Scott:
As Bartles and James always said "think you for your support" . We on the
Right Coast think we have some nice cars also. Ha! Ha!
Mark
scott van every wrote:
> 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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