- 61. My Car and TO Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 08:02:44 -0700
- Commodore Blue Alpine - you can see pictures of it as the June Feature car at www.sunbeamalpine.org. Seen it and spoke to the owner. He actually works as a mechanic of some sorts at Pep Boys. It's a
- /html/tigers/2000-06/msg00010.html (6,576 bytes)
- 62. Two "Talbot" Alpines for sale (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 11:42:06 -0700
- I know of two early style 1953-55 Alpines for sale. One is mine. A 1955 Mark III Sunbeam Alpine, Ivory and Red, in very solid and straight condition, needing restoration, missing a few items that I h
- /html/tigers/2000-06/msg00026.html (7,937 bytes)
- 63. Re: Bumpers to Body (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:45:10 -0700
- Someone commented to me that they thought I was denying that there were R&L sides for the bumper brackets. They then "corrected" me that there were. Well, so there you have it, there are R&L sides (t
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00037.html (7,870 bytes)
- 64. Re: Bumpers to Body (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 17:56:29 -0700
- Correction, THERE IS NO LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE!! There is a driver side and passenger side! That's because the driver side front bracket would be the passenger side rear bracket! So, now you know. Jay
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00040.html (7,061 bytes)
- 65. Fitting Dash Tops (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 18:21:23 -0700
- I found this is nowhere near as easy as it appears. I've done it twice, and think the third would be the charm. First, I've always had the dash off. I suspect that you won't get the room you need jus
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00041.html (9,607 bytes)
- 66. Re: Fitting Dash Tops (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 07:49:03 -0700
- Actually, I had those two side pieces too. On the cars I've seen at least, those two side pieces are about 6-7" long, but then there were about 3 feet long of black pressboard in between those two s
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00055.html (7,165 bytes)
- 67. On bumper brackets and jaws (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 08:12:03 -0700
- I've got a big jaw. And, for good or bad, I'm willing to stick it out to be hit from time to time. A couple people have told me that the bumper brackets are not the same front and back, only the bump
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00056.html (6,654 bytes)
- 68. Finished (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 12:34:02 -0700
- And your point? Is a restoration ever finished? ;-) Jay
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00135.html (6,244 bytes)
- 69. Pads for Sunbeams (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 09:12:34 -0700
- Someone commented that there are semi-metallic and other material pads and shoes for our Sunbeams. I would point out however that rotors are much harder to come by than pads. So, I would not want to
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00220.html (7,034 bytes)
- 70. Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 09:18:30 -0700
- I believe the RHD and LHD Alpines have the same piping. The only logic I can offer, at least from looking at the Alpine configuration, is the flow of the fluid at the "+" junction. The master cylinde
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00222.html (7,476 bytes)
- 71. Re: Pads for Sunbeams (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 10:36:19 -0700
- Well, I was going to start by saying that's a great point, and that I wasn't thinking about racing applications. Then I realized that there probably is no reason in the world why brakes should be be
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00226.html (7,881 bytes)
- 72. Re: Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 12:50:57 -0700
- I have confirmed that RHD and LHD Alpines are piped the same. The servo and "+" are the right side regardless of driver seating. I don't know what the story is about the Tiger. Jay
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00227.html (6,618 bytes)
- 73. Re: Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 12:53:23 -0700
- On the Tiger, I have no doubt there is no room whatsoever for the brake and clutch MC and the servo. So, those must get swapped on RHD/LHD. I don't however know how the pipes are routed after the ser
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00228.html (6,655 bytes)
- 74. Re: Bleeding order (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 13:03:45 -0700
- Here's something peculiar on the Tiger. In the Gold Portfolio, page 84, they show a shot of a LHD Tiger. There is a hard brake line that goes forward of the servo, but none in front of the MC's (see
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00229.html (6,958 bytes)
- 75. On brake bleeders (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 18:33:41 -0700
- Larry asked "Of course there are the bleed screws that have a check valve, where you step on the brake, and bleed with this valve open, as the check valve stops air from coming into the system when y
- /html/tigers/2000-05/msg00240.html (8,165 bytes)
- 76. Repro door handles (was grill) (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:28:19 -0700
- I have to concur. After braking one too many inside door handles, I came across a pair of stainless repros that have now lasted some 19 years and look like they'll outlast the rest of the car. I also
- /html/tigers/2000-04/msg00101.html (6,772 bytes)
- 77. Obsolete Radar Detectors (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 09:56:50 -0700
- Maybe I'm the last to know, but I read in the paper that the local police are now using/testing laser speed guns. I assume that means that all those radar detectors will soon be useless. I also wonde
- /html/tigers/2000-04/msg00138.html (6,905 bytes)
- 78. SMOG DOOM (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:58:08 -0700
- I don't intend to create a false alarm or anything, but today's LA Times had an article that California is far behind on meeting the Federal Clean Air Act. In a report by "state air-quality officials
- /html/tigers/2000-04/msg00296.html (7,258 bytes)
- 79. Doors and windwings (score: 1)
- Author: "Jay Laifman" <Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:48:01 -0800
- Finished my doors this weekend. Here are some tips for those that go down this path again. First, those windwings are more "adjustable" than I first realized. When I first put them in, one side fit f
- /html/tigers/2000-03/msg00052.html (8,662 bytes)
- 80. Re: Doors and windwings (score: 1)
- Author: Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 15:09:04 -0800
- Thanks Larry. I'm just about done with the car. So, I don't know how many more things I'll have to offer. But, feel free to ask. Those doors are tricky. For what it's worth, what the SAOC guide says
- /html/tigers/2000-03/msg00059.html (8,010 bytes)
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