If somone get s a nice rust free tiger shell, welds the alpine tunnel, braces and radiator support panel in, swaps in an alpine driveline and then puts the alpines VIN and SAL tags on it.. is the car an Alpine or a Tiger?
100% Alpine obviously.
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- Sun Apr 08, 2012 6:02 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
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- Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:44 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
- Replies: 722
- Views: 675563
- Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:08 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
- Replies: 722
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Sorry Red race, I was joking. We see pretty much eye to eye on this. The value of this car is driving this sort of behaviour and I think if TAC was a responsible system it would update its testing criteria. We have both said there should be different groups into which cars should be placed. This one...
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:11 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
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- Thu Mar 22, 2012 10:34 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger Restorations
- Topic: Brads Tiger
- Replies: 568
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Well, that looks easier than a rotisserie. I would have run a tube from where the chasis bolts onto it and out horizontally. This would transfer the weight of the car straight down without a twisting moment when its on its side. At least triangulate the two bars running down from the chasis. Good jo...
- Wed Mar 21, 2012 10:32 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
- Replies: 722
- Views: 675563
- Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:36 am
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: 40K cheap MKII or expensive SV?
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- Views: 12920
- Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:25 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: 40K cheap MKII or expensive SV?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12920
- Thu Mar 15, 2012 10:32 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
- Replies: 722
- Views: 675563
You guess wrong. The point is the judge said "A Bentley Speed Six would, as it seems to us, be a Bentley Speed Six even if it had spent the whole of its life mouldering in a maharaja's garage, and disintegrating there into dilapidation, before being rebuilt."Nothing to do with full disclosure as I p...
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:18 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: Rotisserie alternative
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7052
- Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:37 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: Rotisserie alternative
- Replies: 4
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Rotisserie alternative
Heres a link for building a rotisserie However I found for me a better way was to build 2 frames that bolted at the front to the suspension subframe bolt holes and the at the rear to the shock mounts. The car would sit about 18" off the ground on a rectangular frame with castors. Heres the clever bi...
- Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:55 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: How To Rebuild Your Small-Block Ford
- Replies: 3
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- Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:13 am
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: Authenticating a Tiger
- Replies: 18
- Views: 17598
Authenticating a Tiger
OK this may be risky and may be censored by a regulator. This is for points that would show the difference between a Tiger and a V8 conversion. It is not a thread to discuss whether a reshell is morally wrong. I would only expect contributions that are already in the public domain and here is a star...
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:44 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
- Replies: 722
- Views: 675563
Hi Meadowhog, That was good of you to share your past experience with your kit car. My question to you then as an ex-kit car owner who only saw it as such, why do you want to see Alpine conversions labelled as Tiger's? I'm not trying to make you dislike me all over again, just wondering what has ch...
- Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:18 pm
- Forum: Sunbeam Tiger
- Topic: TAC - Tiger/Alpine re-shelling discussion thread.
- Replies: 722
- Views: 675563
Well fancy that :lol: You going soft? Don't think I am going to change my mind any time soon. The DVLA proposal I find to be very general and doesn't cover the the differences between the two models. We'll just have to wait and see there. The TAC shouldn't be just for prospective buyers, that is wh...