[Tigers] Tiger Floor Dry Ice Blasting

Jay Laifman jay.laifman at gmail.com
Mon Dec 30 14:38:48 MST 2019 

Thanks!  FWIW, it is the same model car that Elvis raced in Viva Las
Vegas.  I'd like to try to connect Elvis to a Sunbeam Tiger, or
Ann-Margaret (also from Viva Las Vegas) to a Tiger, but I can't.  The best
I could find is that Elvis had a pink Cadillac, and a pink Tiger belonged
to Jo Collins.

On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 1:14 PM Dave Munroe via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hey Jay;
>
> It took a while to find the photo...but Wow! What a cool car! I have no
> idea where to find such a short w/s wiper arm, but I just wanted to say how
> neat that Lola is!
> The driver looks suitably stressed at the point when the photo was taken.
>
> Good luck in your search for an appropriate arm!...
>
> Dave in Nova Scotia
>
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 4:41 PM Jeff Antosiak via Tigers <
> tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
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>>    1. Tiger information / Dry ice blasting (James Armstrong)
>>    2. Re: Short Windshield Wipers from 50s/60s (Ken)
>>    3. Re: Tigers Digest, Vol 11, Issue 356 (James Armstrong)
>>    4. Fwd: Short Windshield Wipers from 50s/60s (Jay Laifman)
>>       (Susan and Larry Wright)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 19:56:52 +0000 (UTC)
>> From: James Armstrong <rollright at aol.com>
>> To: tigers at autox.team.net
>> Subject: [Tigers] Tiger information / Dry ice blasting
>> Message-ID: <71862051.3253899.1577735812701 at mail.yahoo.com>
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>> Hello all,
>> I bought my Tiger in 1976, and the guy that I bought it from had executed
>> a
>> new exterior paint job that was really nice (it covered over the rust
>> quite
>> well!). To hide the surface rust in the trunk, he coated it with some
>> tarry
>> substance that has NEVER set up; still stickyish. Time to fix this mess.
>> Several years ago, in Auto Restorer magazine there was an article about a
>> guy in Colorado that had a Dry Ice Blasting system in the back of his open
>> bed truck. He could drive to jobs and do the deed. There is a local
>> company
>> in Salem MA called ServPro (franchise) that quoted me between $ 2200 - $
>> 2400 to dry ice blast the trunk floor of my Tiger. I choked. They said
>> they'd have to rent a machine, get the dry ice pellets, etc and then do
>> the
>> deed.
>> Does anybody know of a company in New England or Eastern Upstate NY that
>> has
>> a machine and could do it for less that $ 1,000 ?
>> Jim ArmstrongMk 1A382002083 LRXFECode 86TAC #....
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>> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:03:15 -0700
>> From: Ken <ktisdale at ix.netcom.com>
>> To: tigers at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Short Windshield Wipers from 50s/60s
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>> Have you pinged any of the vintage racing clubs?
>>
>> https://svra.com/ <https://svra.com/>
>>
>>   * *SOVREN -Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts*/Home track -Seattle
>>     Int'l Raceway/
>>         Registrar: Judy Buckingham
>>         4456 W. Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040
>>         206 2324644 FAX 232-3844
>>
>> On 12/30/2019 12:51 PM, Jay Laifman via Tigers wrote:
>> > Hi guys,
>> >
>> > If you are offended by reading an email about non-Tiger, please stop
>> > here and delete.? I am just reaching out to the broader English car
>> > world to help us find a missing part.
>> >
>> > We purchased a 1962 Elva Mk6 sportsracer, and we're in the process of
>> > restoring it.? There were only 28 of these made. When new, the ones
>> > set up for FIA racing had a windshield wiper.? None of the current
>> > cars still have the wiper.? Our car was set up for FIA racing and in
>> > fact did FIA racing.? So we want to get that wiper again.? It is super
>> > short - not just the blade but the arm too.
>> >
>> > Attached is a picture of our car in period.? It's about the best
>> > picture of any of the cars showing the wiper.? Anyone have any
>> > thoughts?? I've looked at every MG, Triumph, Morris, Jaguar, etc.,
>> > that I can find.? And gone to all the suppliers and looked at their
>> > catalogs.? Nothing jumps out as small enough.? It is possible that
>> > they got one of the stock ones, and just cut it down.? Someone just
