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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Graham Vickery sent me this note.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The drawing seems to have a time frame around March 1964.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you Graham and the Rootes Archive for the extra information surrounding this drawing.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Be well and stay well to all<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ron Fraser<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Graham Vickery <grahamjvickery@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 29, 2020 6:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com><br><b>Subject:</b> FW: Tigers Digest, Vol 13, Issue 73<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Hi Ron<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>The Tiger drawing displayed on the 'List' is undated.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>It's serial number is though within a small series of drawings all dated March 1964.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>It is a Rootes drawing, as opposed to Pressed Steel. The author 'E W, Gould' was a Rootes draughtsman.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>You'll note the model is 'Alpine 260'. It took some months before 'Tiger' appeared.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Incidentally, Sunbeam Alpine 260 was the official internal name for the model (Tourer & GT). And is frequently noted as Sunbeam Alpine Project 260 as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Never seen 'Thunderbolt' on any drawing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>If nothing else lockdown enables the pursuit of such details!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Best Wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>Graham<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=gmail-msoplaintext style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas'>**************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>