[Tigers] early shifter knobs (150358810575)

[awtiger at cox.net]

Tony:

This information came straight out of one of the first books to be published on the Tiger, which was Bill Carroll's "Tiger: An Exceptional Motorcar."  I have the book and there is a chapter towards the back that shows all the running production changes that were known at that time.  Sure enough, it states that the first 56 Tigers came with the Borg-Warner transmission.  If I remember correctly, the shifter and knob were referenced, too, but I'm working from memory here and I don't remember exactly what was written.  

By the way, the reason I remember this production number figure so well is because my first Tiger was B9470058, supposedly the second Tiger off the line with the Ford Toploader transmission.  This car was also the runner up to the SCCA B-Prepared National Champion in the mid-70s (1974 or '75, I think...) and was owned and driven by a guy named Skip Laughlin here in Oklahoma.  Anybody remember him or the car???

Andy Walker
Edmond, OK 
B382001600LRXFE (TAC #740)
B9006857LRX

---- Tony Somebody <achd73 at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> There is an auction on epay (150358810575) that shows a strange shift knob for $100. I sent a question doubting this shift knob was on Tigers and his reply follows.
> 
> "For your FYI, The first 56 Tigers were equipped with Shelby American supplied, Borg Warner T10-B side loader transmission, the true Cobra short shifter, reverse lock-out T-handle and that shift knob that you see. From B9470057 and forward the short handle was use and and the knob was changed." 
> 
> Norm or anyone who owns/owned one of the first 56 Tigers able to shed any light on this statement?
> TtT
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