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To get mine out I had to use 10 ton hydaulic press and fabricated frame to prevent distortion. I then made and fitted my own nylotron bushes, not polyurathane.

Is it worth having a summary of the for/against reshell debate which can be updated. This Poll thread has some interesting thoughts, like H sunny 65 but nearly all have either been discussed or should be in the reshell thread. I get the feeling people are understandably not fully reading the reshell...

And, Electric windows, PAS, more colour choice including interior, cup holder, GT doors, bullet wing mirrors, lockable glove box, alley heads,

They could be optional extras.

Thanks Graham,

I too have mostly enjoyed this thread. I feel it has reached a conclusion an as I have nothing to add and will respectfully bow out. Thanks to all who contributed.

Cheers
Simon

I think this has reached it's inevitable end. It has the word discussion at the top but to be honest it has never been and never will be one. There are a few people with different opinions on what is the right way to go but there isn't such a thing as a wrong opinion so that's where the "discussion...

If we were dishonest we wouldnt be discussing this matter. We would be out there hunting for wrecked Tigers to covertley turn into what would be described as 'never had any rust' Tigers. Its an arguement from people that are scared their car might be an imposter and as you said Robin,dont really kno...

Meadow hog, You don't seem to grasp what I am saying. I accept that people will re-shell for what ever their reason. I do not accept them being something they're not, ie an Alpine cannot be masqueraded as a Tiger. So it seems you don't want a definition at all, you want a guideline on 'how to build...

As you have said before a reshell is fine if its declared, why all this going back on what you agreed. What are you really afraid of? Currentley we have Alpine V8s and Tiger fraud. Reshelling to a standard will go a long way to eliminating the fraud and defining the Alpine V8 difference. I haven't ...

"Where im going is, you are saying you cant restore a Tiger because there are/ were virtually no Tiger panels made. They are all Alpine apart from bulkhead, top hat exhaust passthrough and few other bits. To my mind using Alpine parts to only restore Alpines and make even less authentic panels (cop...

I don't know where you are going with this question but I would sell the NOS panel on Ebay (I'm sure it would bring a small fortune if it has Rootes labels), keep the panel on the Alpine and restore the Alpine (don't try to make it a Tiger, Alpines are fun cars), have beam's "bodyman" beat out a ne...

What you want to do is to make or create Tigers from Alpines in your garage and expect them to be regarded as the real deal by the everyone else. You also want the cars to have the same value as a Rootes/Jensen built Tiger. For you to pass them off as Rootes built is fraudulent, no two ways about i...

What do think will happen to that "limelight" that you talk about if re-shelling becomes common practice? Do you seriously think it will benefit the Tiger's cause? Your rationale is a little confusing. You talk about the Tiger being no Cobra, yet their makings are similar. So would you say a Cobra ...

Absolutely.

Why did this thread start going backwards? I thought the idea of reshelling had been pretty much agreed upon and put to bed.

It make no difference to me either way, but it may well soon become perfectly legal to reshell. Then what?

I think its time for a word from Graham.