, in fact, a transplanted
>Easterner (pennsylvania) who first drove a new Tiger (am I dating myself?)
>when in college and have waited many years to get one of my very own and I
>find the TAC system as ONE way for someone like myself not to get stiffed.
>NOW, who is on the soapbox. Bill
>-----Original Message-----
>From: DJoh797014@aol.com [mailto:DJoh797014@aol.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 1:38 PM
>To: BParfitt@GlacierNW.com
>Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Tiger authentication
>
>
>Even though I have problems with only TAC'd Tigers
>being considered 'real' Tigers, I had mine TAC'd at
>SUNI. Tom Hall did the dirty deed, and the cost and
>trouble was painless.
>
>The problem is that most West Coast Tiger groups
>seem to have a blind eye as to Tigers east of the
>Continental Divide. TAC'ing a Tiger in the East takes
>some effort but it can be done.
>
>Most people seem to forget that Sunbeams were also
>sold and raced in the East. Ask Lew Spencer where
>he drove. LAT options are the rage in the West. But
>what about the LIT options?
>
>Time for me to get off my soap box. It's lonely here.
>
>Dave Johnson
>
>
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