After reviewing the pictures of the restoration, it appears the proper
procedures were followed for the work carried out. The bad metal was cut away
and new metal installed, the sills seem to have had the correct strength built
back into them, efforts were made to find replacement floors of the correct
profile, etc. I also noticed a Jaguar E-Type and a Triumph TR4 in the
background of the pictures, so they must have some knowledge of British
automobiles. In one of the pictures is the possible name of the restoration
company, "Nationwide Auto Restoration, Inc.". A few folks have mentioned the
dash is not original, I would imagine that it is much more economical to
replace than repair as age is the enemy of wood dashboards.
Finally, the valve covers. I have a similar set (Cal Custom?) on my car.
They do fit without modification, but mine have been shaved significantly on
the rears under the cowl to make it possible to remove them without unbolting
everything and lowering the motor. In the resto pictures they installed the
motor with the valve covers in place, an unwelcome surprise for someone down
the road!
Jere
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From: tigers-bounces+jteepen=usatoday.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces+jteepen=usatoday.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steve
Laifman
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 12:28 PM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Ebay 1967 Sunbeam Tiger MK1A
Tigers,
Just for curiosity, my Buddy Bar original Tiger lettered aluminum valve covers
have nearly half the fins on each side ground off to clear the firewall. This
car does not, and seems to have deeper fins. Curious.
Yes the front bumper has been twisted up on one side.
As to the "soft top boot cover", I believe that some photos show the boot
cover, and those showing a cover that seems to slope to the rear of the front
seats, are different covers. The "sloping" one is a Tonneau cover that has
the cockpit cover portion stowed behind the seats.
Perfectly normal with such a cover.
The wrong color (blue) engine appears to be a 289, as the 260 had outside head
surface curved, and these appear straight in the picture.
Pictures of both in "Performance Tuning the Sunbeam Tiger" by Gordon
Chittenden.
Steve
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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com
Jeffrey Nichols wrote:
> Check out auction Item number: 140231201604 advertised as 25,000
> original miles. Looking at the photo's of before restoration, which
> includes a close up of the odometer registering 25,000 miles, it sure was a
hard 25,000 miles.
> I think the odometer rolled over once. Then the seller goes on to say the
> engine and transmission have only 25,000 miles worth of wear. Maybe so,
but
> the engine is pretty gunked up for a low mileage engine.
>
> The after restoration photo shows they messed up the front bumper, its
> looks like it is bent upward, or they hit something driving it.
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