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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I have no knowledge about the changes Shelby may have made if production had gone that way, but from what I recall, the first V-8 Alpines were Series 2 (Ken Miles)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I am now curious too, has there been any information as to what Shelby may have proposed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>J Clark via Tigers<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 10, 2016 12:14 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> tigers@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Tigers] Shelby as Sunbeam Tiger manufacturer?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Was reading the Tiger Wikipedia and the reference (citing the G. Robson book, "Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger- The complete Story")
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">to Carroll Shelby's initial desire to build the car. Though I do own a copy of this book I must admit that this is news to me.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Upon reading what Robson wrote, it still left me with a couple of questions. Do any of you folks know what Shelby, according to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Robson, had in mind when he proposed "radical modification of the Alpine's structure and chassis"? One wonders how things may<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">have played out in the big scheme of things if Rootes had given Shelby the gig, rather than Jensen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Graham Robson also makes reference to some of the prototypes being built with SIII body shells. I believe this is hogwash,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">leading me to question the veracity of the rest of the book's contents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">One more thing. Is my punctuation in this text coming through legibly?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"> Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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