Rob, I am sure that you spent less on buying the car, than I did not the
bodywork on mine. Great story, and nice to see that you can still find
the proverbially, "Little Old Lady's car in the Garage".
You lucky dog you.
Good luck with the restoration.
Was that your welding?
Larry
Rob Guerra wrote:
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> >Rob, where do you find such straight, rust free car's.
>
> Well, that is really an interesting story. Actually, I can thank Tom and
> Bette for it. The car had been stored for over 20 years. Evidently, the
> engine had overheated and the owner took it out to do a rebuild and there
> it sat, and sat, and sat. Meanwhile, Bette and Jennifer used to go to
> their nails done at a shop in Dublin and one of the ladies who worked there
> had this Tiger. Bette had known about it for 10 years or more. The nail
> lady always wanted to get rid of the car but her husband wouldnt let her.
>
> Unfortunately, the womans husband passed away in either late Sept or early
> October of 2000, so she called Bette and told her she wanted to sell the
> car. Now, Tom goes over to look at the car.
>
> The next thing I know I am getting multiple phone calls from Tom to give
> him a call back, but you see Jennifer and I were on vacation in
> Hawaii. Tom and I finally speak, and the rest is history. There was no
> way I could pass up such a good candidate for restoration everything was
> there, and it had never been hit. Who could ask for more? Well, it might
> have had a decent paint job. Now it has absolutely no paint! We are
> having a good time with it, and I am sure Rick doesnt mind either.
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