Tiger Featured on FantomWorks on Velocity Channel

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Last night the show FantomWorks on Velocity Channel included some work done on a Tiger. If you haven't seen the show, it's a reality series about a large restoration/custom shop that works on some pretty nice classic cars.
On this episode a couple brings in their his and hers sports cars. She has a Fiat Spyder and he has the Tiger. They don't do a lot of work on the Tiger, mainly reworking the dashboard and you never even see the bonnet opened but it's still neat to see a Tiger on TV.
Being on cable, I'm sure the episode will be rerun many times if anyone wants to catch it.
 
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Fantomworks

The owner clearly states he wants "original gauges" in the car... That didn't happen but he seemed happy with the Smith's set up.

As for the dash... IMHO it was twice as thick as a normal dash. Clearly a homemade to accommodate the radio set up in the cubby location.

A good exposure for Tiger none-the-less...

My .02 worth...
 
Theredtiger said:
Last night the show FantomWorks on velocity channel included some work done on a Tiger. If you haven't seen the show, It's a reality series about a large restoration/custom shop that works on some pretty nice classic cars.
On this episode a couple brings in their his and hers sports cars. She has a Fiat Spyder and he has the Tiger. They don't do a lot of work on the Tiger, mainly reworking the dashboard and you never even see the bonnet opened but it's still neat to see a Tiger on TV.
Being on cable, I'm sure the episode will be rerun many times if anyone wants to catch it.
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At least he didn't want machine guns on the bonnet like the cobra guy wanted a few episodes ago.
 
I dvr'ed and watched with the wife...her comment "what the heck, those aren't the right instruments and they could have just bought a better looking dash from Rick".

Yeah, she's a keeper. :)
 
FantomWorks

Mike, my wife said exactly the same thing when we watched it. She's a keeper too!
 
Tiger clutch and brake

The part I found interesting on Fantom Works "fixing" the Tiger was the separation of the clutch and brake pedals. Has anyone tried this or know a good way to do it?
 
My V8 Alpine has a Tiger tunnel and I did quite a bit of pedal rework, as I was starting with Alpine pedals which are way off (it was an automatic when I got it). The pedals are VERY easy to bend. If you clamp the pedal arm in a vise up near the pivot end, you can take a large adjustable wrench and adjust it down to the right width to grab the arm down near the pedal pad and that is enough leverage to bend it.
 
Clutch Pedal Relocation

The previous owner of my Tiger cut the clutch pedal arm and bolted another clutch pedal arm onto the left side with a spacer. He had big feet like I do, and I thought when I bought the car that the added room by shifting the clutch pedal to the left was a good idea. However, as the last year passed, the clutch pedal is starting to bind and is getting more difficult to push down. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but I suspect the binding is not a result of poor lubrication, but is being caused by the twisting force on the pivot point because the pedal is now offset. Simply bending the clutch arm would probably end up with the same issue, and also the location of the pedal would be a bit higher.

Has anybody else had this problem? I think the proper way to do this would be to move the pivot point to the left, and keep the pedal swing as original. I wouldn't want to drill additional mounting holes though.
 
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