[Tigers] Tigers - William Carroll

[Ken Tisdale]

I'm sorry to hear of his demise - he invited the CO Sunbeam folks down 
to where he was living in Raton, NM and he and his companion were very 
gracious hosts. An "old school" gentleman with "class" who will be 
missed. I'll down a pint in memory.
Ken

On 4/18/2014 12:46 PM, snakebit289 wrote:
>    William Carroll, the author of the history book Tiger-An Exceptional Motor
> Car, The Cobra Guide, west coast corespondent for Automotive News during the
> 1960's, and previous longtime owner of the white Shelby prototype Tiger died
> on January 27, 2014, by his own hand. He was 98. In the Cougar photo(on FB),
> Mr. Carroll is the gentleman in the white sweater on the driver side of the
> car.
>
> The last time I saw him was near the end of Tigers United  in 2010 in
> Santa Rosa in the parts room when he came by my table to ask if I wanted to
> sell reprints of his Tiger book for him. He looked in poor health at that
> time. I learned about his death from a trustee for his estate after I sent a
> letter to Mr Carroll to ask about selling more books.
>
> This account is from my
> obituary for William Carroll appearing on the Facebook Sunbeam Tiger page. For
> a picture of Mr. Carroll taken during the  press introduction for the 1967
> Cougar, go to the Tiger or Classic Cougar FB page.
>
> Rande Bellman
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