A few have mentioned the bolt-on scoop, leather covered dash and the wheels, but they all tie into the "Cobra" theme, along with the seats paint and stripes of course.
Cheers,
Paul
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A few have mentioned the bolt-on scoop, leather covered dash and the wheels, but they all tie into the "Cobra" theme, along with the seats paint and stripes of course.
Cheers,
Paul
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Life happens
Doesn't... even when you love the car. And yet, it happens all the time. Tiger was bought new, into storage for a few years, re-painted, re-motored, early 70's...Then largely sat, while the rest of us kids took Dad's time (and money).
Sometimes you need help from "outside" to rekindle the energy necessary.
I'm doing my darnedest and yet, even with all the intent in the world, the last few months have kept me from it. Staying current in this forum helps much...
and it's great to hear (I've yet to see) of someone else get lifted in this way... I really like the show. If you watch it enough, you'll see some duds, but the owner is always happy...because they knew what went into it and even if it may not be just how they'd have chosen the finished product to be, they'll know its unique, can't be replicated and was made with love...
neat!
Doesn't... even when you love the car. And yet, it happens all the time. Tiger was bought new, into storage for a few years, re-painted, re-motored, early 70's...Then largely sat, while the rest of us kids took Dad's time (and money).
Sometimes you need help from "outside" to rekindle the energy necessary.
I'm doing my darnedest and yet, even with all the intent in the world, the last few months have kept me from it. Staying current in this forum helps much...
and it's great to hear (I've yet to see) of someone else get lifted in this way... I really like the show. If you watch it enough, you'll see some duds, but the owner is always happy...because they knew what went into it and even if it may not be just how they'd have chosen the finished product to be, they'll know its unique, can't be replicated and was made with love...
neat!
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ok--just watched it. Overall a nice car, one question......how does he open the trunk? If you look around 39 minutes they show a close up of the rear and the trunk button is gone........ 
I like the interior but they needed to contact us for the correct air cleaner.
I like the interior but they needed to contact us for the correct air cleaner.
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Sorry 'bout that chief!!
Didn't realize that link I posted was 'country' sensitive.. both of yours also work for me...
Recognize the guy on the left in this screenshot from the end of the show ??
Jim
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Dan and Dale
I found the program on the web with internet TV Media. So?
My take is the pile they started with? Not worthy but I give them credit for the press on regardless attitude. Chip made a damn nice car out of the crap he started with. This Tiger will be relevant in the future.
The two Members in the deal got a little fame. Hope Dan & Dale got some $ too. The "rear" suspension which was actually Dale's full fabricated front cross member, I hope was paid for. Dale appears at the end of the show and? Dale is hard to figure but?
TigerBlue
I found the program on the web with internet TV Media. So?
My take is the pile they started with? Not worthy but I give them credit for the press on regardless attitude. Chip made a damn nice car out of the crap he started with. This Tiger will be relevant in the future.
The two Members in the deal got a little fame. Hope Dan & Dale got some $ too. The "rear" suspension which was actually Dale's full fabricated front cross member, I hope was paid for. Dale appears at the end of the show and? Dale is hard to figure but?
TigerBlue
Thank you, Sir. Using this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6M8KLVCqZc I was able to view the episode. That Tiger is more than welcome to come live in my garage! I have absolutely no nits to pick. Beautiful and beautifully executed.
Overall a nice car, one question......how does he open the trunk? If you look around 39 minutes they show a close up of the rear and the trunk button is gone........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0O4MgDk28o
Cheers,
Paul
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^^^ This is all too easy to have happen ^^^
At least this guy got bailed out by Foose. I just watched the episode this morning. My take:
Liked:
Paint color
Custom front valance
Shape and placement of hood scoop
Stripes on top
Front crossmember
Bumper treatment
Five-lug conversion
Smoothed firewall
Wilwood master cylinders
Disliked:
Seats
Leather-covered dash
Antique-look modern instruments
Wheels
MKII-style side stripes (because of the other stripes)
The scoop was not molded into the hood
Rear wheel opening relationship to tire - looked wrong to me
Head-scratchers:
Kept the 260, instead of upgrading
Kept cast exhaust manifolds
Air cleaner
I don't hate the red engine, but why?
Unanswered questions:
Did they keep the convertible top?
It looks like they upholstered the folding top covers. Did they?
Since DW was there, did they use one of his sweet torque arms?
The 5-lug conversion necessitated disassembly of the rear. I'd like to know more about what was done; or if they swapped out a different rear altogether.
Overall, I couldn't help but be impressed by the extent and quality of the bodywork they undertook. I noticed they took a week just for that. I suspect that's why they did the "reveal" up front, instead of letting the owner suffer too long. Too bad I'm on the wrong end of the country. Mine wouldn't have required much bodywork at all.
