[Tigers] MkII VINs

[Tod Brown]

Tom:

As I said in my previous email, 00001 and 00002 were assembled by 
Rootes, not Jensen, and do not carry JAL tags, according to the note in 
the SS catalog. In the pics I got for 00002, I could see no JAL tag. 
Whether Jensen took into account 00001 and 00002 when they began 
assigning JAL numbers to the cars they assembled, I could not say. I 
have seen, in the past, many examples where serial numbers and JAL 
numbers are not in sequence. My guess is that Jensen was not at all 
careful with assigning JAL numbers as they assembled the cars.

Tod



On 7/16/2016 9:49 AM, Tom Parker wrote:
> Ron,
>
> My JAL tag is 700008, my Serial Number is B382100105. If the sequence 
> is accurate the implication is Jensen built s/n's B382100001 & 0002 in 
> addition to 100 - 105. I'm assuming, of course, that the JAL Tag shows 
> the sequence of assembly AT Jensen,,
>
> Tom
> '67 Mark 2
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 7:27 PM, Tod Brown via Tigers 
> <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>     Actually, there were two MkII's assembled by Rootes before
>     production was turned
>     over to Jensen. They carry serial numbers B382100001 and
>     B382100002 but no JAL
>     numbers. The Jensen run began with B382100100 and ended with
>     ...633. See the
>     note in the SS Catalog:
>
>     MARK II PRODUCTION NUMBERS VARY. CARS WITH
>     SERIAL # B382100001
>     AND #B382100002 EXIST WITH NO JAL #’S (JENSEN ALPINE LTD. BODY #)
>     WHICH INDICATES THE CARS WERE COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED BY ROOTES,
>     NEVER GOING TO THE JENSEN PLANT AND MUST HAVE BEEN A PRE-
>     PRODUCTION PILOT CARS. THE NEXT MK II IS B382100
>     100 WHICH CARRIES
>     A JAL NUMBER, THE FIRST OF THE MK II SERIES.
>
>     There were also six (IIRC) MkIA's fitted with the MkII mechanicals
>     (289 block, wide-
>     ratio trans, modifiedWatts linkage, etc.) but were badged as
>     MkIA'sat the end of
>     the MkIA run at Jensen.
>
>     Tod Brown
>     B382002384LRXFE
>     TAC 864
>
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