[Tigers] How much to spend on a conversion

[Owain Lloyd]

In all fairness, it does appear to come with some spares - a coil and new
distributor cap.

Il giorno ven 24 giu 2022 alle 06:26 steve wick <srwick at hotmail.com> ha
scritto:

> When I was in high school in the early 70's, there was a guy in town who
> stuffed a 426 hemi in an Austin Healy. It didn't have a hood, the heads
> were higher than the fenders and I don't think he could see anything in
> front of him, but it sure drew attention. Sorry, off topic, but this thread
> brought back that memory.
>
> Steve
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> *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Gary <
> garywinblad at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 23, 2022 5:55 PM
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> *To:* Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Tiger List List <tigers at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] How much to spend on a conversion
>
> Right on Jay.
> Even if they hammered the entire AH out of
> sheets of steel, it shouldn’t cost that much.
> Gary
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 23, 2022, at 5:46 PM, Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
>
> It just boggles my mind. For $850,000, they could buy all of these
> together: the best MkI and the best MkII on the planet, a Tiger race car
> AND still have money left over to buy a house or two, depending where you
> are in the country. And heck, maybe instead of the house, a real Cobra
> too.  I just can't imagine loving the idea of a V8 AH so much that you have
> to do this (and then immediately sell it and never enjoy the result).
>
> On Jun 23, 2022, at 5:42 PM, Gary <garywinblad at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Sounds like a case of elder abuse, somebody
> ripped off somebody.
> Gary
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 23, 2022, at 3:17 PM, Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> OK, I had to share this absurdity. How much would you spend to take a 4
> cylinder English roadster and stuff a V8 into it? I would imagine doing it
> to an Alpine and spending a bunch of money to make it like a Tiger might
> make some sense. But what about a 4 seater Austin Healey that never came
> with a V8 option? How about $850,000??? Yes, you read that right. They even
> have the list of invoices paid. At some point don't you say "wait, stop,
> dear god, how much is this going to cost me?" And then after ALL THAT MONEY
> wouldn't you think he would have had a reason to do such as driving it more
> than 300 miles before putting it for sale?
>
>
> https://www.fantasyjunction.com/inventory/1957-austin-healey-100-6-bn4l/overview
>
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