[Tigers] Fwd: Smiths Tiger clocks

Chris Thompson chris at cthompson.net
Sat Jul 13 20:10:40 MDT 2019


That is such a terrific idea - if I had the skills to make a 
reproduction of the Tiger clock face I would do it in a heartbeat. Great 
service to the community if we could come up with a dead-on reproduction...

On 7/13/2019 9:17 PM, Joe Brown via Tigers wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody have a line drawing of the Tiger script ( like on the 
> fender badges)? I've found jpg files that look like they are photos 
> because they look like chrome and are three dimensional.  I want the 
> line art because Speedhut they let you upload images they can print on 
> their clock faces and I want to see how that looks. I uploaded the 
> three dimensional image and it looks pretty fuzzy. Here is the fuzzy 
> version:
> image.png
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 9:50 PM Joe Brown <jbbrown1980 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jbbrown1980 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I me stick to my hole cover until I can find one in better shape.
>     Mine looks good except for some fading on a couple of letters.
>
>     Joe
>
>     On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 9:34 PM Jay Laifman <jay.laifman at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jay.laifman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Everyone is different.  But I have to say, I kind of like the
>         stock hole cover - very period.  Very stylish.  Why the heck
>         not?  Of course the ammeter hole cover is ugly!  (IMO)
>
>         On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 6:17 PM Joe Brown via Tigers
>         <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>             I wasn't wanting to pay what an original clock is worth.
>             That's why I'm looking for something new that looks"good
>             enough".
>
>             On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 8:14 PM Eric Gibeaut via Tigers
>             <tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>
>                 Either of those Tiger clocks is worth $300-$400 even
>                 if it does not work.
>                 For that price the chrome rim and the clock face
>                 should be in good
>                 condition. There are several for sale on eBay in that
>                 price range now.  Mike
>                 Eck restores them and improves the clock guts so they
>                 work and keep great
>                 time!
>
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