Will
Absolutely correct, if you’re paying big bucks for the car, these details should be correct.
It would be interesting if there were other pictures of the engine bay to see if there are any other errors.
I believe if you checked you would find that the wires have sufficient length to swap them side to side. Many of the current ignition wire sets also have extra length to cover several engine configurations.
I looked in Bob Mannel’s book and he lists the lengths of the wires.
1 = 28” 2 = 23 3 = 26 4 = 23 5 = 24 6 = 26 7 = 25 8 = 28 so yes, there is room there to swap side to side.
The restorer should have caught that mistake.
Ron Fraser
From: Will Seay <Tigers at embarqmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2022 4:33 PM
To: Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>
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Subject: Re: tiger on Ebay
Ron,
I agree that the wires are likely an original replacement set. Probably got them from CJ Pony, same as I did. I'm surprised that the lengths worked out with a left-right swap. Guess there's some left-right symmetry that I haven't heard about. My point, however, was that this guy is asking top dollar for the car, citing concourse wins and touting that the car was used as a reference for the Hagerty restoration. In that context it seems to me that the wire swap is a serious lack of attention to detail.
Will - 382001570
Tigers at embarqmail.com <mailto:Tigers at embarqmail.com>
On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 3:05 PM Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com <mailto:rfraser at bluefrog.com> > wrote:
Will
Actually the wires are numbered correctly and they appear to be an original replacement set but they are on the wrong side of the engine.
The heater hose has the correct texture.
The coil might be a replacement with no visible ink stamp – the coil contacts should be turned to the bottom position.
Ron Fraser
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Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2022 11:01 AM
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Subject: Re: [Tigers] Correct trunk hinge fasteners
I saw that Tiger on eBay too. Looked like a very original car. I noted though that the plug wires were numbered wrong (pic attached). You would think that for $135K that they could number the plug wires correctly.
Will - 382001570
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