- 241. [Tigers] turn signal rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 16:22:24 -0500 (EST)
- Over Thanksgiving weekend, I rebuilt my turn signal indicator mechanical unit, with the nylon piece and rivet from SS. Parts obtained from SS were spot on, but the instructions were woefully lacking
- /html/tigers/2011-12/msg00021.html (7,413 bytes)
- 242. [Tigers] overrider fixing hardware question (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:22:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello there, I'm getting some overriders chromed. Brought them in today. They are the earlier kind with the steel insert brazed inside. Since they don't use the newer fixing carriage bolt, I attempte
- /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00131.html (7,170 bytes)
- 243. [Tigers] Over-riders (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:32:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello there, After talking to Ron Frazier, I realized there are at least 3 different over-riders that all appear to be the same looking from the front. 1) the normally seen one, a simple stamping hel
- /html/tigers/2011-09/msg00135.html (7,927 bytes)
- 244. [Tigers] guage rubber gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:00:56 -0500 (EST)
- There is a rubber gasket that fits in the concave section of the chrome bezel against the glass. I lost the data on obtaining these in a computer crash. There was a guy in Canada.... Best to all, Ji
- /html/tigers/2012-02/msg00068.html (7,068 bytes)
- 245. Re: [Tigers] guage rubber gasket (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:30:45 -0500 (EST)
- Barrie Robinson is the guy for the gaskets. Thanks to all that answered. He has a great supply of square and round for all sizes of Smiths and Jaeger gauges and other things. Britcot.com (British cot
- /html/tigers/2012-02/msg00071.html (9,664 bytes)
- 246. [Tigers] The stiletto visually (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:30 -0500 (EST)
- Though I've always been a fan of the Imp, the Stiletto is visually arresting: significantly better than pictures are able to convey. A few years back driving from Cornwall back to London, we had stop
- /html/tigers/2012-02/msg00111.html (7,310 bytes)
- 247. [Tigers] Coventry Climax engine (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:26:57 -0500 (EST)
- That Imp engine was developed from the Coventry Climax man-portable fire-pump engine, the FW(A). Wally Hassen and his team designed it, and used it as the basis for a number of racing engines. There
- /html/tigers/2012-02/msg00125.html (7,438 bytes)
- 248. [Tigers] pot metal restoration (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:06:37 -0500 (EST)
- I decided to get a set of the chromed pot-metal capsjust under the non-opening vent windows restored and re-plated. The ones on my car are in poor shape so I got some vent window assys. off e-bay fo
- /html/tigers/2012-02/msg00134.html (7,037 bytes)
- 249. [Tigers] Mk II / Alpine 5 oil coolers (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:24:54 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello, Are the Tiger Mk II and the Alpine Series 5 oil coolers the same item or perhaps slightly different versions of the same thing? Got to thinking, it would be doubtful that Rootes would make two
- /html/tigers/2011-10/msg00043.html (7,470 bytes)
- 250. [Tigers] Bumper installation (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:45:40 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello, Last night, Tod Brown and went over the fixing bolts for the bumpers. A couple of issues/questions arose. 1) the bumper to chassis fixing bolts for the rear are listed as 1/2" X 1 3/4 UNF. For
- /html/tigers/2011-10/msg00044.html (8,234 bytes)
- 251. [Tigers] barrel slug with hole in center (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:44:36 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello, To clarify on the bumper hardware, I got several replys indicating that I misled some folks. In the spirit of clarity: No not those pieces that are curved (to mate with bumper) on one side and
- /html/tigers/2011-10/msg00046.html (7,345 bytes)
- 252. Re: [Tigers] Bumper installation (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:01:23 -0400 (EDT)
- Just called Rick at SS. He says there IS a spacer where you describe but is steel, 1/2" long with a narrow gauge wall. Too think and it will interfere with the sheetmetal (?) So the slug that I'm try
- /html/tigers/2011-10/msg00047.html (10,268 bytes)
- 253. [Tigers] bolts and hardware (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:34:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello, After going to my local Ace hardware store and finding they didn't have about half of what I need for my bumper project, I'm asking: Can I get suggestions for online hardware/fastener supplier
- /html/tigers/2011-10/msg00105.html (7,698 bytes)
- 254. [Tigers] GT-40 small block vs big block (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:28:47 -0500 (EST)
- The AMOC sent this out today Classic Motorsports interviews folks from the Collier collection, interspersed with shots of a Mk1 GT-40 going by on the track several times. NICE sounds. The interviewee
- /html/tigers/2012-03/msg00000.html (10,118 bytes)
- 255. [Tigers] Article on Chrome shops; and trip trip to a chrome shop on Saturday (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:33:43 -0500 (EST)
- Auto Restorer magazine arrived today with an article on chroming and chrome shops. Interesting coincidence, as I'll be going to Castle Metal Finishing in Hudson MA to see about getting the pot metal
- /html/tigers/2012-03/msg00001.html (10,283 bytes)
- 256. [Tigers] Pot metal refinishing report (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:07:43 -0500 (EST)
- Hello, Gary Fish and I went to Castle Metal Finishing in Hudson, MA yesterday and saw the propriator, Ron. He advertises consistently in Hemming's. His quotes were as follows: All of the following ar
- /html/tigers/2012-03/msg00019.html (10,286 bytes)
- 257. [Tigers] Glass problem (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:16:51 -0500 (EST)
- Hello, I removed my vent windows to renew the rubber and felt channels and all in this assembly. Problem: After I removed the vent window, I cleaned the old dried rubber on the glass with a number of
- /html/tigers/2012-03/msg00020.html (10,323 bytes)
- 258. [Tigers] Fwd: FW: this is a fabulous commercial (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:07:08 -0400 (EDT)
- Tatra cars made in Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) were made from before WW 2 thru the 70s(?) They had V8 air cooled engines in the rear. Not mid engined ! Made them a bit of a handfull. Duri
- /html/tigers/2012-03/msg00145.html (10,682 bytes)
- 259. [Tigers] cam gear (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:31:21 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello, David Franchi wrote about the cam gear's nylon teeth giving way. I lost 4 teeth on my 260 and I swallowed a valve which rotated in the cylinder after breaking off, and the sharp end cracked a
- /html/tigers/2012-03/msg00197.html (10,314 bytes)
- 260. [Tigers] "vent window assembly" removal (score: 1)
- Author: Rollright@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:49:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Hello, Got the Tiger out of storage and brought it home today. Though raining lightly, I had brought in last fall with the hard-top on. Made for a cozy ride home. Grabbed the service manual and tried
- /html/tigers/2012-03/msg00244.html (10,692 bytes)
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