Dick,
Are you sure that Tiger number was a 3821 number or was that suppose to
be VIN382001375?
Dan
----- Original Message -----
From: <SloMoIV@aol.com>
To: <CMeinel464@aol.com>
Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: Chrysler Pentastar
> In a message dated 7/10/00 7:16:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> CMeinel464@aol.com writes:
>
> << Ian,
>
> I believe all Series V's had them. My first Alpine V which was B395000541
> had
> one on the lower front right fender.
>
> Curt
> Classic Sunbeam
> >>
>
>
> >From "Fill 'er Up!", in the Pacific Tiger Club Newsletter - Dec '97:
>
> .....For those of you wondering just when Rootes starting applying
Chrysler
> Pentastars to the passenger-side fenders, Norm Miller passes along a bit
of
> info from David Duncanson, of England's Sunbeam Tiger Owners Club (STOC).
> David reports he has a Rootes internal memo from 1966 ordering the
Pentastars
> installed to all Rootes cars "effective February 1, 1966."
>
> For Alpines, they should start appearing around VIN B395002800, for Tigers
> from around B3821001375.
>
> I've come across a lot of Series V's with the Pentastar hole knowingly
filled
> in by the owner. Perhaps that's the reason for the various listers with
> Pentastar-less later cars.
>
> Dick Sanders
> Seattle
>
>
>
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