Hi Tim,
I can't really tell if you're trolling or if you're serious, so:
There are lots of Tigers out there with incorrect rivets, that are otherwise
obviously original - including mine. Non-OEM rivets just indicate that the
VIN plate was removed at some point - the bad thing is that you can never
tell with 100% certainty whether it was reattached to the original chassis.
According to my understanding, Rootes made numerous running changes in the
sheetmetal and other mechanical details, and as a result, any reasonably
complete and original Tiger can be verified to be self-consistent, i.e. the
VIN corresponds with the chassis details, as well as the obvious things like
the diff and transmission tags, and the major exterior features
(round/square corners on body panels etc). Most Algers turn out to be
inconsistent enough to be identifiable on a number of counts.
Best regards,
Theo
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