[Tigers] MkII Headlight Rims

[Tom Parker]

Mine (#105) has the non-peaked (rounded) rims.

Tom
'67 Mark 2

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Jay Laifman via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> FWIW, the original design of the car by Howes hand smooth, non-peaked
> headlight rims. Picture:
> http://www.sunbeamalpine.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=4026&d=1349321494
>
> It was the Rootes family that wanted it to look more American that changed
> it.  Personally, my first car was a very late SV which came with
> non-peaked.  I liked them, but really liked them when I put them on my S3.
> Pictures attached.
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 8:24 AM, Tod Brown via Tigers <
> tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> I have noticed that all of the MkII Tigers I have seen recently have had
>> the rounded
>> headlight rims as opposed to the peaked rims used on the MkI & MkIA
>> models. However,
>> many years ago, back in the 1970's, I owned a MkII for a short while that
>> had peaked
>> rims. Was this another case of Jensen using whatever was on the shelf
>> that day when
>> the car was being built or was there a definite changeover date when they
>> went from
>> peaked to rounded rims. Or were they all rounded as delivered?
>>
>> The particular MkII that I owned was B3821000139 LRXFE and was red. It
>> came to me
>> as a wreck as the former owner had tried to operate it in an inverted
>> position. As Dylan
>> said, "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now" so I
>> proceeded to part the
>> car out and the pieces are scattered over Tiger-land now. I still have
>> the headlight rims
>> and a few other odd pieces but nothing worth much any more (before you
>> all write to
>> ask about the side and wheel trim, much to my chagrin). Norm was informed
>> of its
>> ultimate demise long ago, so it will not appear as an Alger, hopefully.
>>
>> Anyway, it seems that, at least from this one example, peaked rims on a
>> MkII are
>> acceptable, so I am wondering if anyone else knows of other examples.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Tod
>> B382002384 LRXFE
>> TAC 864
>>
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