[Tigers] (no subject)

[drmayf]

Tom,  yes, regards below. But, every year on the salt, I have a zillion 
folk wander by and want to call the car a Tiger.  I politely inform them 
that, No, it is an old Alpine body that was on the trailer headed for 
the crusher when I bought it. I also tell them that I prefer to just 
call it a Sunbeam not referring to either Alpines or Tigers.  The only 
badging on the car is the "SUNBEAM" on the trunk lid.  I want all 
Sunbeam owners to be affiliated with the efforts and that is the main 
reason I call the car the "Spirit of Sunbeam".  The front of my fire 
suit says  "Team Beam" and on the back it says "Spirit of Sunbeam" .   I 
wanted everyone who owns an Alpine or Tiger to be a part of the effort 
even though they may not be there.   

I am not sure what motivates folk to call thier cars Algers or anything 
else than what it is.   A 32 ford roadster with a chevy motor in it is 
still a 32 ford roadster.  Or a Mustang from circa 1965 with mods making 
it nearly identical to a Shelby GT350 is still a Mustang, just updated.  
As I mentioned once, I cannot recall (maybe bad old memory cells, lol) 
of any other car which has been modified to resemble a different model 
of the same manufacturer having a split name of the two different 
models.  I don't think it is wrong for anyone to name their car an 
Alger, but, I do not understand why. But, I really don't care either.

Tom, thanks for the mention and letting me hijack your thread, lol

mayf

Tom Parker wrote:

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>Some Rootes owners choose to re-engine their cars. Drmayf is a great example
>here; he campaigns an Alpine at Bonneville, and it surely doesn't have a 4
>cylinder engine in it. Good for him, and good for the marque.
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