Stu, I had a Tiger daily driver in Pittsburgh, Pa, and or course it snowed
there. Drove it from Bethel Park to downtown, every day, including the snow
days.
But, I had snow tires with studs installed, and Boy, it really would chew up
the road. Literally. Great trackson, even on ice, and it really was fun to
drive.
Three problems. One, they banned studs, two, it would hang up on deep snow,
and three, the salt on the road finally did the Tiger in. This Tiger was
really rusty when I bough it. It was a cheap car to buy in 1970, cheap to
maintain, and fun to drive. A car for the Boy Racer in me.
I sold it in 1973 to a Kid who used the parts to rebuild his, and then I bough
another Tiger 3 weeks later. It sat in the garage till 1996, and I then did a
ground up resto.
Now, if I finish the HT, the Tiger will be on the road this winter also. No
conv top installed yet, but the heater works just great.
Larry
Stu Brennan wrote:
> I'm just south of Boston in the USA, and I had my Tiger out for some
> exercise on January 1. Normally it would be in winter hibernation by now,
> but we've seen only a few flakes of snow, requiring no salt on the local
> roads. It was about 28F, and there were no cooling problems ;-). With the
> hard top on, and a cleaned out heater core, it was actually quite
> comfortable. (185F thermostat). I tried it around the neighborhood in the
> beginning of a storm a few years back, and it felt dangerous. Too much
> power with too little traction looses it's entertainment value real quick.
> I just got it back into the driveway before plow/salt spreader came by. The
> photo from this was in the TE/AE calendar.
>
> This could be it for the season, since the local weather folks are saying
> that our luck may not hold much longer.
> Stu
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