Michael,
There is a blower switch near the wipers.
I suppose the lever with a chrome ball "could" have snapped and been replaced
with
a different style but that seems unlikely - it would have to have happened
pre-1982 and be due to
something besides rust as the car went into storage in '82 and has little
rust.
The lever with the chrome ball is the one for Off etc. Cold, Warm, Hot has
the plastic knob lever.
On the other hand, if no others have this arrangement, it is less likely that
one car was prepared
differently and could indicate a repair was made using mis-matching levers.
My Series IV Alpine is very early and has some Series 3 items such as round
dash lights (ignition, blinker,
high/low beam, OD) but they are complete - not mismatched like the Tiger round
and square parts and
conceivably the heater levers, but they do point to Rootes' use of parts from
prior models for
crossover cars.
If I decide to make the levers match -- I suppose the "correct" lever would be
the one with a plastic knob?
Allan Ballard
MK1-a Tiger
SIV Alpine
On Jan 26, 2011, at 9:07 PM, michael king wrote:
> Allan,
>
> IIRC the chrome knob ones also indicate that the heater blower is activated
by pulling the knob, the later cars with plastic knobs used the switch near
the wipers, does your car operate the blower via a switch or via pulling the
knob (no rude jokes intended)
>
> On 27 January 2011 10:42, Allan Ballard <allanballard@att.net> wrote:
> My '66 MK1-a Tiger # ...091is referred to as a crossover style since it has
> both square and round corner
> body parts.
>
> Something else I've noticed that co-mingles earlier different styles is the
> knob on the heat control levers.
>
> Earlier Tigers (and Alpines) used a chrome ball on the end of the levers;
> later cars used a black plastic knob.
>
> The levers themselves are threaded for the chrome ball version but not for
the
> knob version as the knobs are
> made to be pushed on.
>
> On my car, one of each type lever is present - accordingly one has a chrome
> ball while the other has the knob.
>
> I can't imagine one of the levers breaking or falling off in the past and
> being replaced - they are sturdy and well affixed - and my cars log has
> no mention of a replacement.
>
> So my question <finally> is whether the co-mingling is "factory" for early
> crossover cars ??
>
> Allan Ballard
> MK1-a Tiger
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