[Tigers] ALger?

[e.coiner at cox.net]

I will be the first to confess I know almost nothing about Harrington Alpines so some of my following comments may be whack.
Please be gentle with your corrections.

Does anyone know what the VIN numbers of the Alpines  that were the basis of a Harrington?
I assume that somewhere in the records of the Harrington company that info resides or resided.

Assuming this to be true, Harrington's are analogous to the original 65, 66 Shelby Mustangs.
A standard Mustang was bought by Shelby, modified and sold.  
Is there a difference between a Shelby Mustang built by Shelby in 65  and a clone modified by an Enthusiast in the 70's 80's or today?
Well the VIN number of the underlying Mustang is one difference. In a well done clone, that might be the only difference.

Is there a difference in the desireablilty or value of these two vehicles?  Well DUH!!
Is there a difference in the behind the wheel experience.?  Not so much.


 


---- bob webb <bobjeanbeams at roadrunner.com> wrote: 
> this disagreement will never end! it seems that wherever we travel to, 
> someone always questions the authenticity of tigers. WHY? nobody ever 
> questions a rebodied harrington and they are a RARE sunbeam. nobody 
> questions a rebodied alpine. i never noticed this being discussed way back 
> in the 60's,70's or even the 80's. was it started by a select group that 
> were afraid someone was out to rip them off? i have been a sunbeam owner all 
> but 16 years of my life and i'm now 61. someone explain to me the real 
> reason behind having to prove that a tiger consists of the same alpine body 
> that was used to make the tiger. they all say SUNBEAM on the trunk. maybe we 
> harrington owners should start up a HAC group and make owners prove that all 
> 110 or so existing lemans are true harrington bodies. we would have to look 
> for original bolts holding the top and does it have the right sealer between 
> the body sections,etc. we also could HAC all the type A, C and D cars. WOW! 
> that would be a select group of owners.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Sencindiver" <jd.sencindiver at gmail.com>
> To: <wsamouce at kc.rr.com>
> Cc: <Tigers at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 1:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] ALger?
> 
> 
> > Post of the Day!     Thanks Duke.
> >
> > Jim Sencindiver
> >
> > B382100451/TAC 448
> >
> > http://www.tigersunited.com/car_show/sencindiver_j/default.asp
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <wsamouce at kc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Take this off the board gentlemen.  I don't appreciate my inbox being
> >> populated with this personal attack crap.  You are acting like you drive
> >> Hondas.
> >>
> >> Duke
> >> B382002037
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