My body restoration approaches conclusion and there are now lots of little nagging details to be dealt with. This is more of a story with a few half questions attached.
The upper grill finisher don't fit. The front of my Tiger was real messed up with previous body work that had restored accident damage to a vaugly Sunbeam like appearence. The finisher that was on the car is now way too short to fit the more properly repaired front end. That old piece looks as if it has been shortened with a grinder. I got a new piece from Rick at Sunbeam specialty and guess what, it's too long!! The drivers side (we replaced the fender on that side, also replaced the letter bar and the hinge panel, valance, radiator bulkhead, both frame rails, bonnet, arrrrgghhhh!!!) fits OK but besides being too long the fit is poor on the passenger side. The new finisher is visably twisted and also looks flattened or otherwise mishapen on the passenger side. It is also obvious that the flat lip to which the finisher attaches is too wide on the edge of the passenger side bodywork. The body guy is going to fix that. He says he can make the finisher fit right too.
Has anybody else have experience in this area? Is it common to have to "adjust" new finishers or should they just fit right out of the box? Anybody want to loan me a never bent MKI Tiger for a few weeks so we can see what one is really supposed to look like?
Frank Marrone MK I Tiger B9471116 marrone(at)wco.com 1966 LTD Series I Alpine (2.3L powered by Ford) Yamaha Seca 900