I have the 1367 Tiger and I have a penstar on the fender and according to
Norman it was made in Jan. 26, 1966. Mark
Daniel S. Eiland wrote:
> Dick,
>
> Are you sure that Tiger number was a 3821 number or was that suppose to
> be VIN382001375?
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <SloMoIV@aol.com>
> To: <CMeinel464@aol.com>
> Cc: <alpines@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 11:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Chrysler Pentastar
>
> > In a message dated 7/10/00 7:16:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > CMeinel464@aol.com writes:
> >
> > << Ian,
> >
> > I believe all Series V's had them. My first Alpine V which was B395000541
> > had
> > one on the lower front right fender.
> >
> > Curt
> > Classic Sunbeam
> > >>
> >
> >
> > >From "Fill 'er Up!", in the Pacific Tiger Club Newsletter - Dec '97:
> >
> > .....For those of you wondering just when Rootes starting applying
> Chrysler
> > Pentastars to the passenger-side fenders, Norm Miller passes along a bit
> of
> > info from David Duncanson, of England's Sunbeam Tiger Owners Club (STOC).
> > David reports he has a Rootes internal memo from 1966 ordering the
> Pentastars
> > installed to all Rootes cars "effective February 1, 1966."
> >
> > For Alpines, they should start appearing around VIN B395002800, for Tigers
> > from around B3821001375.
> >
> > I've come across a lot of Series V's with the Pentastar hole knowingly
> filled
> > in by the owner. Perhaps that's the reason for the various listers with
> > Pentastar-less later cars.
> >
> > Dick Sanders
> > Seattle
> >
> >
> >
> >
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