[Tigers] What my dad said about the Smiths 3030 Clock

[michael king]

Hi Jay,

I had suggested Jim contact you due to my correspondence with Steve, the
photo he sent was from the saoca site not from his car.

In my backup hdds somewhere i am confident i have pictures of 2 of the
mystery clocks..  Sadly those drives are a long way from my reach currently.

I do not think early tigers used white hands as rootes had phased those out
during series 3 production.

If anyone has a copy of the alpine/tiger gold portfolio roadtest book handy
look at the tiger road test articles. IIRC the early tiger usa test cars
were black dash and blanking plates.. So probably need to look at the early
UK tests.

MK


On Wed., 6 May 2020, 03:14 Jay Laifman via Tigers, <tigers at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Here is a link to emails my dad sent about the 3030 clock.  I'm wondering
> if he misread the numbers on the clock.  Note that he says his 9 and 3 are
> laying down, and that they are red.
>
>
> https://www.sunbeamclub.com/forum/tigers-list-archive.14/sunbeam-clock.67756/
>
>
> *The Sunbeam Tiger Mk I used Smiths CE 3030/00, which is in my car.*
>
> *The 3 and 9 are sideways, and the bottom timing adjust and time*
>
> *set are on the bottom sides, and the hands are red.*
>
> *[Smiths CE 3030/00 Picture]*
>
> *[Smiths CE 3131/01 Picture]*
>
> *In summary, the MkIA and MkII used Smiths CE 3131/01. The 3 and 9 are
> upright, and*
>
> *correct number for your car.*
>
>
> Brian Glenn is reporting that 3131/00 has red hands, and the belief is
> that 3030/00 has white hands.  Assuming my dad could easily see that the
> arms were red, as he typed, that would suggest he actually had a 3131/00.
>
> This still doesn't mean that there is no 3030/00 - as Norman also wrote
> that the 3030/00 was used.  Or that the earliest Tigers didn't come with
> white hands clocks.  But it might just mean my dad misread the numbers on
> the gauge.
>
> Note that his email above went to *Tom Parker* and *Michael King* on
> August 5, 2020 (that was his birthday by the way).  So they would have
> received the pictures that are omitted from that post.  Do either of you
> guys still have that old email?
>
> Jay
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