[Tinker51]

Luke44 is correct that Ken Miles built up the first Alpine with a 260. A fellow club member found this car and restored it. It is known in the marque as the Miles Prototype and it is a very intersting car. Just a couple of things that I recall about the car. One was the exhaust ran forward then down and around the front crossmember before traveling aft. For those of you who know how tight the Tiger engine compartment is, think about that. The second was a fan that hung down so if the motor was running you would worry about standing in front of the car with your feet under the bumper. At a recent Tiger event I met George Boskoff, he was the one who was charged with stuffing the 260 into an Alpine at SAI. At the same event I met his counterpart for the Cobra. Ted was charged with cramming the 427 into a 289 car. Gentlemen both and great fun to swap car stories with.