Subject: Re: [Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 15, Issue 275

From: Warren Goodman via Tigers <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:33:59 +0000 (UTC)

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I have had a couple of British Motors license plate frames.Oceanside and Es=
condido.=C2=A0Both target marketed the Military in Northern San Diego count=
y.=C2=A0 Yeah they got picked off original Alpines but maybe the pay grade =
sold a few officers.=C2=A0 Long Beach was a big Navy town .=C2=A0

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=C2=A0 1. Re: Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (Brian Glenn)
=C2=A0 2. Re: Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information (Al)

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:09:26 +0000 (UTC)
From: Brian Glenn <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>,=C2=A0 Jim Burruss
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Information

Thanks Jim,Based on the dealership data (see previous attachment), Huntsvil=
le had a Rootes dealer, Imported and Domestic Car Service at 201 8th Str. N=
W.We have documentation of Tigers coming into the Houston area, which has t=
o be Galveston port, so that matches your data.I hope you find the paperwor=
k.Another piece to the puzzle.CheersB
Brian Glenn
 P.O. Box 578
 Julian, CA 92036-0578
 714.345.9883
=20
 B9470208LRXFE GT
 B9471101LRXFE=20
 B9472615LRXFE=20
 B382000846LRXFE=20
 B382001212LRXFE=20

=C2=A0 =C2=A0 On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 12:39:51 AM PDT, Jim Burruss=
 via Tigers <[email-masked]> wrote:=C2=A0=20
=20
 My 1965 Tiger was purchased new from Nick Graffeo Motors in Birmingham,=20
AL, by a Huntsville, AL, resident on August 4, 1965. Presumably,=20
Huntsville did not have a Sunbeam dealer at that time.? When I purchased=20
the Tiger from that original owner in 1968, Chrysler had purchased a=20
majority stake in Rootes, and Sunbeams were serviced locally by=20
Huntsville Dodge.? I still own that Tiger.

I recall a document that said my Tiger's port of entry was in Texas, but=20
I can't find that document now (which aggravates me since I'm a pack rat=20
and save everything in my Tiger folder); so I can't back up that=20
recollection.

Jim Burruss

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Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:28:47 -0400
From: Al <[email-masked]>
To: Ron Fraser <[email-masked]>
Cc: Allan Ballard <[email-masked]>, GARY WINBLAD
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 <[email-masked]>, Tiger List List <tigers@autox=
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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Information

There were two Sunbeam dealers in Rhode Island. Picard motors in North Smit=
hfield, and another in Newport whose name I don?t recall.=20
Both long gone.=20

