Welcome. Do you know the VIN and able to share it here? Others will have documentation (BoN) that will shed some light on your Tiger. Also, join the FB Tiger Groups too.Being a new Tiger owner I want to know everything about my car as possible. I have noticed some referring to a Born On Date for their cars. How is this determined?
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Yes, the Vin is B9472283. Thanks for the help!Welcome. Do you know the VIN and able to share it here? Others will have documentation (BoN) that will shed some light on your Tiger. Also, join the FB Tiger Groups too.
Somebody will be along and decipher that VIN. Many are at SUNI this week so not in front of their device. My Google search shows that you just recently purchased via BaT out of Denver. Looks like it was TACed so there'll be records. Looking at the comments on BaT, I recognize some of the handles and they seemed to think that you did well.Yes, the Vin is B9472283. Thanks for the help!
Ray
need.My Tiger is original and I keep it that way. Engine performance met my
lubricantsSuspension works. I used Waxoyl for thirty years. All of my machines are
rust free.I use dot 5 brake fluid. I employ original booster. All
Garyare Mobil 1. Ignition is electronic. I still have the points. Carburetor is
385CFM Holley. I still have the 2 barrel and manifold. Interior is
original. I did a respray in lacquer. Acquired and reworked a hard top.
Still have the soft top in place. I have enjoyed this car for 27 years.
Moore B9472283.
The jensen date according to Bon is 2/11/65If I may add some info from the other side of the 'pond'. Rootes' weekly "Off Track" records show B9472283 LRX entered the assembly line during the week ending 29th January 1965, along with 116 others. It is not known why the Jensen Date is two weeks later. 2285 (2/15/65) was also delayed in being trucked over to Ryton.
Correct... the Jensen date 2/15/65 refers to B9472285 LRXThe jensen date according to Bon is 2/11/65
While the Rootes Weekly Off-track reports are interesting, they are only within a week of production. Also, they do not list every individual car, only the highest chassis number of all car produced that week. But the cars did not come off the assembly line in order of chassis numbers. For example, in the above sheet the chassis number for the Tiger (Alpine'260') is listed as B.9472609. It is possible that B.9472605 was finished the following week. (This is a hypothetical example, as I do not know when B.9472605 rolled off the assembly line.)The “Rootes Weekly Off-Track reports” conveyed the last VIN# of the week for all car models off every assembly line at Rootes’ plants, including the ‘outlier’ – Jensen’s Tiger production. Executive standing instructions were “To provide Production Control with a teleprint every Monday with the last chassis number of every model off track the previous Friday”. Here's an example from 12th February 1965
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