It would be interesting to know, how many Tigers have been reported stolen
and unrecovered.
I'm afraid alot of these classic cars would be very easy to chop up and sell
on ebay these days. :-(
Steve
> If it is a Tiger shell, then you could present it to the TAC committee
> for scrutiny... But going further than that to re-establish its
> provenance is going to be chancy. If it turns out that the true original
> VIN (based on, hypothetically, matching ID numbers on the transmission,
> diff, and keys, to a particular Tiger record in Norm's database) matches
> a vehicle marked as 'stolen' in the relevant DMV's database, then the
> DMV may make efforts to return the car to its rightful owner... And
> charge everyone inbetween with posession of stolen property.
> If they decide that they can't accurately establish the provenance of
> the vehicle, then they might just assign it a state VIN... Or they might
> take it to the crusher.
>
> So on the one hand it would be good to positively ID another Tiger that
> may have been 'lost'... On the other hand, the consequences may be hard
> to take.
>
> Theo
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