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What else is blue?

To: GRMTim@aol.com, Tiger Group <tigers@autox.team.net>,
Subject: What else is blue?
From: Rande Bellman <rande@thecia.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:38:09 -0400
On the Tiger Mark I, according to the June 1968 parts book, you could 
get Azure Blue for the seat upholstery, front and rear carpet (it came 
in several pieces), the console/armrest, and what Rootes calls Furflex 
but what the industry sometimes calls windlacing-the thin mouse fur that 
goes on the body in the door opening to help with wind noise (a quiet 
Tiger? to borrow from Robin Williams, what a concept). Things like the 
dash pad and lower knee pad came through black.

According to Rootes pictures from brochures, on the Alpine III, Alpine 
IV, and Tiger Mark I, the rear top stowage covers had interior color 
upholstery affixed to the covers, but the covers were painted the 
exterior color. I was not able to find a listing for the inside door 
trim in the parts book, but all of the Rootes sales folder pictures show 
them matching the seats.

For the Tiger IA, I noticed the upper door waist roll pads just come in 
black, the vertical rear compartment top stowage upholstery comes in 
colors in the parts book, but the 'C' shaped waist roll that separates 
them from the vinyl top stowage cover on IA's looks like it comes just 
in black.

I've got great interior pictures of a really nice Alpine V (B395007288) 
that looks like Med Blue outside with blue interior, and everything in 
the rear of the interior, including the vinyl top boot, is blue. As Tim 
suggested about his own car. you can't tell what's orginal on this car, 
even though it's a beautiful car.




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