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Re: [Tigers] Crossover Tiger: Originality

To: "'Allan Ballard'" <allanballard@att.net>, "'michael king'"
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Crossover Tiger: Originality
From: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:23:37 -0500
Allan
        It is always difficult to determine when oddities like this happened
unless you're the original owner.
Norm might have some insight about this.   It is possible that the Factory
was using up parts and your Tiger got one of each.  It is also possible that
a previous owner of your Tiger pulled the plastic knob off then lost it and
decided to replace the lever.  It is a guessing game at this point.

My Tiger Mk 1A has an earlier Vin but a later JAL than yours; both of my
heater controls have the plastic knob.


Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Allan Ballard
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:01 AM
To: michael king; Beamclub TIGER
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Crossover Tiger: Originality


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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