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bigbob wrote:I have a couple of old pairs that sound suitable, if you want to take a look. Live near Croydon. Fitted Mazda seats in mine.

OK Bob. I sent you a private message.

I am looking to buy a pair of Alpine seats for \ Tiger Mk1 for full refurb, so the covers and foams can be scrap, but the frames should not be rusty; I dont mind a bit of welding to repair though.

Will pick up in SE England.

Please contact me via forum or messages if you have a pair. Rgds Chris

Hi Simon. You live in the right area for Tigers, there are quire a few of us in Surrey, two different monthly meeting to choose from.

Going from memory I think the lamp holder is earthed via the mounting screw/nut; I dont think there is an earth wire. Try removing the lamp assembly, clean up the metal on the body, and refit the nut with a serrated washer which will bite into the metal. Use some copper grease after to seal it.

I have not entered my Tiger in this event but I was asked at short notice to drive one of the Brooklands Musem cars, a red 1934 Railton Terraplane. This will be quite a challenge for me as the steering is much heavier, and there is not much sychro on the gears. I look forward to seeing all the Tiger...

It sounds like there is a carburetion problem. Check that the fuel level is correct, and the idle mixture is set to the best setting. I had a Holley on a auto Stag V8 which stalled when put into gear. The cause was incorrect idle mixture setting.

These wheels are now sold.

Tyres on the rear are Yokohama A048 track day tyres. Front tyres (for sale) are Monza.

I will be putting these on ebay soon as I need the space.

I have a set of 14 inch x 6J Minilites (Minators) with tyres for £250. The front and rear wheels have a different offset so the front ones dont stick out, and the back ones (deep dish) dont tuck under, but increase the track. I have fitted a set of these to my Tiger and I am pleased with them. Pleas...

I would stick to Ethylene Glycol, not only to avoid risk of mixing problems (some can form a gel and block the rad) but because it is proven to work with the old seals, gaskets etc.; I have heard there can be problems with the new antifreeze compounds in old cars.

5) normal or high flowing. depends on your radiator design but the danger with the high flowing pump is that at high rpm it pushes too water through the rad before its had time to cool enough. Are you sure about that? It may sound like a common sense approach, but that doesnt not always work. You co...

You really need to have that fan about 20mm or 3/4 inch away from the rad as the fan will flex forwards, and the engine will move a bit when running depending on condition of your engine mounts etc. There may be spacers behind the fan which you can remove. I can see from your picture that you can cu...

My Ford V8 book says that the reason for going to 6-bolt engines was to reduce noise & vibration (NVH) etc.

Yes I thought llama trekking sounded pointless! It was difficult driving on the banking at such low speed as I usually floor it along there when I am giving Brooklands Museumcar rides. If I drop the clutch suddenly and get a bit of wheelspin its OK, but one day I was trying to impress a foreign visi...