[Tigers] More Frame questions - with PDF for your viewing

[Gary Winblad]

Hi Dan,
The radiator core support is NORMAL..  it should be slanted up at the 
top also.
Now I see what you are worried about (passenger frame rail) and I think 
you are
probably right, it is bent.  I just went out and looked at mine, its on 
my lift but the
car is fully assembled and with headers so it is hard to really see..   
But both sides
look totally symetrical as far as I can see.  If yours got hit hard in 
the passenger
side rail, I could see how it could kink right at the bend behind the 
crossmember
so it would get more "vertical" like you point out.  Try measuring from 
rear spring
mount forward to crossmember mount hole on each side, the car may be 
"shorter"
on the passenger side...?
Paul Reisentz has a lot of customer cars fixed.  He tells me that once 
they are on
the frame machine, it only usually only takes an hour to fix things like 
that... Now IS
the time to get it fixed!  I do now think I remember your car had extra 
holes put in
the frame extensions behind the bumper/jack mounts.   That would be the 
place to
pull it back out I would think.  Maybe they actually correctly bent it 
back but just
didn't bother to put the bends in just the right places?  I am actually 
interested in how
yours turns out because my second Tiger was hit in the drivers side (has 
new fender,
grill and valence) and I think I may have a similar type residual damage!
In your first pictures, it looked like some damage where the driver side 
frame rail
connects with the inner fender.. looked like it may actually be broken 
apart and there
is daylight showing under the horn mount, where it shouldn't be!  I 
would think that
the inner fender provides a lot of the front strength and should be in 
good condition.
I remembered your car had some huge ugly flares but they don't look 
nearly as bad
(my opinion only) as I remembered.  Your car looks so much better than 
the rusty ones
that Paul is restoring these days!
Gary


On 9/1/2016 10:27 AM, daniel doornbos via Tigers wrote:
>
> All,  I've taken some better pictures (still not great but hope they 
> will do) and put it together in a PPT then to PDF format.  If anyone 
> with detailed experience would care to review and provide feedback on 
> what I suspect is damage vs. what might actually be stock factory 
> construction it would be appreciated.  Also note in last e-mail I 
> called out the drivers side but I mixed with the car sitting on it's 
> side.  The suspect damage is on the passenger side (or top of the car 
> with it on it's side).
>
>
> I'm trying to get a better opinion because;
>
>   * I don't actually know what this should look like
>       o Is NOTHING wrong?  The crossmember did drop right out of the
>         car without any issues.
>       o   The passenger wheel does look OK centered in the fender (but
>         I've never seen the car at proper ride height with a drive
>         train in it.
>   * Should passenger/drive be symmetrical?
>   * Do I have it wrong and what I think is a problem in the passenger
>     but could the drivers side be wrong?
>
> Also on the last page is a picture of the lower radiator surround.  At 
> the passenger side it's only an 1" high and drivers side its almost 3" 
> (estimates).  Is this stock?  I don't see an obvious repair or bend 
> here but seems very strange that it wouldn't be same height all the 
> way across.
>
>
> thanks again
>
> dan
>
>
> PS.  Hopeing the Autox mail manger correctly strips off the attachment 
> and provides a link to it.  Please let me know if it doesn't and I'll 
> find a public sharing source.
>
>
>
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