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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>About a year or so ago a benefactor who was closing a business donated quite a bit of equipment including a pair of large format printer/plotters to the Archive. I would not be surprised if they can now scan & print over 99% of the drawings in house.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That being said, the UK has suffered quite a bit from the virus and the Archive has essentially been padlocked for many months. They lost a lot of revenue from fund raising events that had to be cancelled. Now that the country is re-opening they should soon again be able to address requests. ,Those interested in prints or scans (or donating during these last few “matching” days, <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😉</span>) can refer to their website at <a href="https://www.rootesarchive.org/">https://www.rootesarchive.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Buck<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PS About Graham’s comments on , I’d like to add that this drawing did use the standard format Rootes drafting sheets. I assume this was because of the oversized nature of the drawing, but it’s on my “to do” research list the next time I visit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=1094 height=354 style='width:11.3958in;height:3.6875in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6359E.91AD31C0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Tigers <tigers-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>jimdamelio via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 29, 2020 5:35 AM<br><b>To:</b> Joe Brown <jbbrown1980@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> tigers@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] Tiger Drawing #4<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good, looks like some drawings came through. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>They can scan any document they have. I believe I paid 10 British pounds for this one. Shipping to the US would cost. I had to find a tube to put it in and carried it on the plane. Got the tube for free from a store we just happened to go into. They had big rolls of paper on them.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Buck probably knows more about what the Archive Center will do. What drawings they have cataloged so far are arranged by part number. The rare Imp water pump was able to be reproduced using the drawings.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jim D<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="composer_signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#575757'>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>-------- Original message --------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>From: Joe Brown <<a href="mailto:jbbrown1980@gmail.com">jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Date: 5/29/20 8:17 AM (GMT-05:00) <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>To: jimdamelio <<a href="mailto:jimdamelio@verizon.net">jimdamelio@verizon.net</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cc: "<a href="mailto:Tigers@autox.team.net">Tigers@autox.team.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tiger Drawing #4 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do they sell full size copies of the drawings?<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, May 29, 2020, 6:38 AM jimdamelio via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autoxteam.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="m_5595788250936378634composer_signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt;color:#575757'>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br><br><a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>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><br><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jbbrown1980@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/jbbrown1980@gmail.com</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></body></html>