I wouldn't worry about flexing, personally. The Sunbeam is a rigid
little unit.
The Happy Mechanic.
> 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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