Folks,
Just taped the latest Hot Rod TV show.
They had a Red Tiger as a demostration for changing
the fuse block. The existing fuse block did not
look original, but it was not much better than the
original fuse block. Terry McGean, technical editor
of Hot Rod Mag. had a Painless Wiring fuse block
with a 12 volt relay for main power. He removed the
old fuse block and spliced all the wires to the new
wires attached to the Painless Wiring Fuse Block.
I think he must have been working under a shade tree.
While drilling new mounting holes for the fuse
block, the drill bit was chewing up the insulation
on the new wires. He is a real blast to watch in
slow motion as he spends most of the time with his
eyes closed.
Couple of comments about the Tiger:
There was what appeared to be a 1" "gas pipe" sticking
up in the driver's side corner under the hood. It
was cut off, with no threads. What is that?
The Tiger had duel inline master cylinder
plastic brake fluid containers. Could not tell
what they were from. However, there was a stock
appearing power brake unit on the passenger side.
Assuming that the master cylinder was a duel setup,
and the power brake unit was stock, how could this
configuration work? Power brake unit bypassed?
There was a non stock air cleaner contained
within a large "bucket" that apparently sealed to
the underside of the hood scoop. Could see very
little of the motor due to the "bucket".
Did note a multi-bladed fan, stock appearing
radiator, nice ribbed valve covers, no windshield
wipers and a non stock fender mirror. Orginal
looking Clutch master cylinder. Had nice tires,
but did not get a good look at the wheels. Can only
say they were shiny. Real nice Red Paint.
Any body out there belong to this Tiger?
James Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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