[Tigers] Tiger Magazine Article

[MWood24020 at aol.com]

Which speaks to the first posters point, which was:
 
...if Tigers had been  shipped from Rootes to Shelby's plant for  just a few 
touches (could be  anything)....  
And then stick a  Shelby plate under the hood like other  Shelby cars..... 
then 
it would  be considered to be a "Shelby" and would  make all the difference 
in  
the world in pricing...
 
I don't think anyone is arguing that the Tiger was, or is, a "Shelby", just  
that if Shelby's involvement had been more than initial feasibility and  
engineering work, the car would be perceived differently in the collector  
community and worth more money. 
 
The bottom line is that there are a number of characteristics which make  
some collector cars worth more than others, including outstanding styling,  
competition success, innovation, initial cost/quality, initial  
popularity/nostalgia etc., and the Tiger just doesn't hit on enough of those  "cylinders" to be 
super high on the collector's radar screen....which,  personally, I have no 
problem with!
 
 
In a message dated 8/8/2007 3:35:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
owain.lloyd at gmail.com writes:

i think  thats the key point.  other the first prototype (well,  second
prototype) no tiger went anywhere near the shelby factory.  its  the
same reason that a used and hammered gt-h mustang (the hertz  model)
sells for $60k when you can buy the same car, new, from ford for  about
$30k.

looks are subjective of course but i think its very good  looking
(particularly with a series i - iii alpine grill in it!).

On  8/8/07, Thomas Witt <atwittsend at verizon.net> wrote:
>  Though  George Boskoff was a Shelby employee, I don't think Shelby himself
> had  a whole lot to do with the car. From the Mammoth Tiger's United I only
>  recall Boskoff stating Shelby told him:
> "Put one of our engines in  that Alpine," and "Just bend the d*mn steering
> arms." But still, it's  nice to at least be a step-child when "dad" is
> famous.
>
>  Regarding the looks, I'm no "fin fan," but I think they actually made  the
> car look better (though they could have been toned down slightly).  The
> treatment the Tigers got looks like the back end of a 1958 Rambler  
American.
> I guess "to each his own," but I still like the looks of the  Tiger in
> general. As much as  I can understand one's desire to  see an inceased value
> in their car had the value gone the way of the  Cobra perhaps many of us on
> the list couldn't have ever owned  onee.
> Tom Witt
>  _______________________________________________







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