Listers,
That is a good point about the door braces. I fashioned mine out of a
length of 1 black iron pipe and two pieces of = all thread rod, one left
hand thread and one right hand thread. I welded nuts into the ends of the
pipe and attached it to brackets I fabbed and connected to the door frame.
Al
From: Tom Parker [mailto:tkparker1941@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 9:23 AM
To: Al Fudge
Cc: Phillip Daniel Silk; Tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Progress
Tigers, Dan, Al
I used the Auto Twirler (which is in my garage taking up space...) with the
flat faced mounts to which we welded square tube to go into the jack holes
and cut bolt holes to go into the bumper mounts. Cutting the angles was a
bit tricky, and one had to be re-done after the body was straightened but
it worked well. The jack holes are angled up and inboard, so once secured
the car is solidly mounted; the bolts keep it that way.
There's been some discussion here in the past about the jack holes being a
weak mounting point. Given that the design was built to raise the car on one
side with the engine installed I have to say they're strong enough to do the
job safely with the body naked.
One thing: before you lift the car - assuming the doors have been removed -
BE SURE TO BRACE THE DOOR OPENINGS. The last thing you want is to have the
body collapse, even a little bit.
Tom
' 67 Tiger being reborn
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Al Fudge <allfudge1635@gmail.com> wrote:
Dan,
I purchased an Auto Twirler (see their add in Hemmings or online). I bought
the smaller one for lighter cars. It is very ssturdy. Be sure to get the
hydraulic jak option, amkes it a lot easier to mount and dismount the
shell. I posted pictures of the attachments I made and a commentary about
most of the pictures on the same website as my last set of pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/allfudge1635
I don't have a machine shop at home to do any fancy fabrication, thus the
unistrut and flat plates for the mounting brackets.
Al
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Phillip Daniel Silk
<musta32188@msn.com>wrote:
> Al:
>
> Where did you get your rotisserie for the Tiger restoration, and what
> attachment points are you using? The photos make it look like you've used
> the bumper attachment points.
>
> I am about to put my Tiger up for the same purpose, and I'd love to hear
> any suggestions or ideas you have.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2010, at 6:10 PM, Al Fudge wrote:
>
> > Listers,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have finally removed 98% of the undercoating on my Tiger. If you re
> > 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 don t recall seeing them in any other
> Tiger
> > that I have seen the bottom of.
> >
> >
> >
> > Al Fudge
> >
> > B9471635
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