I would be happy that the price of our cars has gone up. I do not plan on
selling mine, but it is nice to see the value rise with the price of other
very collectable cars. Now maybe there will be more information published
on these cars. Maybe Norm will put out another book with new information,
would love to see that happen. Looks like a lot of work went into the
restoration of the Tiger.
Terry
B9471362
----- Original Message -----
From: "bob webb" <bobjeanbeams@roadrunner.com>
To: <CoolVT@aol.com>; <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Holy Mercum Tiger
> keep in mind one thing. the rust that was there is not there now. if the
> person that did the body work knew his business, this car is probably
> stronger now than it was originally. and by looking at the photos it
> appears he does know what to do. i have a car in a shop in ohio at the
> present time and one of the first things he did to a dipped body was to
> reweld and add more welds to everything on the underside of the car.
> especially the front shackles for the rear springs, the X frame ,etc. i
> don't know how many of you have seen these cars after the rusted areas
> were cut out and areas opened up prior to being dipped,but there was no
> rust treatment when they were built. i have taken cars apart and found
> many areas without primer. one big problem i have seen is that the panels
> where the front fenders meet the fender wells is that the filler panel at
> the top required a lot of seam sealer to fill the gap. once this falls out
> it's open for all the water spray off the tires. my body man cuts a piece
> for that area that doesn't require two pounds of seam sealer. he also
> removes all the lead from the body seams and welds all the body seams
> solid since they were just spot welded from the factory. i have not seen
> this car, but it must look good for someone to give 80K for it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <CoolVT@aol.com>
> To: <jxnichols@sbcglobal.net>; <tigers@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 12:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Holy Mercum Tiger
>
>
>> In the salty areas the places that get the rust first are the wheel
>> wells,
>> then the rocker panels and then the floors. Rust on the bottom of the
>> doors is more often the result of water getting down around the windows
>> and
>> staying in the bottom of the doors.
>> The rust shown here doesn't seem to be entirely consistent with salty
>> roads.
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/31/2011 12:06:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> jxnichols@sbcglobal.net writes:
>>
>> The last photo is the bill of sale, circa 1967 from Kentucky. Assuming
>> it
>> stayed in Kentucky, the car is very rusty for a "southern" car with 25k
>> miles
>> on the odometer. Does anyone know if the car spent a lot of time up
>> north
>> with salty winter roads? Or is it a case of being stored outside for
>> 30+
>> years in tall, wet grass?
>>
>>
>> Jeff
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