[Tigers] Originality: Spare tire and wheel

[Smit, Theo]

Did you know that the Tiger upholstery was cut using the daily copy of the
Coventry Telegraph as a protective backer, and that resulted in faint imprints
of the days' headline in the back side of the dash and seat vinyl? Your Tiger
is not complete unless it has that...

;)

Theo

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-
> bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of michael at michaelshortt.com
> Sent: July 17, 2012 3:29 PM
> To: Jay Laifman
> Cc: tigers at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Originality: Spare tire and wheel
>
> Typical Corvette Owner...I wonder if he duplicates the tiny scratches
> that
> result when you rest your gold chains on the console or leaves a few
> silver
> threads from those nifty aluminum foil Corvette jackets?
>
> Michael Shortt
> On Jul 17, 2012 5:19 PM, "Jay Laifman" <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >Wheels done correctly should exhibit a slight bit of foam grey
> overspray
> > on the black >backside of the wheel.  That's what I did on mine, per
> > instructions I received on this >list.
> >
> > I was once watching a show about a guy who restores Corvettes, and is
> known
> > as one of the top guys.  He showed how he finally figured out how to
> > duplicate the factory paint job on the air conditioning bracket.  A
> nicely
> > painted part comes to mind.  But, it seems that ALL the Corvette AC
> > brackets peeled and flaked almost immediately.  So he "perfected"
> peeling
> > and flaking!
> >
> > He also showed how the cars were painted, then the bumpers were put
> on, and
> > then the paint was buffed.  So, the area under the bumpers were
> > historically lower quality.  Rest assured, he duplicated that too!
> >
> > And, he gets all the big bucks Corvette restorations.
> >
> > Now are we going to start talking about if Tiger wheels have beefier
> bolt
> > hole surrounds than Alpine wheels?
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