ebay tiger?

certainly has some rather questionable points... thought it was th eqwell known alger until i saw the battery box... i guess it could have had a whole rear 1/3 replaced..... :confused: but not likely.
 
The 2nd to last picture shows some odd exhaust routing-- looks as if it doesn't have the frame cutouts at all?
 
Modified? sure

The seller lists those modifications. I checked the Book and info was posted re the vin in 1981. Code 86 (but listed as brown) and in Michigan at the time. Anyone really looking at this Tiger "must" check with Norm to see if the registry has any more recent info.

Best for the Holidays all.

Rick
 
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And Get a TAC

There are, as others have already said, a few red flags regarding this car. The listing indicates that there has been no TAC done. I would hope that anyone buying this car go so on the condition that it passes a TAC. Good luck, however, in getting a seller to agree to those terms.
 
But it was best in show!

I have really thinking where to put that Kleenex box the Mrs. insists on having in the car.

Everyone knows that when you cut holes in things they aren't as strong so why have those pesky water catching exhaust pass thru's in the first place.


I used to shoot around the bad areas of a risk for work, our seller has inadvertently done this around the sweet spots.:confused: Never used the confused smile before but it deserves spelling out here...

How many have sent him a ? thru eBay ?
 
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Strut Mounts

Go to the pictures of the engine compartment and look close up at the inner fender strut support mounts. Those are supposed to installed with 'skip' welds? They appear to be continuous welds, in particular the driver's side, but I could be mistaken.

Nice looking car though.

Gary
 
Lexington, North Carolina, United States per listing.

Also per ad, I am not a dealer and always try to be honest.

I got a Thanks reply to my request to please post more pics.

I thought the short shifter gear shift looks mounted back further than normal too. Little late of a car to have come with a original drive line right?
 
I'm always curious about cars with VIN's close to the end of MK1A 'transition' cars... ( square hood,doors but round trunk) my car is ...000446 and has the round trunk lid. I've heard varying reports that it either changed to the square trunk lid 'around' '600' or '800' The car in question is '...000604' and has a square trunk lid. I looked it up ( never thought to before ) in the Alpine parts manual and it shows the trunk lid ( not boot lid ) changed part #'s at B382000840 !
Curious...:confused:

Jim
B382000446


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hate it when she says "did it come with that short a shifter"

Mine is 982 and has what appears to be the orig. short shifter. (Norm says it has the correct tranny) Bottom line, I had a chance to get a PERFECT Tiger out of N.C. for 31,000 and stopped just short. Without Norm having a minimum of twenty five yrs on the car with a TAC as well, it really is worth about 20,000. (or what the buyer will pay!!)
 
EBAY TIGER

With all the afore mentioned inconsistencies, it is quite possible that this car has been repaired with a series 5 Alpine rear CLIP. Even so would'nt it still be eligible for a TAC inspection certificate?
ROGER
 
chirodoc said:
With all the afore mentioned inconsistencies, it is quite possible that this car has been repaired with a series 5 Alpine rear CLIP. Even so would'nt it still be eligible for a TAC inspection certificate?
ROGER
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Would it not be half Tac'd !!....Interesting deal where do you draw the line ?
If this was clipped then there should be a bunch of welding going on under the chassis...my guess it's a very nice Alger.

Moondoggie
 
I asked

For more pics, I got and we got none. Its just really odd that the one pic he shows of Tiger specific areas is the spark plug hole. Does it really make sense to have the battery in the trunk? Remember some Brit cars had two 6 volt batteries one on each side of the car for proper weight dist. MG's I think.

I can remember guys complaining about the stupidity of Brit cars and their batteries. Lots of cars get put back together with what's on hand. Personalization gets done by who is hired.

What I'm getting at is be nice this car doesn't show enough to tell from the pics and the ones that do show a common production run approach to a restoration.

Too bad guys talk in code, what's he say? " I don't text or Tweet" which really means I'm old lazy and set in my ways and just put an ad on Ebay cause my wife wants the garage back or for me to stop spending time and money on it and I don't really want to sell the car shhh don't tell her our secret code. Now he can say "see hunny I tried it didn't meet reserve."

Oops sorry still available 1 day 17 hr.
 
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Moondoggie said:
Would it not be half Tac'd !!....Interesting deal where do you draw the line ?
If this was clipped then there should be a bunch of welding going on under the chassis...my guess it's a very nice Alger.

Moondoggie
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back in the 90's I was at an STOA TAC event getting 2 of my cars done and a similar discussion came up--at that time the TAC'ers said as long as it had the original firewall and vin tag then they saw it as a real Tiger. Again this was their view point and things may have changed in 20 years. Mine passed and I was happy.
 
I like how the battery is just loose in the factory Alpine battery box. One hard left turn and the + will ground to the side of the box.
 
tiger

duke,
most alpines have the battery setting loose in the battery box. they originally had a bracket that pushed over the battery and had two rubber buffers on the end to secure the bracket. there is a photo of the bracket on my photo bucket if you want to see what it looks like. these brackets are a rare item today and don't fit most batteries made today. I have an auto zone group 24 battery in one car and the bracket does fit it but I don't use it. I have a couple of the brackets but they hang on the wall. I've never had a problem with my battery moving around or with the terminals hitting if you use a battery with top terminals. the positive cable comes thru a hole with a grommet in the left side of the box wall at roughly the top of the battery and maybe an inch from the front of the box and the ground cable is bolted to the opposite wall using a captive nut welded to the outside of the box. i've had 21 alpines and have had one of those since the mid 60's and have had no shorts from the battery moving under normal road driving conditions. with the locking battery box lid there is no way for the battery to jump out. it's never presented a problem when doing an auto cross either.
 
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