a TRUE story not for those with short attention spans
When I was growing up there was a flat track 15 minutes from my house. I remember this guy from out of town with several Tigers. He won and he won big!!!! I never paid incredible attention to the tigers then and never appreciated how rare they would become (I was 14 or 15 at that time in life). I recently talked to several people and we remenisced about this guy racing up at Oakland valley race track.
I have made tons of contacts and talk to people all the time about three wheelers. I recently (last thursday)received a phone call that three tigers were collecting dust in a dealership 30 miles from my house. The Story I received was that son died and the parents had the machines and they just sat. My heart was pounding!!!! I quickly dropped all I was doing loaded the trailer on my truck ran out the door but turned around and decided to try to make a call or two first. I researched it and found out the dealership sold recently (Damm) the old owner had it for 47 years!!!!....I found the old owner in the white pages and called him....An older gentleman answered...I Asked him if he had any tiger ATVs...He got real quiet and said he did. He had three tigers a 125, 250, and 4 wheeler. In talking with him I quickly found out this wasnt just a lead on a couple of tigers these WERE the TIGERS I used to see race!!!!!!!! Never thought I would find this family. His son who used to race locally and Lake George suffered a personal loss and subsequently an untimely and unatural death. Not to long after this someone went to the dealership in orange county NY monroe /central valley area broke into a shed and STOLE all three TIGERS!!!!and all the machines were stolen 2-3 years ago. A sad story. He opened up with me and told me all the racing stories and how they were the first ones on the east coast to have tigers and how he spoke with the president of tiger about selling them at his dealership. He had many great memories with his son that revolved around those machines and some low life scum stole them. We talked for 30-45 minutes and he really seemed to enjoy going back to that time in their lives.
So my excitement of finding three tigers went from super excited to disappointment to sadness. Man... a couple years ago there were three gorgeous tigers just sitting in a shed 30 minutes from my house. But alot more was lost than three tigersA fellow atv enthusiast lost his life, a dad lost his son, and the tigers lost their home as someone lost their morality.
Although the trail is cold if anyone nows the fate of these machines or has any leads please PM me.
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Originally Posted by 3tigers
I talked with him personally and he said they were stolen...I totally believed him.....Possible Insurance Scam??
