[Tigers] MkII VINs

[Tod Brown]

Norm:

I stand corrected and apologize for the misunderstanding. As I said, I 
had always believed the 289 MkIA's were a myth, so how I misconstrued 
what was said, I cannot explain.
Mea Culpa!

Tod



On 7/16/2016 12:38 PM, Norman C. Miller wrote:
> 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