[Tigers] More cubes for the Tiger

[Tony Somebody]

It is just my opinion but I believe C. Shelby influenced the 260 for the first
Tigers. The 289 was available then but Shelby knew that with a 289 the Tiger
would blow away the first Cobras. As I said, it is just my opinion but if he
had reccomended the 289 to Lord Rootes, perhaps all Tigers would have had the
5 bolt 289 until the 6 bolt became available.

--- On Wed, 1/26/11, Jeffrey Nichols <jxnichols at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> From: Jeffrey Nichols <jxnichols at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Tigers] More cubes for the Tiger
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 12:22 PM
> "The negotiations for the Tiger were
> between Lord Rootes, and Ford, in
> any event.
>
> They ALL got 289's, when they became available from
> production."
>
> Maybe for the Shelby Mustang and Cobra.  Ford supplied
> 289s to Rootes only
> when the original contract for 260s
> ended.   Then Ford supplied the 289 to
> Rootes.  289s were in production long before Rootes
> switched to 289s for the
> MKII.
>
>
>                
>             Jeff
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