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Re: Shifter Ring

To: "Jim D'Amelio" <jimdamelio@cox.net>,
Subject: Re: Shifter Ring
From: "Gary Winblad" <garywinblad@attbi.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:47:11 -0700
WOW, I am convinced!
Amazing what you learn on the internet!!
I guess I was confused because I have only had 2 Mk1s.

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim D'Amelio" <jimdamelio@cox.net>
To: "Theodore V. Brown" <tbrown@midcoast.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: Shifter Ring


> A couple of things I failed to mention.  Notice in the scan that the black
> shifter ring used different screws then the chrome one.  These are listed
as
> part number 9056050 and are black.  I know because I've still got a Rootes
> package of them I purchased some 25 years ago from RJ Grimes.  Also, the
> Tiger parts book used numbers starting with 6 to identify Ford parts.  So,
> the black shifter ring identified as 1229984 was not a Ford part.  Someone
> other than Ford supplied it to Rootes.
>
> Jim
>
> > Here's the link to the page out of the later parts book.
> >
> > http://www.sunbeamtiger.net/images/ShifterRing.jpg
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Theodore V. Brown" <tbrown@midcoast.com>
> > To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 6:05 PM
> > Subject: Re: Shifter Ring
> >
> >
> > > Hello Again:
> > > At the risk of becoming too wrapped up in this, I took a look at the
> > pictures
> > > in the Tiger brochures that were distributed by dealers when the Tiger
> was
> > > being sold.  As most of you know, there were two sales brochures that
> were
> > > printed in color - one with a red Tiger on the cover and, later, with
a
> > white
> > > Tiger on the cover.  Interestingly, the red Tiger brochure shows the
> short
> > > shifter and a chrome ring and the white Tiger brochure shows the long
> > > shifter and a black ring.  Maybe this was another of the changes that
> > > mark the shift from the MkI to MkIA cars?
> > > Tod
> > > B382002384LRXFE

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