Thanks for all the great responses! It has not been TAC'd but I'm
confident it is a real Tiger.
On 02/13/13 09:57 PM, Tom Hall wrote:
> On 2/13/2013 3:16 PM, Bob Dixon wrote:
>> I suspect the answers are 'no' but here goes:
>>
>> If a dumb-ass paint shop sandblasted the vin plate off a Tiger, is
>> there any way to legally replace it? Could a Tiger be TAC'd without
>> it's original vin plate? If a new VIN is issued by the state, could a
>> Tiger still be TAC'd?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>> Currently Tigerless :-(
>
> Itbs nice to know that the world wide training process for our TAC
> Inspectors is complete enough that they, and other owners on this
> list, not necessarily officially associated with the TAC process, can
> respond positively about your request. Officially, TAC Inspectors,
> trained by the STOA TAC Committee, can process any chassis, under
> appropriate contitions, to attempt to determine if it was originally
> produced as a " Sunbeam Tiger". It is obviously difficult to
> b locateb (for filing purposes) a chassis that has no remaining
> identification. But that situation is rarely the case. The chassis in
> most cases has the differential and or the transmission, both of
> which
> still have individual serial numbers which can lead us to a matching
> VIN number, which we can trace from original Jensen Production
> records. A bare shell, with no other components is b TAC-ableb ,
> but
> the question and problem is: where do we file it in our data base,
> based on original VIN numbers?
>
> So if you are contemplating the purchase of a Tiger with a missing or
> partially destroyed VIN Tag, you should be more concerned with the
> aspect of (is this a real Tiger chassis) than the readability of the
> remaining VIN Tag. State issued ID may affect the value of the
> chassis, but it does not disrupt our criteria for chassis inspection.
>
> Since we have already Authenticated almost 1000 original Tiger
> chassis, the question may already have been solved. Did you look next
> to the wiper motor mounting location on the inner cowl to see if it
> has already been Authenticated (TACed)?
>
> STOA TAC Senior Inspector #1
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