[Tigers] GT doors on Tigers

[Rollright at aol.com]

Thanks Rande.
 
Grrrrrrr.........
 
 
Jim Armstrong
 
 
In a message dated 4/8/2012 1:39:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rande at thecia.net writes:

Jim,

Sounds like you're taking this much better than I would  have.

I think you can count on the fact that all Tiger 1A's and later  used the 
upper
inside door bolster from the GT i.e. the larger 1/4 glass  base that 
dovetails
into the bolster, but early Tiger 1's, and I don't have  a VIN cutoff point,
got a 'rationalized' GT interior that used the Alpine  ST inner door panels 
(and
soft top equipment), but got full carpeting,  veneer instrument panel and 
wood
steering wheel.

I pulled all my  late Tiger Mark 1 sales folders for the US and home market 
(summer
1965  introduction) and they all show the ST door panels, but carpeting and 
 veneer
instrument panel.

I then went to November 1964 road tests of  the Tiger from R&T and 
Car&Driver,
two different cars and  presumably actually each photographed around July 
1964,
and they used ST  doors, too.

Jim, it's a case, as any concours or TAC inspector will  tell you, that each
time you look at one of our cars at a United or auto  show, you're bound to 
learn
something new.

Maybe Dale A., Paul R.,  Norm(do you really need an initial?), Larry A. or 
Bill
M. has a better feel  for where the VIN split for the Mark 1  is.

RB