Hey, all:
Being both an Alpine and Tiger owner, maybe I can help clear up the serial #
points being discussed here. As we all know, the "B947..." series of cars were
Tiger Mk1s, the "B382..." series were Tiger Mk1As and the "B3821..." series
were Tiger MkIIs. As far as Alpines go, they break down like this: "B900..."
were Series Is, "B910..." were Series IIs, "B920..." were Series IIIs,
"B940..." or "B941..." were Series IVs and "B395..." were Series Vs.
The car in question on Ebay undoubtedly started life as a "B395..." Series V
Alpine due to it's square cornered doors and hood and it's unleaded body seams.
Since it's got the State of Iowa-assigned VIN plate on it with what appears to
be a legitimate Tiger Mk1 serial # ("B947...", which is another dead
giveaway...the square corner Tigers would most generally either be "B382..." or
"B3821..." cars), I'll bet that it's a donor body to a wrecked or rusted out
Tiger. The car is an obvious fake to anyone who's messed with Tigers for a
while. Assuming the current owner isn't trying to defraud someone himself,
it's a shame that he got stuck with it.
My .02 cents worth,
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
B382001600LRXFE
B9006857LRX
---- Cullen McCann <CMcCann@lwpb.com> wrote:
> I looked on the TU page with the vin ranges by model and year, to make
> sure it wasnt one of the long lost hand built prototypes or
> something.....nothing there about it specifically.
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> I know that there are others on this list more conversant than myself in
> this so jump in if I am wrong. I too e-mailed the guy and queried him on
> the history of his car and told him that it appeared to be an Alpine
> body with Tiger parts attached. As far as I know the 947xxxx series was
> limited to Tiger production starting in April 1964. I haven't seen any
> Alpines that carried that designation and I have owned in the past
> 63,64, and 66 Alpines. It would appear that he possibly bought an Alpine
> that was converted to a Tiger from a basket case donor car that included
> the VIN data plate and that he transposed or misunderstood the numbers
> and included the 1A in front. What does the BON say about B9472286? It
> sort of sounds familiar.
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