Sent from my iPhone

> On Aug 24, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Ron Fraser <[email-masked]> wrote:
>=20
> ?
> Allan
>=C2=A0=20
> According to TBON there were 2 Hillman and Sunbeam dealers a Service Deal=
er and a Singer dealer in Atlanta
> Import Motors Ltd
> Lander Auto Parts Inc.
> Buckhead Foreign Car Center Inc. ? Service Dealer
> Southeastern Sports Car Center Inc. ? Singer Dealer
>=C2=A0=20
> West coast executive offices
> LA and San Francisco
>=C2=A0=20
> East coast offices
> Long Island City and New York City
>=C2=A0=20
>=C2=A0=20
> I believe most of the MK IIs had to be shipped to Canada for some technic=
ality. (?)
>=C2=A0=20
> Ron Fraser
>=C2=A0=20
>=C2=A0=20
>=C2=A0=20
> From: Tigers <[email-masked]> On Behalf Of Allan Ballard
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2022 5:07 PM
> To: GARY WINBLAD <[email-masked]>; Tiger List List <tigers@autox=
.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information
>=C2=A0=20
> Thanks for this very interesting commentary.
>=C2=A0=20
> I?ve always wondered how Sunbeam distribution across the country took pla=
ce.=C2=A0 My Mk1a is
> An Oklahoma car for example.
>=C2=A0=20
> Here in Atlanta there were only a few Tigers on the streets in the 60?s. =
I don?t know if there
> Was a dealership or not. Used Tigers and Alpines were sold out of the Atl=
anta newspaper?s classified
> ads for ?British cars.?=20
>=C2=A0=20
> That?s where I found my first Tiger, a Midnight Blue Mk1.
>=C2=A0=20
> I recall reading about MkII?s but seeing just one. I?ve come to appreciat=
e MkII styling
> But back in the day the absence of side ?stripe? left me skeptical.
>=C2=A0=20
> Allan Ballard
> -Atlanta
>=20
>=20
> On Aug 23, 2022, at 2:07 PM, GARY WINBLAD <[email-masked]> wrote=
:
>=C2=A0=20
> For sure they came into the port at LA(Long Beach?).
>=C2=A0=20
> The 80% (I think) is just a number out of his A$$...
> He was back east or Canada, he didn't get one new, just many years later =
(I think).
> The hot rod scene was California and the weather definetly favors a conve=
rtible.
>=C2=A0=20
> But he was right, most came to the west coast due to demand.=C2=A0 That i=
s why you
> see more MK2s back east, by the time they came out, everyone in the west =
already
> had a MK1=C2=A0 with a 289 (info from the late Paul Reisentz).
> Gary
>=C2=A0=20
> On 08/23/2022 10:47 AM steve wick via Tigers <[email-masked]> wrot=
e:
>=C2=A0=20
>=C2=A0=20
> I don't have definitive information, but the cars could have been all del=
ivered to east coast ports, then transported from there. Where they would h=
ave been sold was just a function of where the dealers in the network were =
located.
>=C2=A0=20
> Steve
>=C2=A0=20
>=C2=A0=20
>=C2=A0=20
> From: Tigers <[email-masked]> on behalf of Brian Glenn via=
 Tigers <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2022 9:58 PM
> To: Tigers Den <[email-masked]>
> Subject: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information
>=C2=A0=20
> All,
> I was reviewing a well researched 1995 article What is a Sunbeam Tiger? l=
isted on the STOA website by Von Levandowski from Cobra Magazine.
> In it, he states "While about 80% of the original Tiger sales were locate=
d on the west coast, ownership opportunities now exist nationwide."
> While I knew the majority of Tigers were delivered to California, I had n=
ever heard it quantified.
> Our Tiger research has always lacked data on delivery ports and retail ou=
tlet distribution.
>=C2=A0=20
> Does anyone know from where this 80% figure was obtained?
> Does anyone have additional or contradictory information/documentation on=
 ports of entry and retail distribution?
> Thanks in advance.
> Cheers
> B
>=C2=A0=20
> Brian Glenn=20
> P.O. Box 578=20
> Julian, CA 92036-0578=20
> 714.345.9883=20
>=20
> B9470208LRXFE GT=20
> B9471101LRXFE=20
> B9472615LRXFE=20
> B382000846LRXFE=20
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I have had a couple of British Motors license plate frames.<div>Oceanside a=
nd Escondido.&nbsp;</div><div>Both target marketed the Military in Northern=
 San Diego county.&nbsp; Yeah they got picked off original Alpines but mayb=
e the pay grade sold a few officers.&nbsp; Long Beach was a big Navy town .=
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 1. Re: Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information<br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (Brian Glenn)<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbs=
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=3D"ltr">Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:09:26 +0000 (UTC)<br></div><div dir=3D"l=
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"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">To: "<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:ti=
[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>" &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:ti=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
m.net</a>&gt;,&nbsp; Jim Burruss<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs=
p; &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:cburruss@wo=
wway.com">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: Re=
: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Information<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<=
a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D=
"mailto:[email-masked]">2130714112.698747.1=
[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type:=
 text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">Thanks Jim,Based on the dealership data (see previous attachment),=
 Huntsville had a Rootes dealer, Imported and Domestic Car Service at 201 8=
th Str. NW.We have documentation of Tigers coming into the Houston area, wh=
ich has to be Galveston port, so that matches your data.I hope you find the=
 paperwork.Another piece to the puzzle.CheersB<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Br=
ian Glenn<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> P.O. Box 578<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
> Julian, CA 92036-0578<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> 714.345.9883<br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> B9470208LRXFE GT<br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr"> B9471101LRXFE <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> B9472615LRXFE <br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr"> B382000846LRXFE <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> B38200121=
2LRXFE <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp; &nbsp; =
On Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 12:39:51 AM PDT, Jim Burruss via Tigers &l=
t;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
eam.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"> <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"> My 1965 Tiger was purchased new from Nick =
Graffeo Motors in Birmingham, <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">AL, by a Huntsvill=
e, AL, resident on August 4, 1965. Presumably, <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">H=
untsville did not have a Sunbeam dealer at that time.? When I purchased <br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">the Tiger from that original owner in 1968, Chrysle=
r had purchased a <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">majority stake in Rootes, and =
Sunbeams were serviced locally by <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Huntsville Dod=
ge.? I still own that Tiger.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">I recall a document that said my Tiger's port of entry was in Texa=
s, but <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I can't find that document now (which agg=
ravates me since I'm a pack rat <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">and save everyth=
ing in my Tiger folder); so I can't back up that <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>recollection.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Jim Bur=
russ<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">_________________=
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</div><div dir=3D"ltr">From: Al &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
t" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">To: Ron Fraser &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:rfraser@bluefrog.=
com" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">Cc: Allan Ballard &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:aballard@i=
x.netcom.com" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]=
</a>&gt;, GARY WINBLAD<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;<a =
ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:garywinblad@comca=
st.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt;, Tiger List List &lt;<a ymailto=3D"=
mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">tigers@=
autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Subject: Re: [Tigers] Orig=