>> > said that ironically one of the smallest arms he'd seen was on a big
>> > Healey.? Note too that ours was not the only one that was all black.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any thoughts.? And apologies to anyone offended.
>> >
>> > Jay
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> Looks like a cut-down one, Jay
>> Jim Armstrong
>> In a message dated 12/30/2019 2:54:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>> <jay.laifman at gmail.com>To: "Tiger's Den" <tigers at autox.team.net>Subject:
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>> Hi guys,
>> If you are offended by reading an email about non-Tiger, please stop
>> hereand
>> delete.? I am just reaching out to the broader English car world tohelp us
>> find a missing part.
>> We purchased a 1962 Elva Mk6 sportsracer, and we're in the process
>> ofrestoring it.? There were only 28 of these made.? When new, the ones set
>> upfor FIA racing had a windshield wiper.? None of the current cars still
>> havethe wiper.? Our car was set up for FIA racing and in fact did FIA
>> racing.So we want to get that wiper again.? It is super short - not just
>> the
>> bladebut the arm too.
>> Attached is a picture of our car in period.? It's about the best picture
>> ofany of the cars showing the wiper.? Anyone have any thoughts?? I've
>> lookedat every MG, Triumph, Morris, Jaguar, etc., that I can find.? And
>> gone
>> toall the suppliers and looked at their catalogs.? Nothing jumps out as
>> smallenough.? It is possible that they got one of the stock ones, and just
>> cutit down.? Someone just said that ironically one of the smallest arms
>> he'dseen was on a big Healey.? Note too that ours was not the only one
>> that
>> wasall black.
>> Thanks for any thoughts.? And apologies to anyone offended.
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>> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:23:53 -0500
>> From: Susan and Larry Wright <wrightsinseabrook at icloud.com>
>> To: Tiger List <tigers at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: [Tigers] Fwd: Short Windshield Wipers from 50s/60s (Jay
>>         Laifman)
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>>         Jay:
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>>         Sorry, I cannot get any attachments from the list, they are always
>> ?scrubbed?. But, just for fun, I did a search for ?snowmobile wipers? and
>> the results show some very short ones both arms and blades. No idea why I
>> did that, no snowmobiles around here. Good luck!
>>
>> Lawrence Wright
>> wrightsinseabrook at icloud.com
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>> >   1. Short Windshield Wipers from 50s/60s (Jay Laifman)
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>> > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:51:59 -0800
>> > From: Jay Laifman <jay.laifman at gmail.com>
>> > To: "Tiger's Den" <tigers at autox.team.net>
>> > Subject: [Tigers] Short Windshield Wipers from 50s/60s
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>> >
>> > Hi guys,
>> >
>> > If you are offended by reading an email about non-Tiger, please stop
>> > here and delete.  I am just reaching out to the broader English car
>> > world to help us find a missing part.
>> >
>> > We purchased a 1962 Elva Mk6 sportsracer, and we're in the process of
>> > restoring it.  There were only 28 of these made.  When new, the ones
>> > set up for FIA racing had a windshield wiper.  None of the current
>> > cars still have the wiper.  Our car was set up for FIA racing and in
>> fact
>> did FIA racing.
>> > So we want to get that wiper again.  It is super short - not just the
>> > blade but the arm too.
>> >
>> > Attached is a picture of our car in period.  It's about the best
>> > picture of any of the cars showing the wiper.  Anyone have any
>> > thoughts?  I've looked at every MG, Triumph, Morris, Jaguar, etc.,
>> > that I can find.  And gone to all the suppliers and looked at their
>> > catalogs.  Nothing jumps out as small enough.  It is possible that
>> > they got one of the stock ones, and just cut it down.  Someone just
>> > said that ironically one of the smallest arms he'd seen was on a big
>> > Healey.  Note too that ours was not the only one that was all black.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any thoughts.  And apologies to anyone offended.
>> >
>> > Jay
>>
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