<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4025"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4139"> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4144" class="signature"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4163" dir="ltr">Was reading the Tiger Wikipedia and the reference (citing the G. Robson book, "Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger- The complete Story") <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4347" dir="ltr">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. <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4519" dir="ltr">Upon reading what Robson wrote, it still left me with a couple of questions. Do any of you folks know what Shelby, according to</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4674" dir="ltr"> Robson, had in mind when he proposed "radical modification of the Alpine's structure and chassis"? One wonders how things may</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4726" dir="ltr"> have played out in the big scheme of things if Rootes had given Shelby the gig, rather than Jensen.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4626" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4798" dir="ltr">Graham Robson also makes reference to some of the prototypes being built with SIII body shells. I believe this is hogwash,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_4919" dir="ltr">leading me to question the veracity of the rest of the book's contents.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_5077" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_5076" dir="ltr">One more thing. Is my punctuation in this text coming through legibly? <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_5145" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_5146" dir="ltr"> Regards,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1465537966360_5154" dir="ltr"> Jon<br></div></div></div></body></html>