>I am looking to turn my car over for some major reconstruction of the
>underbody and chassis. Does anyone have plans for the construction of a
>stand or frame support which will allow me to do this with some relative
>ease. The main concern that I have is the flexing of the body which will
>cause some distortion of the lines when welding is finished and the car is
>again upright.
When I went to the Tiger get together in Grants Pass, OR. a couple of years
back, there was a guy there with a nice Tiger he had done a total
restoration on. In talking with him I learned that he had used such a
device in the restoration. He used two heavy duty engine stands with
adaptors to bolt to the Tiger bumper mounting points. The adaptors were
installed in place of the engine mounting heads. He tied the center legs of
the stands together so the two stands could not squirt out from under the
car. He said it worked pretty good. He had a photograoh book showing some
of the restoration process and in there I saw the shell at a few different
angles up on the stands.
Neil, a bodyman in town here in Geyserville, has some engine stands he has
used for the same purpose but not on Alpines or Tigers.
I don't know if body flex woild be a problem with this method. I'd be
interested to hear what you finally come up with and how it works out for you.
Frank Marrone MK I Tiger B9471116
marrone(at)wco.com 1966 LTD
Series I Alpine (2.3L powered by Ford)
Yamaha Seca 900 (new arrival)
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