"Wow!, it is difficult for me to comprehend what Jensen was doing in April
of '65. Apparently on April 1 1965 Jensen built at least B9473187 and
B9473202 with square doors. then relatively soon thereafter they built
B9473317 with round doors. These cars must have driven the dealership parts
guys to drink."
Most likely B9473317 was actually built before April and had some kind of
problem so it was shoved off to the side. No vin was assigned since it
needed repair. After the problem was corrected in April, vin tag B9473317
was riveted on the car. Now the car has the vin of a "transition" Tiger
even though it was built earlier.
Screwy things like this happened occasionally in the UK. I was reading a
story of a Shelby Cobra with a dual identity. AC vin COX 6002 was the AC
cars 1963 Paris show car. COX meant for Europe only. It disappeared after
the show and no one could track it down. Twenty years later CSX 2186 was
found to have various parts stamped 6002 except the frame where it was
stamped CSX 2186. A close examination showed faint traces of O beneath the
S and 6002 under the 2186. A check of the build records showed both cars
were built within days of each other and had the same body and seat color.
Apparently, AC found that they were one car short in the Shelby contract and
stamped CSX 2186 over COX 6002 on the frame and sent it off to Shelby. So
there was one less Cobra built by AC and the total Cobras made should be
reduced by one.
Jeff
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