Miles, Shelby, and the First 2 Tiger Prototypes

[HolyCat]

Hagerty has a short article about how the first two Tiger prototypes came to be built. I remember seeing the Ken Miles prototype for sale in the LA Times many years ago. Here is a link to the article - https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2019/12/04/before-le-mans-ken-miles-and-carroll-shelby-built-first-sunbeam-tigers?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Daily_News_Friday_Dec_6

 

[michael-king]

Those boys should know their silverstones from their minilites.....

 

[Warren]

Then there's this wet blanket

As I ponder buyer's remorse X2 , I get sent this. Luckily I saw the Hemmings link first. IDK who hotcars.com is but there's a dot.com for every seat, or something like that


https://www.hotcars.com/15-classic-cars-collectors-dont-want-to-buy-anymore/

 

[66TigerMK1A]

From Warren's link
"...Interest in this rather historical car is on the decline, with values dropping from $150,000 to about $125,00 already. ..."

Doubt that we need to 'abandon ship' anytime soon...

Hagerty numbers have been fairly flat the last 2 1/2 years


Here is their chart on MK1a ...

 

[Warren]

Agreed, Jim

Projects are still coming out of the woodwork and that always amazes me.
Beverly Hills car club, actually not even close to Beverly Hills...
These guys always pull some cherry out of the iron oxide converter. They actually sold the infamous stolen Tiger from the Tiger Tales story as well paying the widow some 24,000.
The screenshot is their latest crispy treat.

 

[michael-king]

Yup... They always seem to find the most neglected "projects" ... Its as if they exhume automotive corpses

 

[0neoffive]

Any day of the week for us

Projects are still coming out of the woodwork and that always amazes me.
Beverly Hills car club, actually not even close to Beverly Hills...
These guys always pull some cherry out of the iron oxide converter. They actually sold the infamous stolen Tiger from the Tiger Tales story as well paying the widow some 24,000.
The screenshot is their latest crispy treat.

Now that's how we first see them most of the time. Dreams can be realized $$$$$$$$$$.