Joel,Maybe Dan Fitzgerald(President of TE/AE) will be willing to help answer
your question.He has a Tiger with a T-10 & has recently completed what I
consider a total restoration with which he was very involved.Joe S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "joel harris" <joel@joelharris.com>
To: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>; "Wally Menke"
<wallym@ozemail.com.au>
Cc: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: T10 Transmission
> Does anyone know what T-10 was used in the original cars?
> I have always assumed it was either the Falcon or Fairlane unit with the
> shorter tailshaft...
>
> of course we all know what assume means
>
> Joel
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@SoCal.rr.com>
> To: "Wally Menke" <wallym@ozemail.com.au>
> Cc: "Tiger List" <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:03 AM
> Subject: Re: T10 Transmission
>
>
> > Wally,
> >
> > You may, IN FACT, have the original Tiger transmission. The very first
> > ones off the assembly line did not have a Top Loader, but a T-10. You
> > did not give your VIN number, but Norman's TBON lists those cars that
> > came originally with the T-10. May or my not be the best (everybody has
> > a point of view) but may be original.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > Wally Menke wrote:
> >
> > >Hi Folks
> > >
> > >I've just been pulling all the bits out of a second Tiger I have here
and
> > >found that the transmission that came with the car is not the original
> > >Toploader but a T10. The bolt patttern looks like it will fit the
> standard
> > >bell housing, but the tail housing looks a bit shorter than the stock
> Tiger
> > >one. The speedo connection is on the rights side instead of the left.
> > >
> > >The code cast on the side of the box is as follows:
> > >
> > >T10B-1
> > >W.G DIY
> > >W1
> > >Serial number on tag: 30A-G-1
> > >
> > >Can any of you Ford followers tell me what this is off?, and if it will
> fit
> > >the Tiger?
> > >I remember reading that the original early batch of Tigers had this
> > >transmission?
> > >
> > >Regards
> > >Wally Menke
> > >B9471793
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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> >
> > Steve Laifman
> > Editor
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