With all due respect the doors being wrong would not indicate the car has
been rebodied.. in the early years before parts were available and the cars
were of any worth repairing rusty doors with some decent donor alpine ones
from a ST alpine would be a easy fix. That said.. any cross over body SIVGT
alpine would also have the same doors of a "deluxe" interior.
The TAC criteria is based around "methods of manufacture" in other words
certain processes used to make a Tiger body by rootes.. doors, trim and
other things can be easily swapped out.. but there are certain processes
that rootes used to modify alpine shells that while can be duplicated to
appear correct will not be the same unless the same process of manufacture
has been used. These are core components of the body and hence a much better
guide than bolt on parts.
On 7 September 2010 07:16, <e.coiner@cox.net> wrote:
> I see one item that is out of character for a true Mk1a tiger.
>
> The interior door panels are a hybrid. Mk1a's are supposed to have a
> deluxe door panel the same as a GT Alpine
> The deluxe panel has a covered panel at the top which this car has.
> The deluxe panel has heat sealed embossing which this car has.
> The deluxe panel is larger than standard it has metal plates under the
> vinyl that make the panel larger. On a deluxe panel you do not see painted
> metal above the inside door handle. The back of the panel near the latch
> also has a jog in it.
>
> The standard and deluxe door panels are not interchangeable because the
> deluxe door has 3 top hat shaped metal pieces welded in along the bottom
> edge of the panel. The door panel mounts to these jogged pieces to keep the
> panel flush.
>
> In a nutshell,
> The doors for a car with the deluxe interior are different from a standard
> interior.
> Mk1A tigers all have a deluxe interior. Most Mk1A cars have square
> cornered doors (Same as Series 5 Alpines)
> Only GT model Alpines have deluxe interiors.
> Series 5 Alpine GT's were not imported into the US.
>
> This means that a Non Tiger source of Square corner Deluxe doors is
> extremely rare if not unobtainable in the US.
> Is this proof? No but it is one area where the evidence suggests Alpine
> origin Doors at the least.
>
> This Serial number is a very early Mk1A. I don't know if that low a serial
> number should have round corner doors or not. It clearly has square corners
> and the soft boot appropriate for a mk1a or Series 5 alpine
>
> ---- Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone tell me a little it about why this car is being sold as a
> conversion (Alger)? It sure looks to have all the correct Tiger bits and
> pieces, so what is it about the car that has "doomed" it to be flagged as a
> conversion?
> >
> > http://www.specialtysales.com/1965-sunbeam-tiger-conversion--c-2803.htm
> >
> > Stephen Waybright
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