Subject: Re: [Tigers] MkII VINs

From: "Norman C. Miller via Tigers" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 22:06:19 -0700

Well, here's what Jensen shows for the dates 
concerned.  The two "production analyst" MK IIs 
(B3821000001 & B3821000002) are reported to have 
been completed on Monday, Dec 19th, 1966.  They 
are the only vehicles listed as finished on that day.

The final MK IAs, including Theo's car 
(B382002705 & B382002706) were part of a group of 
ten machines listed a completed on Monday, the 
30th of December, 1966.  All of those cars, 
(excepting the two IAs) were MK IIs.

Norm

At 09:34 AM 7/18/2016, you wrote:
>My previous reply appears to have been eaten by the internets so I¹ll try
>again.
>
>My Tiger is Œ2705 (one off from the end of the Mk1A run, but also built at
>the very end of 1966 and after the build dates for the first batch of
>production Mk2 Tigers).
>
>My thinking on these last few Mk1A¹s was that they were built to consume
>the last few Mk1A shells that had already been delivered to Jensen or had
>been partially assembled at Pressed Steel, but had been put aside in order
>to get the Mk2 production under way. Basically, from their perspective,
>anything like that (what we call ³Work in Progress²) represents sunk cost
>in that most of the effort¹s been done to get it going, but you can¹t
>recover any money unless you finish the job and sell it.
>
>Remember that all these Mk1A¹s still came with close ratio gearboxes (and
>my thinking is that the engine/trans driveline were shipped as a unit by
>Ford, I¹m pretty sure there is documented evidence for that). The only way
>they could have been 289¹s is if they had been built with 5-bolt 289¹s.
>Although the engine mine came with is a 5-bolt 289, I never got enough of
>the original tags, etc. on my engine to suggest that could have been the
>case from the factory.
>
>Best regards,
>Theo
>
>On 2016-07-16, 10:54 AM, "Tigers on behalf of Tod Brown via Tigers"
><[email-masked] on behalf of [email-masked]> wrote:
>
> >Norm:
> >
> >I stand corrected and apologize for the misunderstanding. As I said, I
> >had always believed the 289 MkIA's were a myth, so how I misconstrued
> >what was said, I cannot explain.
> >Mea Culpa!
> >
> >Tod
> >
> >
> >
> >On 7/16/2016 12:38 PM, Norman C. Miller wrote:
> >> Sorry Ron,
> >>
> >> I meant Tod.
> >>
> >> At 06:59 AM 7/16/2016, Tod Brown via Tigers wrote:
> >>> Hi Ron:
> >>>
> >>> Interesting. I had a conversation with Norm just recently and he said
> >>> just the opposite, that there were a few cars that were built by
> >>> Jensen at the end of the MkIA run with all of the changes that were
> >>> incorporated on the MkII's just to make sure it would all go
> >>> together. Those cars carried the MkIA badging. I made a mistake in my
> >>> description in my previous email about the specific changes. I
> >>> referred to a Watts linkage rear setup. That was incorrect. I meant
> >>> to say Panhard rod, as that was the change incorporated into the
> >>> MkII's, as you know.
> >>>
> >>> I suggested to Norm that it would be a good idea for him to publish
> >>> what he knows about the MkII changeover process, but have not heard
> >>> anything back from him. As you may know, as the editor of Rootes
> >>> Review, I ran an ad for the MkII prototype, B382100002 LRXFE in the
> >>> June issue past. When I got the info about the car and the request to
> >>> run the ad, I was somewhat skeptical since a lot of the MkII trim was
> >>> missing, so I contacted Norm. It was the result of our resultant
> >>> conversation that he mentioned the MkIA's with the 289s. I was
> >>> surprised when he mentioned them because, like you, I had always
> >>> believed it to be a myth. However, the oracle has spoken. If Norm is
> >>> reading this, I would urge him to weigh in to settle this.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Tod
> >
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