The 3 window soft top was a factory item. My series 1, bought new in 1961,
was so equipped.
"Ole" Olson
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To: Tigers@autox.team.net, nicholsj@oakwood.org
Date: 97-03-26 08:58:13 EST
nicholsj@oakwood.org wrote:
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>
> Two things:
> - somebody wondered if Alpines/Tigers ever had three back windows like
> MG's. Looking through my Sunbeam Brooklands book there is a photo of
> an early series Alpine with a three window backlight soft top.
> Apparently, at one time these were made for Alpines.
> - Bo's recent GT40 acquisition led me to my old Ford GT40 Brooklands
> book and one of the road going GT40s had an air cleaner that looked
> suspiciously like the one Tiger's came with. A possible link to a
> classic car.
>
>
> Jeff
I believe the three window top was only a prototype and not used for
production cars. The three window top would have definitely given better
rear vision but I wonder if it was scrapped because it was more
expensive to make or maybe it wouldn't fold into the boot as neatly (or
maybe they didn't think it looked as good.)
Steve Sage
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