[Tigers] back to the battery wood packers

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Wonder is there is ever a simple  piece of wood used in a modern car to solve a problem???   Would it now  be plastic ??

In a message dated 10/4/2021 4:53:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, tigers at autox.team.net writes: 
I think it was simpler than anyone has brought up. The car was founded on the S4 and S5 Alpines which had the bat box under the parcel shelf (aka rear seat). And the trunk floor was made to a stamping drawing and if it needed to be done differently a new set of dies would have had to have been made ($$$$). Batteries need to sit flat and so a plastic (nylon I think). I believe that originally the rear mounted tray fit the lip on the fame side. That would  have given the tray a side mount under as well. Bu that use in the position as mentioned below required that it be spaced out a tad. Ok, the skinny long piece of wood behind the tray maintains side clearance for a few pennies. But that left the inside of the box unsupported some so another r piece of cheap wood solved that issue. Nothing strange about money making decisions. All because they needed a place to put the electric fuel pump and that place was under the parcel tray with an access door.   

 

Smart decisions tome.

 

mayf

 

From: Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Ron Fraser
Sent: Monday, October 4, 2021 1:12 PM
To: 'Jay' <jay.laifman at gmail.com>
Cc: '<tigers at autox.team.net>' <tigers at Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] back to the battery wood packers

 

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> 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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