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Tigers,
I inquired about that link to a aerodynamic Tiger, in a 3-D computer
modeling site(<http://home.earthlink.net/~lapcad>), and got the enclosed
answer. Thought you might be interested in the history.
The original posting, and URL, are quoted here:
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Chris S. Mottram@ECCI
11/25/97 09:22 PM
While surfing I stumbled accross an interesting Tiger photo on the web.
It's got a modern looking nose cone thing
Check it out some time:
<http://home.earthlink.net/~lapcad/tiger.html>
Chris
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Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:03:16 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Re: Picture
The frontend was design and built in the early 70's, and revived here in San
Diego two years ago.
Six frontends were made originally, and two additional ones lately. A
commercial type female mould was constructed with more production in mind.
However the main purpose of my personal car has been as a promotional item -
I did a modal analysis of the frontend and presented a paper at a conference
in 1996. The slides includes several shots during the construction of the
frontend mold. Original coverage was made in the Seattle Post Intelligencer
in the early 70's, by editor Foreman. A finite element model of the car
appeared in January issues of AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING (Page 104-105) and
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (Page 36).
I drive it daily, however it is parked now waiting for new rear wheel
bearings, and a new carburator.
The car is stock from the firewall aft, except for the flares. It is the most
valued model - and 1967 MKII. It is for sale, including the molds and a spare
frontend. DMV re-vin-ed it in the early 80's claiming it had been out of the
registry for too long (I bought it in a crashed condition), however I believe
I have all the documentations, including the original service handbook.
I have not had the opportunity yet to communicate with Norm however plan to
do so asap.
Thank you for your inquiry.
Best regards
Gert Lundgren
LAPCAD Engineering, Inc.
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