Historic Tiger Race Car on BaT
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It looks like the car Lorraine Gruys raced a time or two at the Historics.
I don't know anything about its provenance.
I don't know anything about its provenance.
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I recall this car being in the same stable as the Fraser Monster Tiger and iirc the other Fraser grouo car.
I remember a few years back ( maybe 2010s?) When it was being discussed as also having team fraser history... And i thought how odd it was restored with so many HSC55 influences which was scca...
I was surprised when this is now shown as the Daytona 200 car ... I remeber reading various things about the Daytona car... Be interesting to see all the history of the car after daytona and what it got up to
I remember a few years back ( maybe 2010s?) When it was being discussed as also having team fraser history... And i thought how odd it was restored with so many HSC55 influences which was scca...
I was surprised when this is now shown as the Daytona 200 car ... I remeber reading various things about the Daytona car... Be interesting to see all the history of the car after daytona and what it got up to
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This sale has me... kind of bummed. I have ZERO right to be, as an observer with no skin in game. The owner(s) no doubt got plenty of joy from the car for years, good for them. It's just...
The car races in period historical events and then is retired to street use. It'd be nice if the story ended there.
The gap between the race prep in the mid 60's to the street prep until the early 80's, is far lesser a gap than the gap from current (very unique and interesting) racing guise to either period race or period street and the Bill of Sale also makes it a non-option(?) Also creates plenty of IF or WHAT IF...
No longer VIN, JAL and likely no original drivetrain components.... It can be certified a Tiger, we assume... and paperwork of earlier racing may be available to help with provenance, and yet... does the paperwork match the car? Using the sellers own logic of "in the 80's we didn't care about documentation," then why should a buyer care about matching it from the 60's forward? Are you buying the paperwork or the car?
I should keep my mouth shut, but its bugging me...
The car races in period historical events and then is retired to street use. It'd be nice if the story ended there.
The gap between the race prep in the mid 60's to the street prep until the early 80's, is far lesser a gap than the gap from current (very unique and interesting) racing guise to either period race or period street and the Bill of Sale also makes it a non-option(?) Also creates plenty of IF or WHAT IF...
No longer VIN, JAL and likely no original drivetrain components.... It can be certified a Tiger, we assume... and paperwork of earlier racing may be available to help with provenance, and yet... does the paperwork match the car? Using the sellers own logic of "in the 80's we didn't care about documentation," then why should a buyer care about matching it from the 60's forward? Are you buying the paperwork or the car?
I should keep my mouth shut, but its bugging me...
