[Tigers] Clearing Up Rumors

[Jeffrey Nichols <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>]

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"An elderly English gentleman walked up to me and introduced
himself as Roy Axe.=A0 He told me he was the Design Director at The Rootes
Group during the time the Tiger was conceived."
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wall was beaten with a large sledge hammer to make the engine fit.=A0 Maybe=
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s thought someone looked at the assembly line and saw=A0a Jensen worker bea=
ting on the frame and it looked like they were pounding on the firewall to =
make room for the Ford=A0engine.=A0=A0So they would assume=A0Jensen had to =
massage the firewall via hammer and that was reported as how all the cars w=
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style="font: inherit;"><DIV>"An elderly English gentleman walked up to me and 
introduced<BR>himself as Roy Axe.&nbsp; He told me he was the Design Director 
at The Rootes<BR>Group during the time the Tiger was conceived."</DIV>
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<DIV>Wasn't&nbsp;that the guy quoted in Bill Carroll's book who said the Tiger 
firewall was beaten with a large sledge hammer to make the engine fit.&nbsp; 
Maybe if you see him again you can ask him if that is really true.&nbsp;&nbsp; 
I always thought someone looked at the assembly line and saw&nbsp;a Jensen 
worker beating on the frame and it looked like they were pounding on the 
firewall to make room for the Ford&nbsp;engine.&nbsp;&nbsp;So they would 
assume&nbsp;Jensen had to massage the firewall via hammer and that was reported 
as how all the cars were made.</DIV>
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