[Tigers] Tiger MK II Bargain I THINK

[Jim Sencindiver]

Tony,
Yes the fuel pump door (battery door on Alpines) went away for the Mk IIs.
They did a new stamping at British Pressed Steel.

Keep on Tigering!

Jim Sencindiver (AKA Tiger_ii_Jim)


On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Tony Somebody <achd73 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a painter/body man who did the body work on an Alpine for me- still
> a bit of work left but its been in primer a long time- I'm pretty sure it
> will be an Alger if I live long enough. Thanks Doug Jennings for the work
> you did. The shop my buddy worked in was a family owned(3rd generation) Ford
> dealership. The owner was one of the top sellers in southern IL. as he put
> not only his customers first BUT also treated his employees with the same
> respect while expecting work he could sign his name to. The body shop did
> quite well and had a good reputation. Some years back the dealership
> invested in a computerized frame machine. The main problem was no one knew
> how to operate it. My buddy ask the boss if he could start attempting to
> straighten wrecks and soon they sent him to a school that the machines
> manufactures taught. It wasn't long until he could take what I would never
> have thought repairable and he was fixing the wrecks. It told you where to
> weld
>  lugs on to pull, how much to push and although I wouldn't swear to it, I
> think the machine also pulled and pushed fenders and other body parts- like
> I mentioned, I saw cars drive away that I would have bet would have gone to
> the masher for junk metal. Fixing the small differences in the two frame
> rails wouldn't be hard to do if it was taken to the right shop and if
> prepared to save time- like removing the front suspension etc, I'm sure the
> cost wouldn't be so much. It was mentioned the car was originally repaired
> by Tiger Auto. Doug Jennings restored Tigers while Tiger Auto worked on
> several foreign cars. I dint know if Doug did the work but in my mind I see
> him telling the owner what it would cost to be fixed right and I suspect he
> would have replaced the bent frame rail from the front back- to the place
> the frame rail wasn't part of the problem. I then see the owner deciding to
> take the cheaper repair and be happy with extra shims.
>
> My Mk1 broke a fulcrum pin and hit a deer- two separate accidents- the left
> side has two shims instead of one and it has to be for the same reason. I
> cant tell where the bend is but its obvious there is a slight twist
> somewhere and I dint remember the PO telling me which accident created the
> problem- the fulcrum pin or the deer. I'm not getting rid of the car. The
> front end alignment doesn't wear out tires, so I will live with the extra
> shim.
>
> Back to the Mk2-I think the buyer got a hellish of a deal. I do see him
> having problems getting the car back to original but even without the
> stainless molding, the car is a Mk2- one of only five hindered and some ever
> made and it can be repaired I'm certain and IF he finds the right shop, I
> dint think there are many man hours in tweaking the frame rails level and
> square. I remember seeing a drawing of the measurements of an original Tiger
> and with those and THAT computerized machine, that part is the cheapest of
> the problems to fix. ALL of this is my opinion BUT if I had the money I
> would have bid at least 30k. Of course I have a grill and spare air cleaner
> and steering wheel-- just finding that stainless- OOPS there was some Aussie
> guys making it a few years back- a bit expensive BUT they had some for sale
> at one time.
>
> Someone mentioned the battery door- or fuel pump access door- did the Mk2
> have this door or was it eliminated when the fuel pump went to the trunk??
> Thanks for listening to my opinion(s) and responding to my question.
> TonytheTiger
> PS- I had the seller email me pics of the underneath- appears to be about 4
> pieces of metal between the frame and the front suspension. I think I read
> the cross member had been reworked BUT part of the problem could be there.
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