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Re: Restoring a Car or other Vehicle

To: tigers@autox.team.net, "'Alpine's Peak'" <alpines@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Restoring a Car or other Vehicle
From: Stephen Waybright <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:37:59 -0800 (PST)
Same is true for my Jensen Interceptor. In the 10+ years I've owned
it, I've kept it unrestored, all original, right down to the LearJet
8-track player. The only departure so far was that I had to make a
small control board so that a modern power antenna could be used to
in place of the original power antenna and I substituted Bosch cooling
fans in place of the original Lucas pigs.

My Tiger is the other extreme, completely restored resto-mod with
every modern performance and safety upgrade I could through at it,
while
still keeping a nearly original appearance (some exceptions being roll
bar, 16" Panasports and Jaguar BRG paint).

When it comes time to start refreshing things on the Jensen, I'll
likely apply a similar approach, adding performance and safety upgrades
wherever they increase my enjoyment of the car. I defintely won't keep
the 440 engine specs the same as the smogged out original of 1974. The
Jensen will likely be a rolling-restoration rather than a full-up
restoration.

Stephen Waybright

> --- arado7@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> 
> > My Tiger is maintained as close to the original as I can do it. The
> > tires 
> > are radial, the exhaust is S/S. I believe it is more difficult to
> > retain 
> > originality than to modify. My last significant expense was for an
> > original 
> > air cleaner..cost me $400. Took me 20 years to find. The breather
> cap
> > was 
> > easier. I have no problems with the original 260 engine for it has
> > adequate 
> > power for me and does not over heat with the original radiator .
> > Mobil 1 and 
> > Dot 5, although not original, preserves it since rebuild in 86. 
> > Regards, 
> > Gary  B9472283 
>


                
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