I also have a bumper with the holes Steve described. They definitely
look factory, not drilled. The bumper I have came from a Series V
Alpine. I think I may still have the lights that were attached to it.
Anyone able to solve this mystery?
Mark
Spontelli, Ramon wrote:
>
> > The way I described it is exactly the way Jay's MkV Alpine is. Maybe
> it's
> > only the Tiger MKII's that do it that way. If I am off a model, I
> > apologize.
>
> The Series V Alpine in my driveway at home doesn't have such holes in
> the bumper.
> It has the license plate lights attached to a bracked mounted onto the
> body of the car.
>
> The two Series IV Alpines that I have disassembled didn't have such
> holes in the bumper.
> They had the license plate lights attached to a bracket mounted onto the
> body of the car.
>
> The Series II Alpine that is in my driveway at home, the Series II
> Alpine that I disassembled, and the Series I Alpine that I got for free
> and subsequently gave <for free> to Dan Walters did not have such holes
> in the bumper. They have/had a single license plate light attached to
> the body of the car.
>
> The Mk I and MK II Tigers in my garage at home don't have such holes in
> the bumper.
> They have the licnese plate lights attached to a bracket mounted onto
> the body of the car.
>
> In the over thirty years that I have been fooling with Tigers, and more
> recently Alpines, I have never even seen a car, or a picture of a car,
> with holes in the bumper for license plate lights.
>
> Does your Tiger have holes in the bumper for license plate lights? I
> think the man down at Verne's could plug 'em up and replate it for you.
>
> Ramon
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