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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'>Here is a picture of a MK II Rt exhaust manifold from Joe Chiappetta via Bill Harris.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FEFEFE'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414'><img width=755 height=340 style='width:7.8645in;height:3.5416in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01DAD08B.337FB550"></span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414'><br><span style='background:#FEFEFE'>All the numbers are the same as the MK I manifold so Rootes only updated their part number for the 289 engines.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'>If there are any differences between the Mk I and MK II manifolds, we would need to see the MK II drawing – 1236160.</span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414'><br><br><b><span style='background:#FEFEFE'>If anyone has an original MK II manifold with different markings, please send a good picture.</span></b><span style='background:#FEFEFE'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'>This has been an interesting venture into the origins of Tiger parts. All it takes is curiosity and a desire to dig deeper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'>We proceeded from BARCAST to DARCAST Foundry and the production of this exhaust manifold in the UK. There are still some unanswered questions regarding this part but the main story is clear now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414;background:#FEFEFE'>Thanks to Bill Waite and all who contributed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#141414'><br><span style='background:#FEFEFE'>Ron Fraser</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>