[Tigers] WHAT IS IT!!

[Smit, Theo]

It is documented that 7734KV is AF1... not sure about the other two.
Theo

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Waybright [mailto:gswaybright at yahoo.com]
Sent: March 10, 2008 5:30 PM
To: Smit, Theo; marden at mistral.co.uk; tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] WHAT IS IT!!

Were the Lemans Tigers built from Alpines or AF pre-production Tigers?

--- "Smit, Theo" <Theo.Smit at dynastream.com> wrote:

> Hi Martin,
> It is what it is - calling it a Tiger won't make it one, and in my
> opinion cheapens the actual history and provenance of the car as you
> present it. Production Tigers bodies were built by Jensen. The Rootes
> preproduction Tigers were given 'AF' designators, and I'm not sure
> how
> many of those were built by Jensen and how many were built inside
> Rootes. If your car doesn't have an AF designation, and it doesn't
> have
> a Jensen build plate, then it's not a Tiger.
>
> I'd call it a John Wyer (Sunbeam Harrington) special, giving credit
> where it's due. Shelby had nothing to do with your car, and neither
> did
> Gulf. Anyone who knows anything will understand the significance of
> Wyer's involvement with the creation of the car and make the
> appropriate
> associations.
>
> Cheers,
> Theo