Blimey, how many Hammers does one man need......
Micheal, Happy Chrismas, and seasons greetings etc.
But i really wish that you could just pull back a little from infuring that i "Need to read what's been writen" or that Bob doesn't "Get It" and "Need's" to listen. Iv'e read all the post's and find them all intresting.
None of us here on this forum has the authority to speak down or over another, we're all here to have a constructive debate about "Rebodying" "Reshelling" of an iconic classic in order to save it, and what constitutes "THE" car. Your view's are no more valid than mine or others i would have thought.
In my humble opinion (And it is purely that) an opinion a rusted hulk of a Tiger as in "The Worst Tiger" thread along with a rustfree Alpine and the Tiger's Vin Plate and documents has the potential if done correcly another 40+ years of life in it AS A TIGER
And regardless of what happened to my fathers car is irrelivant, my opinion would still be the same. In fact because of what happened to my fathers car should allow me to have an opinion i would have thought.
AHP 295B when raced by my father never carried a road registration as it was no longer road legal and pointless, when the car was destroyed and scrapped it was scrapped as that "a racing car" with no registration. So unless someone would have been lurking there in the bushes at that exact time of it's scrapping with a big crystal ball thinking "Hang On", that may just be AHP 295B the ex works rally car
No of couse not, it went to the razor blade maker as an unknown worthless pile.
In 1971 when the accident happened 295 had no great value even as an "Ex Works" car, for sure it was an Ex Works car along with all the other Ex Works car's up and down the pit lane, E type's, Healey's Midgets etc but it didn't have any great value. As modified car's "Modsports" and "Mod saloons" were very popular formula's throughtout the 60's>80's it provided a championship where these car's could race.
Only 20+ years later when Histroric FIA racing started to take off in a big way did 295B suddenly have a value (as either a race or rally car) and the spiteful scam began based on an old log book that my father still held onto all that time after, and was coned out of.
What remained of that car was worthless, more than worthless....it was never offered for sale or dissmantled for parts, it was simply scrapped. And that is exactly why i personally wasn't prepared to see anyone gain from my fathers misfortune.
So after all that, the point that iv'e been trying to get across and still is....
Surely it's the vin and documents that form the basis of "The Car" and not the "Body"
Remove the Vin Plate and Jal from the Body what have you got? an Unidentifiable body, Remove the valve covers what have you got? an engine without an ID
Change the gearbox, the gearbox number is no longer valid, same with the rear axle also....
If a Tiger retain's it's original paperwork (Logbook) Vin Plate, and has been rebodied to a recognised standard how can it be anything other than a Tiger by name.....although one clearly not built by Jenson we'd all agree.
I should write a book.....