Well, if you are in Pahrump, come by and see an original vin plate with
original rivets. Have had the car since Jan 1967, B9471136. And yes, the
rivets do look a tad odd, but I just consider that they are the Brit version
of a pop rivet with no intention to maintaining the pedigree of the car if
removed and replaced. If that makes sense...hm sorta.
mayf, the red necked ignorant desert rat in Pahrump
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Witt" <wittsend@jps.net>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: spray painted vin # and crushing cars.
> You know, I'm not too sure that I've ever seen a Tiger with original
> rivets (and no, I'm not saying they are not out there). It seems that just
> about ever Tiger I've seen has different rivets on it. As best I
understand,
> it has a tapered head (as opposed to the more common rounded head) with a
> small, flat portion on top and a rather small hole. On the other hand I
have
> "heard" (can't remember where) that Rootes used two different types
> rivets??? Perhaps this is just urban legend. Dose anyone have a link to
real
> Rootes tag rivet pictures (and JAL screws for that matter)?
> I think that in most cases regarding different rivets if there is
nothing
> sending up red flags (i.e. the tag # has been reported as stolen, the car
in
> question fits the description of a recently stolen Tiger) then the tag
will
> be pulled and a special DMV (Calif.) tag will be intalled in it's place.
You
> might be harassed a lot and have to jump through a lot of hoops, but I
don't
> think it is as black and white as rivets ok = car ok, wrong rivets =
crushed
> car. Now, I'm not saying that never has happened, it's just that it likely
> doesn't happen all the time.
> Perhaps the one good line the Clinton Administration left us with is
> "Don't ask, don't tell." Don't ever pull your rivets and don't ever even
> mention them in the presence of a DMV offical or law enforcment for ANY
> reason. Perhaps if someone wants to dip their car the plate can be covered
> with a plastic piece siliconed in place (???), though I'm not sure how one
> would protect the rivet from the back side.
> TomWitt B9470101
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CoolVT@aol.com>
> To: <Pirouette@uisreno.com>; <VegasLegal@aol.com>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 5:47 AM
> Subject: Re: spray painted vin # and crushing cars.
>
>
> > It would be interesting to see if a DMV inspector could tell the
> difference
> > between an original, 30 year old Rootes factory rivet and say a General
> Motors
> > factory rivet. I would kind of doubt that! So, I think the danger in
> > removing factory tags has more to do with being original for Tiger
> owners/buyers than
> > for DMV inspectors. For the inspectors, just rivet a tag on and how
will
> > they know if it's an original Rootes rivet (of course, I don't think
you
> would
> > want it to be too shiny and looking new).
> >
> > I would bet that if there are some "special" factory rivets in today's
> > assembly plants that there are plenty of employees sneaking them out in
> their
> > pockets! Great to sell to car thieves.
> > Mark L.
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