[Tigers] Fuel Pump Access Door

[Tom Witt]

Nineteen years on jackstands... and my cover is still not installed. However, I did measure the opening. The slightly rounded corners make an accurate measurement difficult but I get roughly 13-1/2” across and 7-1/4” to 7-3/8” front to back. Interesting that you say the corners are squared off. Mine have a subtle rounding with a small radius of about 1/2”. Also notice the downward taper on the front/back edges and the slight curve on the left/right sides. The fuel pump access on the Tiger was actually the battery box area on the Alpine. On a Tiger there should be spot-welds across the front seam of the opening but I believe there shouldn’t be any around the rest of the perimeter as the box was never installed on Tigers.

 

From: Joe Brown via Tigers 
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2019 3:52 PM
To: Tigers Den 
Subject: [Tigers] Fuel Pump Access Door

I keep finding weird stuff as I slowly get my Tiger put together.  Today I attached the fuel pump access door to the body and I discovered that it doesn't completely cover the hole in the body.  One corner of the hole is exposed.  The access door has angled off corners and the hole in the body has squared off corners and one of these squared off corners is exposed.  Is this common?  Were these openings in the body cut by hand? 

Now I have to come up with something to cover this slight gap.

Thanks,
Joe Brown 

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