[Tigers] Mystery tag 2

Gary Winblad winbladgary at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 00:27:52 MDT 2026


Michael,
That is interesting!
Googling, it says Sprite bodies were made at Pressed Steel.. so no wonder
it is the exact same plate.
Gary Winblad


On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM michael king via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> The alpines tags had SAL before..  the actaul physical tags were comon to
> other brit cars.
>
> Here is a body tag on a sprite.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Michael King
>
> On Mon, 14 Sept 2026, 10:29 Tom Witt via Tigers, <tigers at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
>> My understanding is that the JAL numbers on Tigers were from Jensen
>> needing an ID tag for the cars when they modified them. The Rootes tags
>> went on later. So, my GUESS is that the tag is possibly from another Jensen
>> assembled car (based on the shape and size).
>> On 9/13/2026 5:52 PM, Stu wrote:
>>
>> [image: 20260913_204602.jpg]
>> I should have sent this with the first message.  Here's the mystery tag
>> next to my JAL tag.  Like I said, I found it in the bottom  of a box I got
>> from a former tiger owner over a decade back.
>>
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