[Tigers] Urban legend

[Stu]

IIRC Chrysler V-8's of the era not only had the distributor problem, but
they were also much wider.  The budget to do a major redesign of the engine
compartment, as well as meet the new '68 safety (or was it bumper?)
requirements was not there,  So Tigers ended in '67.

Stu

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 2:48 PM Curt Bowland via Tigers <
tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

> While I have no idea about the Chrysler engine fit thread I was aware that
> the inability of clearance available to accommodate the rear position of
> the distributor was THE issue for the demise of the Tiger.
>
> I have seen several Tigers with what looks like fairly dramatic firewall
> notching, mostly all to accommodate Weber Carb installation. Just wondering
> if that might have worked/been a possibility.  Probably would have been to
> expensive a change to tool for.
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