Tony,
I hope you're right about these being artifacts of the early manufacturing
process. It's nice to know that other Tigers have these unused pieces. The
repair work on the car is of much poorer quality than the factory work. The
rear spring front mount repairs look absolutely awful. The floor pans are
very poorly done and the trans tunnel repair is truly an abomination. The
rocker panel condition is obvious from the pictures. The list of botched
"repairs" on the shell is very long. I won't be restoring this car to
concours conditions, obviously. If I can get iot to the status of decent
driver I'll consider that a success.
Thanks for your insight!
Al
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Tony Somebody <achd73@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Al- Those are parts for the Alpine- I think maybe the steering. usually
> cut off closer than yours but I have them too. They may have removed them
> completely on later cars but as you know the Alpine shell was sent to Jensen
> to be adapted for the changes to make it a Tiger. Having union problems, not
> all work is top notch. many welds, like on he fender wells arent very good.
> I was told years ago by Doug Jennings if you see really good welds on the
> fender to firewall brace caps, then you should inspct for other Alger type
> things as the factory welds just arent very good and having been a welder at
> one time in my life, he is right.
> regards, Tony
>
>
> --- On *Sun, 10/10/10, Al Fudge <allfudge1635@gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Al Fudge <allfudge1635@gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tigers] Progress
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 5:10 PM
>
> Listers,
>
>
>
> I have finally removed 98% of the undercoating on my Tiger. If youre
>
> interested you can see what is underneath all the undercoating at
> http://picasaweb/google.com/allfudge1635
>
>
>
> Anybody have an idea what the two pieces of metal in the tunnel, with the
> blue tape, might be for? The car was fitted with an automatic, but nothing
> was attached to these pieces. I dont recall seeing them in any other Tiger
>
>
> that I have seen the bottom of.
>
>
>
> Al Fudge
>
> B9471635
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