1967 Tiger on Ebay B382001541LRXFE

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Did anyone else look at the Tiger with a $65k buy it now on Ebay from San Diego. It's listed as B382001541 and the inner fenders cowl brace mounts, suspiciously look like an Alpine.
 
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Wow- only 1 number off from my first Tiger (still lost)! Here kitty, kitty- go find your brother!!
 
Curious that it has the service spec plate. My Vin number is about 100 cars earlier and they had stopped putting that plate on by then. Of course it could be just an owner addition.

The color code 100 is Med. Blue. I wonder if there is any blue paint anywhere still on the car, like under the undercoat in the fender well.

Hard to see if the passenger side engine bay has the fender dimpled to make room for the original generator. Almost looks like it is not there.

Gene
 
It always bugs me when the fender trim takes a nose dive on a Tiger. The rt side is ok but the lt side heads downhill, didn't they take a hard look before redrilling the holes? Thought I saw this for sale a few years ago, not sure though.
 
Tatty Top

And no bumpers, I used to get pulled over all the time for no bumpers. Must have been the long hair.
Nicely presented car though.
 
WOW...want premium money and missing all of the premium parts.

Missing -
fan shroud
SS wheel well trim
egg crate grill
SS lower body trim
seats
air filter
steering wheel
instruments
heater
oil cooler

I figure that is at least $9000 to replace. Shoulder belts are anchored too low and will most likely break your back it in a crash.

Front sway bar, what the heck is that? Who did that mod? OMG....the PVC valve is connected to the PORTED vacuum on the carb....WTH?????
 
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Duke, Cali. Cars were titled the year the vehicle was first sold back then. You see it a bunch in old motorcycles.

One of our brothers who drives a Tatty, his name for his Alpine scripted Tiger pointed out that the holes are in the same place for either script emblem.

He says he has the Alpine scripts on the Tiger so he can daily drive it and not worry about it as much.

People do strange things to cars, especially in Cali.

I'd like to see what it is like to sit in that car and look our rear view mirror thru headrests..

I have MK2 headlight rings on my car, I like em better and they came on it. I did find a MK1A pair at the last CAT swap meet,and it kicked ass on the Epay price.

You have a fine attention for detail Duke keep up the good work..
 
VIN Number

Guys,

The car has a VIN number for a Mk 1A, not a Mk II. (But without a TAC, who knows if the VIN plate belongs to the car?) The last four digits for a Mk II cannot be higher than 633 and a Mk II VIN starts off with B3821, not B3820. In addition to missing the correct items Duke pointed it, it has an aftermarket shifter. Maybe someone else can say if it is Hurst shifter.

David
 
The swaybar and probable the entire crossmember looks like an older Dale A setup with the adjustable swaybar and the oversized lower fulcrum pins with the grease zerks. Bet it has the MG Midget rack as well, just another missing original part you can add to the price list.
 
Fine print Dave

TAC only says that a car was originally factory built to be a Tiger.
The certificate also says, no quote but if car does not have original rivets "which this car doesn't," that the vin may not even go with a car.
There is a some what human error factor as well as double entries on drive train components. Or unheard of X factor numbers.
I bet seller after bidding stalls will respond and
Prove up the car.
 
TAC

Warren, you're right. A TAC would only prove that the car came off the assembly line as a Tiger, not that the VIN goes with the car. A TAC would give one a lot more confidence that this did start its life as a Tiger and not as an Alpine. And I'm not sure why someone would swap VIN plates between two Tigers, unless they had a rusty wreck and stole a Tiger in better shape to put their car's VIN plate on the stolen car.

David
 
Geez... the owner must feel like Eminem by now... ♫..."I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage"...♫ LOL!! :p

One other thing the TAC guys could tell you is if it's a MK1 or MKII if they get a look at the battery access cover... or lack of !! That would be the first thing I'd look at if viewing the car...

Not unusual to see a MK1A with a '67 registration... only MKII piece I can see on it is the MKII headlight covers... and the seller doesn't mention MKII at all...

I'm not sure why we ( ya, I do it too ) pick apart these obviously modified cars... there's no prize (AFAIK ) for finding the most flaws in it...
Last Mecum auction there was a 427 6-speed Alpine that went for over $40k ... and a 'fairly' original Tiger that didn't meet reserve at a bid of $105k so hard to say who's willing to pay how much... and for what...!
The highest priced Tiger that I've ever seen was also one of the most modified (tribute car?)...over $150k IIRC http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail.cfm?LOT_ID=CA0810-96532&entryRow=95 I wonder how long the list of 'missing parts' would be on that one... Don't know...don't care !
IMHO, that VIN tag looks real... but if it's on the right chassis... hard to say without more info...


Jim
B382000446
 
My car has entered the modified (personalized) class but. I have kept every single original part I have taken off of the car. This includes items such as brake lines and gaskets. I have racks of marked boxes in the basement with parts removed from my car over the years. These will be offered with the car if/when I sell it.

Just thinking if you are asking premium money for a car, it should have all of the parts.

Then again, you are correct in highly modified cars selling for big moola that most likely did not come with a trailer full of parts.
 
One other thing the TAC guys could tell you is if it's a MK1 or MKII if they get a look at the battery access cover... or lack of !! That would be the first thing I'd look at if viewing the car...

Not unusual to see a MK1A with a '67 registration... only MKII piece I can see on it is the MKII headlight covers... and the seller doesn't mention MKII at all...

Don't need the TAC guys - just look at the VIN. What threw me off originally was that in one place, the ebay offering listed 289 as the engine, but then the copy read 302. Without knowing more, I first thought it might be a Mk II that had had an engine swap.

There is nothing wrong with modified cars, as long as they are not misrepresented. As long as we have a free market, the value of something is what people are willing to pay. I think that some of the comments about the car were offered not for those who are very familiar with Tigers, but for those who are not. Someone might have thought it was a Mk II, which usually has more value than a Mk 1A, even if it is missing the Mk II trim. The seller did not specify what Mark it was, for whatever reason.

David
 
Cure

I was going to add earlier that , I do not like the guilty until proven innocent feeling surrounding the breed.
A TAC is the nearly the only cure, don't leave it for your widow to do.
I did mine, even after buying the car with a Senior TAC inspector,a former JAG club president and a career auto mechanic who worked on them in the 70's in tow.
A TAC was free then but now at 75 bucks is still a necessary expense.
 
Duke,

it is quite possible that the car might have the original parts.. seller may not be giving them away, might sell separately after the auction. The shroud, filter housing, wooden wheel, shifter and gauges would be quite a windfall for him... and its not like the buyer doesn't know what they are getting from the pics.

I didnt see him claim it to be a MKII, so nobody should jump on the seller for that.

The car is obviously a custom build.. and looks to have quite a lot of time and money spent on it.. a few detail issues as mentioned a wayward front ss trim.. i was surprised that on such a well prepared car that the soft top was ill fitted in a few spots and had tears.

On the front sway bar.. IIRC Tom Sakai racer and maybe the SCF car had similar setups i saw in photos a while back.

As for missing.. well.. the centre console is not there, but wouldn't fit with those seats and something i would expect was the vinyl soft top boot cover is missing.. so would look messy roof down.

I'm all for pointing out missing parts and incorrect bits on cars when the seller (normally a dealer) makes claims of "all original" and "un-messed with" ... i think this seller has done anything but represent the car well, and photographed it in quite good detail above and below.
 
Problems

One feedback and no other items ever listed and everyone notes the misaligned cigar lighter as a serious problem. I'd be doing some serious checking on the seller's background, but thats just me. That lighter is correct isn't it.
 
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