inal Tiger Port of Entry and Sales<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&nbsp;&nbsp;&n=
bsp; Information<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Message-ID: &lt;<a ymailto=3D"ma=
ilto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:61FE9F3C-=
[email-masked]">61FE9F3C-661B-4838-B87F-E9E1CA29571C@c=
ox.net</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Content-Type: text/plain; charset=
=3D"utf-8"<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">There were =
two Sunbeam dealers in Rhode Island. Picard motors in North Smithfield, and=
 another in Newport whose name I don?t recall. <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">B=
oth long gone. <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent f=
rom my iPhone<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; On =
Aug 24, 2022, at 9:22 AM, Ron Fraser &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:rfraser@bluef=
rog.com" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; =
wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; ?<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Allan<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; According to TBON there were 2 Hillman and Sunb=
eam dealers a Service Dealer and a Singer dealer in Atlanta<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">&gt; Import Motors Ltd<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Lander Aut=
o Parts Inc.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Buckhead Foreign Car Center Inc=
. ? Service Dealer<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Southeastern Sports Car C=
enter Inc. ? Singer Dealer<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; West coast executive offices<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
>&gt; LA and San Francisco<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><=
div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; East coast offices<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Long=
 Island City and New York City<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; I believe mo=
st of the MK IIs had to be shipped to Canada for some technicality. (?)<br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Ron Frase=
r<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp=
; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Fro=
m: Tigers &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"m=
ailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; =
On Behalf Of Allan Ballard<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Sent: Tuesday, Au=
gust 23, 2022 5:07 PM<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; To: GARY WINBLAD &lt;<=
a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:garywinblad@com=
cast.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt;; Tiger List List &lt;<a ymailto=
=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">tig=
[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Subject: Re: [Tig=
ers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Thanks for this very in=
teresting commentary.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">&gt; I?ve always wondered how Sunbeam distribution across the co=
untry took place.&nbsp; My Mk1a is<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; An Oklaho=
ma car for example.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">&gt; Here in Atlanta there were only a few Tigers on the streets i=
n the 60?s. I don?t know if there<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Was a deal=
ership or not. Used Tigers and Alpines were sold out of the Atlanta newspap=
er?s classified<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; ads for ?British cars.? <br>=
</div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; That?s wh=
ere I found my first Tiger, a Midnight Blue Mk1.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; I recall reading about MkII?s bu=
t seeing just one. I?ve come to appreciate MkII styling<br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">&gt; But back in the day the absence of side ?stripe? left me skep=
tical.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;=
 Allan Ballard<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; -Atlanta<br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr">&gt; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; =
On Aug 23, 2022, at 2:07 PM, GARY WINBLAD &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:garywinb=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">garywinblad@comcas=
t.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">&gt; For sure they came into the port at LA(Long Beach?).<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; The 80% (I th=
ink) is just a number out of his A$$...<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; He w=
as back east or Canada, he didn't get one new, just many years later (I thi=
nk).<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; The hot rod scene was California and th=
e weather definetly favors a convertible.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nb=
sp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; But he was right, most came to the west=
 coast due to demand.&nbsp; That is why you<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; =
see more MK2s back east, by the time they came out, everyone in the west al=
ready<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; had a MK1&nbsp; with a 289 (info from =
the late Paul Reisentz).<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Gary<br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; On 08/23/2022 10:47 =
AM steve wick via Tigers &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" hr=
ef=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">[email-masked]</a>&gt; wrote:<br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <b=
r></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; I don't have definitive information, but the =
cars could have been all delivered to east coast ports, then transported fr=
om there. Where they would have been sold was just a function of where the =
dealers in the network were located.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Steve<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <=
br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; =
<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; From: Tigers &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:tiger=
[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]">tig=
[email-masked]</a>&gt; on behalf of Brian Glenn via Tigers &lt;=
<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:[email-masked]=
m.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Sent: M=
onday, August 22, 2022 9:58 PM<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; To: Tigers De=
n &lt;<a ymailto=3D"mailto:[email-masked]" href=3D"mailto:tigers@aut=
ox.team.net">[email-masked]</a>&gt;<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; S=
ubject: [Tigers] Original Tiger Port of Entry and Sales Information<br></di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; All,<br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; I was reviewing a well researched 1995 article What =
is a Sunbeam Tiger? listed on the STOA website by Von Levandowski from Cobr=
a Magazine.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; In it, he states "While about 80=
% of the original Tiger sales were located on the west coast, ownership opp=
ortunities now exist nationwide."<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; While I kn=
ew the majority of Tigers were delivered to California, I had never heard i=
t quantified.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Our Tiger research has always =
lacked data on delivery ports and retail outlet distribution.<br></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Does anyone know fr=
om where this 80% figure was obtained?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Does =
anyone have additional or contradictory information/documentation on ports =
of entry and retail distribution?<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Thanks in =
advance.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; Cheers<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&g=
t; B<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt;&nbsp; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; B=
rian Glenn <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; P.O. Box 578 <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">&gt; Julian, CA 92036-0578 <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; 714.345=
.9883 <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; B9470=
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E <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">&gt; B382001212LRXFE<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"=
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