<div dir="ltr">Someone may have already posted this link:
<a href="http://sunbeamalpine.org/2007/10/24/the-smiths-electric-clock/">http://sunbeamalpine.org/2007/10/24/the-smiths-electric-clock/</a><div><br></div><div>There is a picture of 3030 in it. You can't see the little numbers on the face. But you can see that the face is distinctly different from the others:</div><div>3131/00 with white arms, and 3 and 9 laying horizontally.</div><div>3131/01 with orange arms, with 3 and 9 upright</div><div>3030/00 with orange arms, and 3 and 9 laying horizontally.</div><div><br></div><div>Someone thought my dad had 3030/00. That's not what is in the car now. I'll look through his boxes. But I definitely don't recall seeing an extra clock.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 11:18 AM James Lindner via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Brian <div><br></div><div>Still interested to hear from Norm on what evidence led him to state in his book that the Mk1 Tiger clock was 3030/00.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, I thought I saw in the replies to your first email, somebody posted a photo of a 3131/00 clock AND a 3131/01. The 00 model had the 3&9 horizontal, while on the 01 model they were vertical. It was my understanding this feature everybody agreed upon in distinguishing Mk1 from Mk1a/Mk2 clocks.</div><div><br></div><div>Really looking forward to reading about what you finally determine.</div><div><br></div><div>Jim Lindner<br><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 1, 2020, at 10:39 AM, Brian Glenn via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">I mentioned earlier that I am preparing an article for CAT Tiger Tales regarding Tiger clocks and clock aperture motifs.</div><div dir="ltr">I have several preliminary conclusions that I wanted to run past the group before committing the findings to print.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">1) There is no such animal as a Smiths 3030 clock.</div><div dir="ltr">I've been searching for anyone that can tell me different and/or show me an example.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I've checked with the current owners of Smiths instruments and the folks at Nisonger.</div><div dir="ltr">Smiths tells me there is a gap in model numbers and picks up at 3100.</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Nisonger referenced Smiths 3131/01 for all Tiger models.</div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr">2) A 1967 Nisonger catalog and the Tiger parts supplement both indicate a single model of clock for all Tiger models.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Nisonger references Smiths 3131/01 and Rootes #1235813 which is not in either the Tiger or Alpine parts catalogs.<br></div><div dir="ltr">Rootes catalogs 6601131 and 6601334 both list a Tiger "clock kit" as Rootes #1229322.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">If there is a 3030 clock in your collection, please pass on a photo and any provenance information, e.g. it came with the car new, etc.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Seems like this issue has remained unanswered for the last 50 years.</div><div dir="ltr">I'd like to put it to rest if possible, but want to get it right.</div><div dir="ltr">There's enough bad information out there already.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers,</div><div dir="ltr">Brian</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Brian Glenn<br> P.O. Box 578<br> Julian, CA 92036-0578<br> 714.345.9883<br> <br> B9470208LRXFE GT<br> B9471101LRXFE <br> B9472615LRXFE <br> B382000846LRXFE <br> B382001212LRXFE<br></div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span></span><br><span><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a></span><br><span>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jliny5@cox.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jliny5@cox.net</a></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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