Anita Barrett wrote:
>
> Tiger Folks,
> All this Alger talk reminded me of 1970. It happened that my
> 67 Tiger II burned out the resistor that was part of the alternator
> circuit. I had no Idea what ohms it was susposed to be and no parts
> were available from Chrysler as they were already trying to kill the
> @#$! Ford powered Sunbeam after they bought Sunbeam. It happened that
> I saw a White Sunbeam with three stripes down the side.
> It was in the same parking lot where I was working.
> It said "Alpine" but no where did it say "Tiger". It did have two
> tail pipes and the rounded headlight rims of a Tiger II. By leaving
> a note on the windshield I was able to get in contact with the owner
> who turned out to be a nice lady. I explained that I needed to measure
> the resistor on her car and she agreeded. It turned out that she
> had a 1967 Tiger II , except there was nowhere to be found the word
> "Tiger". I asked her about this and she said she had bought it new
> in France and in France they did not allow the "Tiger" script.
> She had just returned from France with the "Alpine/Tiger?"
>
> The resistor was 15 ohms which I replaced with a non-automotive
> power resistor that is still good 27 years later.
>
> Tiger IIs have the Chrysler Penta-Star mounted in a certain location.
> I don't remember if the White "Alpine/Tiger/" had the Penta-Star.
>
> Has any one else ran across a "Tiger" originally sold in France?
> Or some other place besides USA and England?
>
> Jim Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
Hello Jim
My MkI was originally sold in Germany and the original script on the
front fenders was "Alpine". Apparently there was a law and maybe still
is that no two cars of the same name can be sold in Europe. At that
time there was a car called the Tiger Goliath according to Paul Reisentz
so my car got Alpine script on it. The car incidently has been TAC'ed
as #22 and is one of twelve Tiger/Alpines sold in Germany.
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Larry Allbritton
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