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  1. SIVAllan

    Correct wheel trim

    I took part in the TAC authentication of a Ml1a tiger recently. It is an original survivor, an unmolested, one owner car. The owner bought the car in 1965 and currently is in his 80s. The car has a Vin number that is approximately ….0030. It’s a "crossover" car with a mixture of round and...
  2. SIVAllan

    Sparto bases, inward-mount type

    Thanks fellas, I have a set of new lights and just need a pair of bases that I can work with.
  3. SIVAllan

    Sparto bases, inward-mount type

    Hi - nothing was attached.
  4. SIVAllan

    Sparto bases, inward-mount type

    I’m looking for a set of inward-mount Sparto bases. Driver quality would be fine or even preferred.. I want to install Sparto lights inside the bumper over-riders on a Mk1a Tiger. I’d like to put together a trade if possible and can offer a set of outward-mount Sparto bases, With lights and...
  5. SIVAllan

    Sparto reversing light placement

    Based upon Michael's description, I took a photo of the bases that I have, side-by-side and upside down to illustrate the curves. I believe these must be bases for early series cars and mount to the outside of the bumper overriders. Perhaps someone with the other type base could post a picture...
  6. SIVAllan

    Sparto reversing light placement

    Thanks, Michael. Could you post pictures or maybe sketch drawings to illustrate the degree of a compound curve? The bases I'm looking at fit to the car almost in a straight line. There's a minor curve at one end. Technically that would be a compound curve I suppose, but comparatively speaking...
  7. SIVAllan

    Sparto reversing light placement

    Be sure and post pictures once the lights are installed.
  8. SIVAllan

    Sparto reversing light placement

    The supplied wiring harness probably plugs into the main harness like the OD harness does. If so, maybe someone has one and can use it to see where it reaches, whether to one or both locations.
  9. SIVAllan

    Sparto reversing light placement

    From time to time the question arises about where to install Sparto lights. These lights are scarce - I recall seeing them installed only rarely. Pictures in Rootes accessory brochures provide locations for both early and late Alpines and Mk1 Tigers. Possibly a set was installed now and then...
  10. SIVAllan

    Correct wheel trim

    Here's a picture of each taken in my garage today, for purposes of illustration.. The ancient iPhone camera had a hard time with the slots and the afternoon sun, just ignore the image 'doubling." Thanks Mark for sending the slotted set down to Atlanta. I believe a cross hatch set could have...
  11. SIVAllan

    Correct wheel trim

    Thanks for the information fellas. I'll mount the cross hatch if only because "that's what I got." I do like to maintain an original appearance but this one will slip beneath the radar.
  12. SIVAllan

    Correct wheel trim

  13. SIVAllan

    Correct wheel trim

    I think so too but am not so sure for early Ml1a's with a mixture of Mk1 and Mk1a features.
  14. SIVAllan

    Correct wheel trim

    Michael, thanks. That's the way I see it as well. The car is only #91 for the production run and things happen - like mixing square and round corers for example. This will provide a break from LAT 70 wheels :)
  15. SIVAllan

    Correct wheel trim

    I have a “crossover” Tiger originality question. My Tiger has both round and square corners and a very low VIN (B382….91) I - hallmarks Of a “crossover” from the Mark 1 Tigers to Mark 1a Tigers. The question involves stock wheel trim. Was the crisscross-cross pattern correct for the...
  16. SIVAllan

    Series I temp sender questions

    No. The engine failed on a test drive, blowing one or both head gaskets, or worse. I'm pretty disgusted and haven't pulled it yet to do an autopsy. It looks like the goose-neck attaching the lower radiator hose failed or the hose split catastrophically, or something as yet unknown occurred in...
  17. SIVAllan

    Odd generator bracket fitting

    So I started removing dust and grime from the MK1a's engine bay - getting ready to drive to SUNI. The generator bracket has a small "P" fitting hidden beneath hoses that I haven't noticed before - any idea what it's for? There isn't much in the area needing its own fastener and it doesn't...
  18. SIVAllan

    Series I temp sender questions

    Thanks Tom. I revisited a search and an earlier suggestion to solve a slight misfit (too small) of a stock late Series sender with the stock 2.8l gooseneck. Tape plus a ground wire should do the trick. I don’t see any reason a stock late Series sender plus a repo Rootes voltage stabilizer...
  19. SIVAllan

    Series I temp sender questions

    Tom, If a sender with the right resistance characteristics doesn't fit - what use is it? Have you read the thread? The question is which sender BOTH fits the stock gooseneck and has the right resistance characteristics.
  20. SIVAllan

    Series I temp sender questions

    Mike, I stopped by an ACE hardware store. ACE determined the threads are metric and that a 16 mm nut with a 1.5 pitch fits the sender. So the sender's theads are metric, 16mm with 1.5 pitch.
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