- 1. Age and Ownership, etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 23:09:13 -0600
- Okay, I'll add to the age discussion. I bought my 1965 Tiger from the original owner, an airline mechanic who was a coworker of a neighbor, in 1968. The car was cherry, had about 35K miles on it, and
- /html/tigers/2006-03/msg00186.html (7,438 bytes)
- 2. The Porsche 917 Registered in Alabama (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:21:21 -0600
- Stu Brennan's post about the Porsche 917 with Alabama tags brings back memories. It was Road & Track's cover story in the late '70s or early '80s, and it reportedly had nothing to do with Alabama's v
- /html/tigers/2006-01/msg00131.html (8,653 bytes)
- 3. Temperature Sender (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 17:55:54 -0500
- I've been lurking and reading the posts for a few months now, and I find them all very interesting. But I want to comment on the temperature sender issue. First, as background, I am the second owner,
- /html/tigers/2005-07/msg00120.html (8,146 bytes)
- 4. [Tigers] Header Paint (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:27:00 -0600
- If you have everything apart, then by all means bite the bullet and get the headers commercially coated, especially since they are difficult to get at in the engine bay. But I made an interesting dis
- /html/tigers/2008-01/msg00270.html (8,181 bytes)
- 5. [Tigers] Pertronix Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:55:35 -0500
- Will the Pertronix electronic ignition drive the stock Tiger tach? Many thanks. Jim Burruss _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html Tigers@aut
- /html/tigers/2008-08/msg00255.html (6,858 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Tigers] Pertronix Ignition (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:34:56 -0500
- Interesting comments. I have just reinstalled my dash after reveneering it, and in the process installed a different tach, a converted 4-cylinder unit. I don't need the higher RPM reading, but my ori
- /html/tigers/2008-08/msg00269.html (10,327 bytes)
- 7. [Tigers] Cute Tigers (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:52 -0500
- One evening many years ago when I was taking a teenage babysitter home, my Tiger came up in conversation. "Oh, you mean that dinky little red car?" she responded. Maybe "cute" isn't so bad . . . Jim
- /html/tigers/2008-08/msg00512.html (6,816 bytes)
- 8. [Tigers] Brake System Recommendations Needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:36:27 -0600
- Quite a few years ago, I removed the troublesome brake booster from my 1965 Mk 1 Tiger and installed a smaller bore master cylinder to recover some of the lost line pressure. There was some softening
- /html/tigers/2009-01/msg00191.html (8,270 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Tigers] Fulcrum Pin Survey (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 18:37:53 -0600
- I am the second owner of my '65 Tiger; bought it from the original owner in '68. I autocrossed it for 6 years on heavy, wide tires. When I began rebuilding the front suspension when the car was 43 ye
- /html/tigers/2009-02/msg00096.html (8,766 bytes)
- 10. [Tigers] 13" Tires & Mounting (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:12:17 -0500
- I recently replaced my very old tires with Sumitomo HTR 205/60-13 from Tire Rack, mounting themn on my LAT-70 wheels. The Sumitomos are decent tires for the money. My experience with them on other ca
- /html/tigers/2009-07/msg00116.html (7,902 bytes)
- 11. [Tigers] Fw: [Tigers} Oil Temperature (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:13:41 -0500
- I had a similar problem many years ago on a Ford Torino 351 Cleveland V8. The starter sometimes would barely turn the engine when hot but would return to normal cranking speed when cooler. The proble
- /html/tigers/2009-09/msg00346.html (7,182 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:16:29 -0600
- When I rebuilt the suspension on my '65 Tiger, which I had lowered with shorter springs many years earlier, I switched to a set of the dropped spindles. I acquired them from a friend who had imported
- /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00152.html (9,363 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Tigers] Drop Spindles (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:11:39 -0600
- Thanks for your very gentle correction. I had to refer to the only picture I took of the original and "drop" spindles side by side while I was rebuilding my front suspension. And you are entirely co
- /html/tigers/2009-12/msg00169.html (12,138 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Tigers] Opinions Please: LAT-70 Repro Wheels Better (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:01:34 -0600
- The newer LAT-70 repro wheels may well be better than the original ones; I really don't know, But here's my experience, for what it's worth. My LAT-70 wheels did not come with my car. I purchased the
- /html/tigers/2010-01/msg00252.html (8,682 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Tigers] Porsche Wheels on a Tiger (score: 1)
- Author: "Jim & Carolyn Burruss" <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:07:49 -0500
- A few years ago, a friend of mine used washers that were made to adapt tapered nug nuts to wheels with spherical pockets. He ran the 14-inch Porsche 924 wheels on his Alpine and recalls using spacer
- /html/tigers/2010-08/msg00506.html (7,121 bytes)
- 16. [Tigers] Dash Veneer (score: 1)
- Author: "James W. Burruss, Jr." <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:30:17 -0600
- I recommend checking with Bob Morgan Woodworking Supplies, Inc., Box 35, Westport, KY 40077; phone 502-265-0954; www.morganwood.com. It is a small operation, and Mr. Morgan will likely answer the pho
- /html/tigers/2011-01/msg00155.html (7,500 bytes)
- 17. Re: [Tigers] list inactivity (owners age) (score: 1)
- Author: "James W. Burruss, Jr." <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:08:26 -0600
- I'm the second owner of my '65 Tiger, for 43 years now. I autocrossed it for 6 years before deciding that it was worth saving and moving on to a series of competition cars for autocross and SCCA Solo
- /html/tigers/2012-01/msg00050.html (7,558 bytes)
- 18. [Tigers] Racing Video (score: 1)
- Author: "James W. Burruss, Jr." <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 11:21:19 -0500
- This may be the video you have been seeing recently. Nicely done. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmlzni_grand-prix-the-killer-years_auto Jim _______________________________________________ tigers@a
- /html/tigers/2012-04/msg00068.html (9,488 bytes)
- 19. Re: [Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 4, Issue 171 (score: 1)
- Author: "James W. Burruss, Jr." <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:56:33 -0500
- I believe Shelby was the honorary race marshal for the Runoffs that year. I'm not an autograph collector, but when it was announced that he would be signing autographs, I decided to get in line. All
- /html/tigers/2012-05/msg00127.html (12,061 bytes)
- 20. Re: [Tigers] Tigers Digest, Vol 4, Issue 171 (score: 1)
- Author: "James W. Burruss, Jr." <cburruss@hiwaay.net>
- Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 18:56:33 -0500
- I believe Shelby was the honorary race marshal for the Runoffs that year. I'm not an autograph collector, but when it was announced that he would be signing autographs, I decided to get in line. All
- /html/tigers/2012-05/msg00337.html (12,257 bytes)
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