[Tigers] Tiger 1A nomenclature

[Ron Fraser]

	This is one of those gray areas in Tiger lore.  The use of Mk I, Mk
IA and Mk II is common place now, in Tiger catalogs, our memory banks and
generally we all know and understand these terms.

To be precise there is only Mk I and Mk II.

To be more precise there are:
B947
B382
B3821

To be even more precise you need to include:
B948
B949
1 B910
1 B911
1 Project 870
2 PH65

	I say pick the terms everyone in the discussion group understands,
stick with them, then educate those who do not understand the differences.
The objective is to pass along correct information and that we all are on
the same page with respect to these terms.

Ron Fraser


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From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Stephen Waybright
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 3:43 PM
To: rande at thecia.net; tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger 1A nomenclature


I'd think it kind of tough to change a 45 year old naming convention that
has been used in many publications over that time. You'd still need a
cross-reference for what Mk-1A meant in those publications. Plus, there are
pretty significant physical differences between a Mk-I and MK-IA, which is
why the designation came to be in the first place.

Stephen Waybright


________________________________
 From: rande <rande at thecia.net>
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 2:35 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Tiger 1A nomenclature

Just something to think about.

While I was attending the Reno United this year, someone, whose Tiger
knowledge I respect, pointed out that maybe we in the Tiger hobby should
stop referring the Tiger v.2 as a Tiger 1A, because Rootes never used that
nomenclature in any of their publications. For the brochures, they just used
Sunbeam Tiger (or Sunbeam Alpine V8 for Euro cars)to cover both I and IA,
and MK II for, well, Mark II's. The parts catalogs seemed to use Mark I and
Mark II, and ocassionally the VIN prefix (B947, B382,etc).

This person suggested instead to use the VIN prefix(i.e. 'I've got a B382,
or 'I've got a B947'.

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