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FWY 896C · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 4:33 pm Post subject: Sick Tigger

Right, here we go then, click on each picture for the full size version:

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This is the OSF wing behind the wheel;

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OS sill, or rather the lack of it, looking under the car showing the cruciform and the NS sill;

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These two images are showing the inner wings taken through the holes for the headlights, OS first, NS second;

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The Ford small block V8, taken through the front grille opening;

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The scuttle area behind the bonnet;

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The boot floor looking underneath the car showing the rear springs;

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These show the inside rear wings where the fuel tanks sit on either side. In the first shot, the left hand side, the rear light cluster is to the left of shot;

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Photo showing the cruciform taken from the OSR wheel;

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Driver side floor showing area around the pedals and the inner sill area;

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Interior/Dashboard;

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Back to bed;

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And my two together, well, sort of...

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See, I told you she was in a bad way... Rolling Eyes

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V Mad · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 114 Location: Surrey UK

That is seriously terminal.

Watch out guys: lock up your Alpines, he needs a body shell!!

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dibs · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

Oh. I don't know about that, the steering wheel looks OK. Laughing

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Ivor · Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject:

A bit of T Cut and that'll be fine! Very Happy

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FWY 896C · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

Ivor wrote:

A bit of T Cut and that'll be fine! Very Happy

Exactly what I thought!! My mate who is an MOT tester, mentioned something about 'serious structural corrosion', the cheeky bar steward... Very Happy

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Ivor · Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

No sense of humour, these MOT testers!

Seriously though, I've brought cars back from a worse state than that, and look on the bright side, what a superb opportunity to practice your welding! Wink

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Viper · Joined: 15 May 2008 Posts: 12 Location: Surrey, UK

That is one sick Tigger! Is it the 007 submarine version? It certainly looks as if it has spent some time under water!

I should have thought that a re-shell on a USA body would be the most practical and economic proposition. There was an unregistered USA Series IV for restoration in the Horn a couple of issues ago, which would suit your Tiger 1 (round corner bonnet/boot etc.) I don't know what the STOC thinks about Tiger/Alpines though, as the SAL body number (instead of JAL) would give the game away.

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FWY 896C · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 10:34 am Post subject:

Viper wrote:

That is one sick Tigger! Is it the 007 submarine version? It certainly looks as if it has spent some time under water!

She's covered in waxoyl!! However, my girlfriends brother asked if I'd dragged her out of the canal when he first saw a picture of her!!

Viper wrote:

I should have thought that a re-shell on a USA body would be the most practical and economic proposition. There was an unregistered USA Series IV for restoration in the Horn a couple of issues ago, which would suit your Tiger 1 (round corner bonnet/boot etc.) I don't know what the STOC thinks about Tiger/Alpines though, as the SAL body number (instead of JAL) would give the game away.

I think the Tiger community in general do tend to look down their noses at Tigers that have been re-shelled using Alpines.

It makes you wonder with the cars that are raced and rallied, when they do have a big smash/badly damaged shell, do they re-shell them or spend a fortune cutting everything away and replacing the metal?

Would they re-shell them using another Tiger? I very much doubt it.

If they used an Alpine shell, would these then become fakes? If you believe what various people say then the answer is yes, they do.

She's been in the family since 1972 so for sentimental reasons I wouldn't really want to 'shell her anyway, but, if that would be the only viable way to save her then it has to be considered!! Shocked

I'll never sell her anyway!!

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Ivor · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:15 am Post subject:

It's a bit like the woodman's axe really, it's had four handles and two heads but it's the same one!

Apart from a few things things like the battery box and stuff, the Tiger and Alpine shells are identical.

I for one wouldn't have any qualms in re-shelling a Tiger with an Alpine body, I would simply try and use the remaining good bits of the Tiger shell, plus its distinguishing and Tiger unique components in an effort to retain as much of its authenticity.

Better than breaking it for parts! Very Happy

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FWY 896C · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:52 am Post subject:

Ivor wrote:

Better than breaking it for parts! Very Happy

Exactly!!

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V Mad · Joined: 24 Mar 2007 Posts: 114 Location: Surrey UK

Ivor wrote:

Apart from a few things things like the battery box and stuff, the Tiger and Alpine shells are identical. Very Happy

I think there is nothing wrong in principle with a reshell, but I beg to disagree with you on them being identical. Until I bought the Tiger, I had thought the same, but there are many differences, and to properly modify the firewall and tunnel, inner wing reinforcement, relocate the pedal mountings, remove the battery box etc etc is not a trivial task.

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Ivor · Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:25 pm Post subject:

Perhaps I was making it sound a bit too easy for the home restorer, being in the body industry most of my life does that to you!

Pinpoint accurate Tiger body? Coming up, sir! Very Happy

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