[Tigers] frame off ??

Gary maliburevue at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 29 21:43:13 MST 2010


I use the phrase 'ground up' restoration, i.e, everything 'from the ground up'
has been restored.

--- On Fri, 1/29/10, MWood24020 at aol.com <MWood24020 at aol.com> wrote:


From: MWood24020 at aol.com <MWood24020 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] frame off ??
To: atwittsend at verizon.net, tigers at autox.team.net
Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:44 PM


I think unibody cars are either "frame UP" (if you have to use "frame" in 
the description) or "bare metal" (my choice) to denote no holds 
barred...has to be body on frame for a "frame off" as far as I'm concerned 
;-)


In a message dated 1/29/2010 7:16:24 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
atwittsend at verizon.net writes:

I  recall we had a similar discussing a few years ago.  At that time there 
were some suggested terms that might be more applicable.  But, I  can't
recall them at the moment.

I think to some people  "Frame Off" means that everything attached to the
FRAME (yea, I know,  actually a "unibody" in the case of a Tiger) is OFF
the
car.  Given  that most restored cars were older (and had separate frames)
the
phrase  became common.  As unibody type cars became restorable the term 
carried over, - though essentially  inaccurate.

Tom
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