[Tigers] Originality: Spare tire and wheel

[Allan Ballard]

There's no doubt that questions of historical accuracy frustrate the one 
trick ponies; nonetheless
the community is diverse enough to retain an interest in originality.

:)

Allan Ballard
Mk1a Tiger



On 7/17/12 5:39 PM, Smit, Theo wrote:
> 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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