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Rande,

I am confused by the comments in your post of 10/18/98 regarding Tiger GTs,
etc.

I assume that your description of ST cars refers to the Alpine only, because
it is not correct to say that Tigers had rubber floor mats or that only Tigers
with the vinyl dash were ST models. And what does your comment about exhaust
manifolds on the Alpine model refer to? Nosier, but more performance than
what? While it is true that Rootes originally offered the Alpine GT beginning
with Series 3, it was also offered in Series IV and V.

There is no guessing when is comes to accounting for the number of Tiger GTs
produced (I assume this is what you meant when you said "the number of
separate model Tigers?" There were exactly 15 (not 40-50), 3 of which were
"AF" cars developed from Series IV Alpine GTs. Norm Miller did not put numbers
on these cars, the factory did, and they are clearly documented in the "Jensen
Ledgers." Of course, they are also included in TIROST (The International
Registry of Sunbeam Tigers) which is maintained by Mr. Miller. FYI, today
TIROST accounts for the current status of all but 2 of these cars.

So most of us are driving Tigers built after what point?

Dick Barker

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Rande et al,

This is a follow up to my earlier posting on GT car etc. In it I provided
some incorrect information on the number of Tiger GTs produced. The correct
information is as follows:

The total number of cars produced from the gitgo as Tiger GTs was 15; i.e.,
these cars had JAL numbers beginning with 575XXX. In addition, it is believed
that there were 3 "AF" cars converted from Series IV Alpine GTs; i.e., cars
which had SAL numbers beginning with 375XXX. Therefore, if the 3 AF cars based
on the Alpine GTs are included with the production Tiger GTs, the total number
of GT Tigers is 18. If not, the number is obviously 15.

For more information on this subject, see the 1997 Issue # 6 of Tiger Press,
by Norm Miller.

Sorry for the misinformation.

Dick Barker