<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>In a Tiger garage long, long ago, a</div><div>lone young used Tiger owner was </div><div>examining his engine compartment</div><div>to figure out why the steering </div><div>geometry of his newly acquired used</div><div>car was so... BAD. OMG he said</div><div>when he found an obviously damaged</div><div>section of his frame rail just in front of</div><div>the engine mount... "this thing has been</div><div>wrecked!". Luckily he didn't freak and sell</div><div>the thing in 1971 and later found out that</div><div>all Tigers have this crude "damage". Does</div><div>anyone else think that maybe this "careful</div><div>hand workmanship" could have been the</div><div>origin of the "big mate with the sledgehammer"?</div><div>I have never built an Alger but I bet a small guy</div><div>with a claw hammer could do the same mod...</div><div>I'll shut up if you guys tell me it was done with</div><div>precision factory jigs to enable the incredible</div><div>production schedule...</div><div>Gary</div><div><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 12, 2016, at 9:14 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sorry to see the passing of a Rootes employee so involved with the Tiger.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I never held much stock in the “big bruiser of a man” comment but who of us did not see that big man swinging the hammer in our minds eye after reading those lines. It’s a wonderfully catchy story line and one that will probably never go away. We can only smile and sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> You can’t do production numbers by waiting for the big bruiser to mall the transmission tunnel. You would need all the Rugby players in the UK on staff to meet production numbers. The only time I can think of a big bruiser swinging the big mallet would be in the Experimental department when they were experimenting. Actually it does not take a big bruiser to swing a big hammer unless it’s a 20 lb. sledgehammer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Production numbers are accomplished by engineering the correct parts and the correct jigs for the transmission tunnel. I would think Royden saw to that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Tigers [<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Norman C. Miller via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 12, 2016 2:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Tigers] HISTORIES ECHOS - BANGERS & MASH<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><image001.jpg><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br><span>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a></span><br><span>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a></span><br><span>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/garywinblad@comcast.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/garywinblad@comcast.net</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>