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Good interview article of Don Tarbun by Jon Pressnell in the March issue of Classic&Sportscar. Don was the Chief Development Engineer based at Stoke Road and he played a leading part in the evolution of the Tiger. I can't imagine how many test miles he and his team must have driven in those 'AF' Tig...

Brian Your feedback is very interesting as it proves that County Council registration archives from the 60's (as opposed to the DVLA) can help Club members trace the details of the first owners of their Tigers. Cursory 'googling' of "Walter A Wood Ltd" of Horsham shows the firm to have been a agricu...

Brian As you say "PO" was issued by the West Sussex County Council. The original registers were kept at Chichester and may still be in the WSCC's archives. Local registration responsiblity transferred from Chichester to Portsmouth in 1974 and it maybe the original ledgers went there as well. I would...

Best of luck to Team Tiger in their season closing meeting at Donington on Sunday 30th September. I understand that the Team is heading for a Championship win in the AMOC Intermarque Series and also an Individual Championship plus some Class medals too. Too good to miss so I'm driving down to catch ...

Thanks for that Chris. Having changed the carb, coil, condenser, points etc, etc and having drained the tanks and fueled up with 97 RON petrol the motor now runs well. The considered opinion of the two pals who ran through the diagnostics was that the root problem was timing not nasty petrol. Just n...

On returning from France recently I filled up with 95 octane petrol at an international brand garage in Folkstone and right away engine performance fell away. Misfiring through the rev range above 2000 and generally spluttering all the way home. I'd run out of the the additive / octane boost I use a...