[Tigers] back to the battery wood packers

[Ron Fraser]

Jay

                I don’t think Rootes messed up.

The trunk floor is not flat, it has a raised sections the battery sets upon.

 

The side wood keeps the battery off the big rubber grommet for the rear spring shackle.

You need 2 Battery Packers was the answer.

 

Besides, How can you have a Proper British Car if it has no wood - 😊 

 

Ron Fraser

 

From: Jay <jay.laifman at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2021 3:49 PM
To: Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
Cc: <tigers at autox.team.net> <tigers at Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] back to the battery wood packers

 

I haven’t been focusing on this.  So I might be misunderstanding.  It sounds like Rootes messed up and the tray didn’t exactly fit, and they needed to kludge together a bandaid to get the cars out the door.  And we’ve got dozens of emails going back and forth on this kludge.

 

Reminds me of the show I watched about early Corvette restoration - years ago.  The expert showed how the AC or alternator bracket paint would peel almost immediately after leaving the factory.  So he had perfected that peeling!

 

On the other hand, the wood piece was perhaps one of the most “human” parts of the car.  All the more reason to honor it.  Though still very funny.

 

Jay

  





On Oct 4, 2021, at 10:54 AM, Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com <mailto:rfraser at bluefrog.com> > wrote:

 

Under tray wood – the offset of the body mount holes on my Tiger is 3/16”

I made a cardboard templet per the drawing – pic #1 – the offset angle is acceptable to me

 

Pic #2 – battery tray over the templet – in my opinion this sticks out too far and at the front area it is tight to the body

I will make and install this piece before I make a judgement call on its length – this is not a concours Tiger

 

Side wood – I made a piece per the drawing and I found that my body mount holes are about a 1/16” closer together – I opened the through holes to make this piece fit better   I made a 2nd piece with the mount holes closer and a better fit

 

I do suggest that anyone making this piece – check the body mount hole distance carefully and make any needed correction.

You can make 1 mount hole, install with 1 screw and mark exactly where the 2nd hole is located.

 

Now to apply some wood preservative and let them dry – I’ll install these pieces later this month

 

Ron Fraser

 

 

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