[Tigers] Shelby Tigers?

[Tony Somebody]

Ron- we can agree to disagree. If Shelby had sent the Lord 289s in the
prototype, I think we would have had 289s in the first Tiger but as you say,
that information is burried somewheree in the UK and who knows, maybe Ford
offered him 289s at X and 260s at 1/2X and since money was a problem LR bougt
the 260.As I said, its just a gut feeling. That and 2.25 will buy me a cold
beer up town.
Tony

--- On Tue, 8/4/09, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com> wrote:

> From: Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
> Subject: RE: [Tigers] Shelby Tigers?
> To: "'Tony Somebody'" <achd73 at yahoo.com>, "'Steve Laifman'"
<SLaifman at SoCal.rr.com>
> Cc: "'Beamclub'" <tigers at autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 7:11 PM
> Tony
>     I think you can look at it from this
> perspective; in the March,
> April timeframe for the Tiger prototype, CS had a few 289's
> on hand and they
> were showing promise.   You don't give away
> your future.   The 260 engine he
> was pulling out were basically scrap value to CS and
> probably cluttering up
> the shop.   You put a 260 into the Tiger
> seems a no brainer to me.
>
>     The real decision for the 260 engines
> was in Lord Rootes hands.
> Whether he knew about the 289 engines or why he choose
> 260's is locked in a
> conversation held 46 years ago.
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Somebody [mailto:achd73 at yahoo.com]
>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 5:46 PM
> To: 'Steve Laifman'; rfraser at bluefrog.com
> Cc: 'Beamclub'
> Subject: RE: [Tigers] Shelby Tigers?
>
>
> Ron- I have no idea what protocol was used to decide on the
> 260 BUT if CS
> had installed a 289, then we might not have ever seen a 260
> and that was my
> unproveable gut feeling and what I think CS would have been
> thinking
> business wise. Why would he build a prototype that
> would/could out perform
> his car? As dumb as I am, I wouldnt have made that mistake
> and CS, above
> all, is very much a bussinessman.Im also glad something I
> posted months ago
> is creating some LIST activity.