Bob,
Thanks for the info. Since the only Alpine (that I know of) had a
machine gun pop-up under the hood (not sure there was an engine), and
the car Adams had after the Show was a Tiger. I am not sure how many
Tigers were used, but later shows had a Karmann Ghia VW. Don't know if
there were TWO Tigers, as I can't remember much use other than the Title
screens. But, it was sometime ago, and I am only stating what I
remember, and what is on the internet, and some things from CAT as a
memorial.
You may want to read, and see the pictures, on the Don Adams on
TigersUnited.com:
http://www.tigersunited.com/car_show/adams_d/default.asp
You can clearly see the metal tonneau of his Mk I Tiger.
Steve
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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com
Robert Bridgeford wrote:
> /Hi Steve,
>
> Sue has turned up some interesting information through her contacts. The
> title with Don Adams' name is likely to be authentic. The name on the
> title, C/O Licht #430 is actually the name and address of David Licht, Don's
> business manager, a fact that almost no one except insiders knew. Mr. Licht
> kept all of Don's personal records and managed his money and possessions. A
> forger in the car business wouldn't have likely known this.
>
> It seems she also knows Don's production assistant from the period, Nancy
> B., who is probably the woman you met who recognized the car. It seems she
> is a neighbor, so she is going to check with her and see if she remembers
> the car, the wheels, and the incident of meeting you.
>
> There is a picture of Don with a Tiger in his driveway dated 1981, and a
> video of his wife driving it at about the same date. The video shows a car
> with 2 bullet mirrors and no boot of any kind. We know that the earlier car
> had a metal boot, and ours as a Mark 1A has the vinyl. So these pictures
> don't help except to verify that Don still had a Tiger in 1981. Does that
> time period work with your purchase of our car from the Ventura owner?
>
> She has also heard from another source that Don lost the car in a poker
> game. I had heard this same rumor from Dick Sanders of the PTC in Seattle,
> but he couldn't remember where he heard it.
>
> She has a tape from the Adams CATS party in 2003 wherein he states that the
> Tiger was sent to the junkyard. We are still assuming that there was more
> than one Tiger, and waiting for the report from Dorothy Adams.
>
> Finallly, there are 3 people out there claiming to have the original Alpine
> from the show, each with rather sketchy documentation.....
>
>
> Best,
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> Bob Bridgeford
> 541 549 9539
> Sisters OR 97759
> /
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