[Tigers] MkII VINs

[Norman C. Miller]

Sorry Ron,

I meant Tod.

At 06:59 AM 7/16/2016, Tod Brown via Tigers wrote:
>Hi Ron:
>
>Interesting. I had a conversation with Norm just recently and he 
>said just the opposite, that there were a few cars that were built 
>by Jensen at the end of the MkIA run with all of the changes that 
>were incorporated on the MkII's just to make sure it would all go 
>together. Those cars carried the MkIA badging. I made a mistake in 
>my description in my previous email about the specific changes. I 
>referred to a Watts linkage rear setup. That was incorrect. I meant 
>to say Panhard rod, as that was the change incorporated into the 
>MkII's, as you know.
>
>I suggested to Norm that it would be a good idea for him to publish 
>what he knows about the MkII changeover process, but have not heard 
>anything back from him. As you may know, as the editor of Rootes 
>Review, I ran an ad for the MkII prototype, B382100002 LRXFE in the 
>June issue past. When I got the info about the car and the request 
>to run the ad, I was somewhat skeptical since a lot of the MkII trim 
>was missing, so I contacted Norm. It was the result of our resultant 
>conversation that he mentioned the MkIA's with the 289s. I was 
>surprised when he mentioned them because, like you, I had always 
>believed it to be a myth. However, the oracle has spoken. If Norm is 
>reading this, I would urge him to weigh in to settle this.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Tod
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