Hi Paul:
Yeah, I remember this one. It was a really neat installation, and
I've got some pictures somewhere. The car was light blue and had a
gorgeous custom blue interior. By 1989 the car had been sold to Tom
Davis of MD, but I've heard nothing of it since. Tiger Tom put air in
the tow Tiger a few years back also.
Stu
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Subject: Re: Tiger Air Conditioner
Author: Non-HP-owner-tigers (owner-tigers@triumph.cs.utah.edu) at
HP-ColSprings,mimegw3
Date: 5/31/96 6:59 PM
>Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 18:47:57 -0400
>To:Bennett Cullen <p21988@gegpo8.geg.mot.com>
>From:tigerpb@ids.net (Paul Burr)
>Subject:Re: Tiger Air Conditioner
>
>>Hi all,
>>Has anyone successfully installed an air conditoner in a Tiger? If so, what
>>are the details. A trunk mount unit would probably be an easy inconspicuous
>>installation to make hot days a little more comfortable without destroying
>>the originality of appearance. With the top up it probably wouldn't take a
>>very large unit to get the temperature down inside the compartment. Any
>>thoughts?
>>
>>_______________________________________________________
>>| Cullen Bennett in Tempe, Arizona (1965 MK I Tiger B9472658) |
>>| p21988@gegpo8.geg.mot.com (1967 Alpine SV B395002751)|
>>|_______________________________________________________|
>Cullen: I have some pictures of a beautiful Tiger W/AC from a meet at
>tiger tom's, about 10 years ago. I belive Bob Yursatis was the owner. If
>memory serves me(!), the car had the oil filter moved under the front
>valace, with an oil cooler. He then fabbed some brackets and moved the
>alternator over to the left side of the engine. This allowed the AC
>compressor(a very small Sankyo unit) to be mounted on the right side of
>the motor with no worries about steering column clearance. He was running
>a "modern" radiator. The A/C condensor was mounted in front of this with
>an elctric fan. The reciever/dryer was mounted to the right of the
>radiator, in the space obove the horn. The really neat part of this was in
>the interior. The cooling unit was an under dash unit from a fastback
>Alpine! It had Rootes badges on it! Bob Y. said the combo never
>overheated, and kept the car really cool inside. You might want to pick up
>"Street Rodder" magazine. Companies like Vintage Air and Airtique
>specialize in putting A/C into just about anything.
>
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