Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 12:37 am
Red Race Tiger,
I dont think people (even TAC people) have issues with people reshelling a beyond repair rusty/damaged tiger with an alpine shell. I think you will find the issue comes up when it becomes about desecption.
There is nothing wrong with reshelling and making an Alpine V8 (not EU spec tiger just to clarify) but when you swap the VIN and JAL tags over to the alpine shell you are transfering the idenity of the car, and to be honest, the only reason to do that is to try and pass it of as something it never was and generally for current or fututre financial gain.
If you kept the alpine VIN and SAL tags, no harm no foul as there is no hidding what has occured. I guess the reason people swap the VIN and JAL over is for financial reasons, they want to gain more money if they sell the car as an original Tiger is more valued than a converted Alpine, as an original Tiger was a factory conversion not aftermarket.
A good example is in the historic racing world with the FIA HTP's. You can have recreation cars now running around with factory cars, but it is made clear that despite being tool room copies they are identified as a reproduction, not a factory car. They are valued for what they are, something that delivers all the aythentic experience of the orginal but is a reproduction.
You also have cars that are extreemly drastic restoration/recreations, such as vintage racers where all that may be left of the original car is the chassis and engine or diff.. but in such extensive rebuilds where much of the car is recreated there is always disclosure.
Long and the short, an alpine V8 conversion can offer all the experiences of a Tiger, infact you could modify one to be a much better car wihtout concrens of bastardising an original Tiger (though alpine people may not be so fogiving!) and as long as you are not trying to say the car was an original tiger i dont think anyone would have a problem with it.
I dont think people (even TAC people) have issues with people reshelling a beyond repair rusty/damaged tiger with an alpine shell. I think you will find the issue comes up when it becomes about desecption.
There is nothing wrong with reshelling and making an Alpine V8 (not EU spec tiger just to clarify) but when you swap the VIN and JAL tags over to the alpine shell you are transfering the idenity of the car, and to be honest, the only reason to do that is to try and pass it of as something it never was and generally for current or fututre financial gain.
If you kept the alpine VIN and SAL tags, no harm no foul as there is no hidding what has occured. I guess the reason people swap the VIN and JAL over is for financial reasons, they want to gain more money if they sell the car as an original Tiger is more valued than a converted Alpine, as an original Tiger was a factory conversion not aftermarket.
A good example is in the historic racing world with the FIA HTP's. You can have recreation cars now running around with factory cars, but it is made clear that despite being tool room copies they are identified as a reproduction, not a factory car. They are valued for what they are, something that delivers all the aythentic experience of the orginal but is a reproduction.
You also have cars that are extreemly drastic restoration/recreations, such as vintage racers where all that may be left of the original car is the chassis and engine or diff.. but in such extensive rebuilds where much of the car is recreated there is always disclosure.
Long and the short, an alpine V8 conversion can offer all the experiences of a Tiger, infact you could modify one to be a much better car wihtout concrens of bastardising an original Tiger (though alpine people may not be so fogiving!) and as long as you are not trying to say the car was an original tiger i dont think anyone would have a problem with it.