<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" content="script-src 'self'; img-src * cid: data:;"><style id="outgoing-font-settings">#response_container_BBPPID{font-family: initial; font-size:initial; color: initial;}</style></head><body style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-image: initial; line-height: initial;"><div id="response_container_BBPPID" style="outline:none;" dir="auto" contenteditable="false"> <div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"> Ok now that we have the heavy lifting done on Dip Stick specs, let's get serious: what is the correct color to paint these babies??</div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"><br></div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">Dave Munroe</div><div name="BB10" id="BB10_response_div_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;">B382000450 LRXFE</div> <div name="BB10" id="response_div_spacer_BBPPID" dir="auto" style="width:100%;"> <br style="display:initial"></div> <div id="blackberry_signature_BBPPID" name="BB10" dir="auto"> <div id="_signaturePlaceholder_BBPPID" name="BB10" dir="auto">Sent from my BlackBerry — the most secure mobile device — via the Bell Network</div> </div></div><div id="_original_msg_header_BBPPID" dir="auto"> <table width="100%" style="background-color: white; border-spacing: 0px; display: table; outline: none;" contenteditable="false"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding: initial; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-top: 1pt solid rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, "BB Alpha Sans", "Slate Pro"; font-size: 10pt;"> <div id="from"><b>From:</b> tigers@autox.team.net</div><div id="sent"><b>Sent:</b> February 29, 2020 12:35 AM</div><div id="to"><b>To:</b> bucktrippel@verizon.net; tigers@autox.team.net</div><div id="reply_to"><b>Reply to:</b> rootes1@earthlink.net</div><div id="subject"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] dipstick tube 260CID engine</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <br> </div><!--start of _originalContent --><div name="BB10" dir="auto" style="background-image: initial; line-height: initial; outline: none;" contenteditable="false"><div dir="auto"></div>Can't wait for you guys to get into key, back axle and gearbox numbers!.... Shouldn't be long now.<div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Buck Trippel via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>></div><div>Date: 2/27/20 3:34 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: <a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a></div><div>Subject: Re: [Tigers] dipstick tube 260CID engine </div><div><br></div></div><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Rootes cut the top of the dipstick 2-1/8” from the top of the dipstick’s hat, rounded the end and bent it into a curve with a 7/16” radius. (Thanks to the Rootes Archive in the UK for preserving this information for us.)</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Buck</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="418" height="164" style="width:4.3541in;min-height:1.7083in" id="Picture_x0020_1"></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net">tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>><b>On Behalf Of </b>D or G at sbc via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 27, 2020 3:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>; <a href="mailto:rick@atmospherebuilders.com">rick@atmospherebuilders.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Tigers] dipstick tube 260CID engine</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif">The long handle Tiger dip stick is a standard Ford part (originally from a 1962 Fairlane, it was used on early small block Fords until around early 1965) with the handle bent to clear the Tiger hood. </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif">The short handle (finger pull) Tiger dip stick is the same as the long handle, except Rootes cut off the handle and had it made shorter, this is easy to do with a jig (I have done it without any problem)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif">The tube is a Ford part C2OZ-6754-A, it has to be bent slightly to fit the Tiger. Neither are available from Ford, but they are reproductions available made for early Mustangs etc.</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif">David Franchi</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif"> </span></p></div></div><div id="ydp4baffe8yahoo_quoted_3617699444"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:#26282a">On Thursday, February 27, 2020, 2:27:08 PM PST, Richard Hyatt via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote: </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:#26282a"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:#26282a"> </span></p></div><div><div id="ydp4baffe8yiv3832077688"><div><div><p class="ydp4baffe8yiv3832077688msonormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:#26282a">When I got my engine back from a high performance machine shop, they happily pointed out the new chrome dipstick and dipstick tube they had obtained and installed in the process. Unfortunately this will not fit correctly as you can imagine. Mysteriously although they had returned some other parts, the dipstick was missing and the old tube battered to the point of no use. I am hoping to find a solution…….not sure if anyone has ever made a pattern of the original tube or has any ideas. Thanks.</span></p><p class="ydp4baffe8yiv3832077688msonormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:#26282a">Rick</span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'helvetica' , sans-serif;color:#26282a">_______________________________________________<br><br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers%20">http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers </a><a href="http://autox.team.net/archive">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/orr4sale@sbcglobal.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/orr4sale@sbcglobal.net</a><br><br></span></p></div></div></div></div><!--end of _originalContent --></div></body></html>