Considering the way the last of the mk1's are loaded with square cornered
parts and lacking leaded seams any transition mid matches wouldn't surprise
me.
On Jan 23, 2011 11:14 AM, "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit@dynastream.com> wrote:
> My Tiger (B382002705) is the second-last Mk1(A) Tiger. It came to me with
a
> worked-over five bolt 289. Unfortunately, many (all?) of the original
engine
> ID tags were long gone by the time I got it, so there's not really
anything to
> go on there, other than to read off the casting dates (which we know will
be
> '64, because that's the last date those blocks were made, right?). I do
have
> the proper tagged HEH-E gearbox.
>
> As we all know the proper engine for the Mk2 is the six-bolt 289, with the
> HEH-CF wider ratio transmission. So any factory 'inbetween' Tigers would
have
> been more likely to have that combination, than the five-bolt 289 and
HEH-E.
>
> The only remotely likely way to get a five bolt 289 into the Tiger from
the
> factory would have been that Ford ran out of 260 short-block assemblies
while
> filling the Rootes orders, and they substituted in some 289 block
assemblies.
> However, the likelyhood that these specific engines would then end up at
the
> end of the Mk1A production run is unlikely to me.
>
> Does anyone know how often engines/transmissions were shipped to Rootes?
Was
> there a quarterly order?
>
> Theo
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
>> bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Allan Ballard
>> Sent: January 23, 2011 11:24 AM
>> To: Beamclub TIGER
>> Subject: [Tigers] Factory 289 in Mk1...?
>>
>> "Sunbeam Tiger Limited Edition Extra," a book compiled by RM Clarke
>> (Brooklands Books, Surrey)... reprints a July 2001 article from
>> Classics -- "Sunbeam Tiger restoration Project."
>>
>> On page 116, the reprint states: "Somewhere along the line, Tiger
>> owners who
>> have the earlier cars with the 4.2 liter engines
>> develop a compulsion to fit the larger 4.7 liter unit, as used on the
>> later
>> MK1 and MKII models..."
>>
>> Is factory installation of a 289 in MK1 Tigers a fact or did Classics
>> err?
>>
>> I've seen speculation on occasion but this is the first time I've
>> noticed the
>> claim in a publication.
>>
>> Allan Ballard
>> Mk1-a Tiger
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