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Tan interior - black car
Pitt40... There were Black Tigers with tan interiors. The Tiger on my dealers showroom floor in 1965 was black with American Mags (now the Panasport style) and a tan pigskin interior. The vinyl looked very similar to a genuine American football in color and texture. Unfortunately, I bought my Tiger in another city and they only had a white one with a smoother black interior (with white piping) and steel wheels. I really liked the wheels on the black car seen earlier so I ordered the optional wheels. Was extremely upset when my wheels arrived and were installed and they weren't the American Mags, but LAT70s. I had never seen the LAT70s before. I think I did see a black Tiger with the pigskin interior at Tigers United in Reno.
Pitt40... There were Black Tigers with tan interiors. The Tiger on my dealers showroom floor in 1965 was black with American Mags (now the Panasport style) and a tan pigskin interior. The vinyl looked very similar to a genuine American football in color and texture. Unfortunately, I bought my Tiger in another city and they only had a white one with a smoother black interior (with white piping) and steel wheels. I really liked the wheels on the black car seen earlier so I ordered the optional wheels. Was extremely upset when my wheels arrived and were installed and they weren't the American Mags, but LAT70s. I had never seen the LAT70s before. I think I did see a black Tiger with the pigskin interior at Tigers United in Reno.
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Below is Dan Walters' account of his involvement with the Overhaulin' Tiger show. (It will also be posted on the Tiger email list.)
bt
at the beach
I have started to write down the details of my story of the Overhaulin
experience, mostly for my progressively worsening memory.
But here is the short story:
I was not the first "Tiger Expert" they selected, as it turns out, I was
the last, and likely the only one to do it with no strings attached.
My first goal was to get the frame straight so headers would fit. When
stock manifolds were chosen, the frame dimensions were not a worry.
BAD idea! Little did I know they would go with Dale's front end AND it's
STOCK mounting dimensions. Hint, Dale's front end does NOT easily bolt to
a BENT car!
I came on the scene on "day 5" and missed most of the BIG bodywork. I was
there on four different days.
I didn't see or talk to host Chris Jacobs. AJ, the female co-host, was not there the first two days that I was there.
I had VERY little control of what they did, ....more like NONE!
My main job, the way I saw it, was to tell them what parts went where.
BUT I DO take the blame for suggesting Dale's front end, mostly because they wanted to drastically lower the front of the car and they didn't want to take the time to mod the parts to suit.
However, "they" were well aware of Dale's front end before then. And
Dale DID get paid for the front end, BUT he did donate parts of which I
saw no mention!
The final assembly was started on a Friday and completed, mostly, on the
following Monday, with very little work done over the weekend.
As far as I could tell, the only thing not functioning (for driveability)
at the reveal were the hydraulics. (Someone had failed to pre-fit the master
cylinder reservoirs on the aftermarket setup, only to discover they hit the firewall and were unusable.)
The one thing that did impress me was the lack of management overhead
visible while I was there. During the assembly, there was virtually no
one telling the individual "A team" members what to do. They all just intuitively DID the jobs that needed to be done. It WAS quite amazing!
And as you could expect, there were some undone things at reveal time. If
you noticed, there were no front turn signal lights ( non-standard, of
course) on the car. And the car received a soft top before delivery, not
done on reveal day.
The car did not have a Tiger Torque arm installed at reveal, but it DID
have 160 lbs of weight in the trunk, under the false floor, to lower the
rear as much as they could.
About the show, as is usual, they have a LOT of "footage" left on the cutting
room floor!
It was interesting that the day after the showing, TWO versions of the
show were on YouTube! I saw both JUST before the better quality one was DELETED! (I think the correct identifier for the show is Season 9, episode 2.)
The deleted one was longer, 43: xx minutes, seemed to have a more real
time to it and had better sound.
The other one is shorter ( speeded up?) and the sound level is lower, so
much for all the "better digital" ....stuff!
What remains: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6M8KLVCqZc
DW
bt
at the beach
I have started to write down the details of my story of the Overhaulin
experience, mostly for my progressively worsening memory.
But here is the short story:
I was not the first "Tiger Expert" they selected, as it turns out, I was
the last, and likely the only one to do it with no strings attached.
My first goal was to get the frame straight so headers would fit. When
stock manifolds were chosen, the frame dimensions were not a worry.
BAD idea! Little did I know they would go with Dale's front end AND it's
STOCK mounting dimensions. Hint, Dale's front end does NOT easily bolt to
a BENT car!
I came on the scene on "day 5" and missed most of the BIG bodywork. I was
there on four different days.
I didn't see or talk to host Chris Jacobs. AJ, the female co-host, was not there the first two days that I was there.
I had VERY little control of what they did, ....more like NONE!
My main job, the way I saw it, was to tell them what parts went where.
BUT I DO take the blame for suggesting Dale's front end, mostly because they wanted to drastically lower the front of the car and they didn't want to take the time to mod the parts to suit.
However, "they" were well aware of Dale's front end before then. And
Dale DID get paid for the front end, BUT he did donate parts of which I
saw no mention!
The final assembly was started on a Friday and completed, mostly, on the
following Monday, with very little work done over the weekend.
As far as I could tell, the only thing not functioning (for driveability)
at the reveal were the hydraulics. (Someone had failed to pre-fit the master
cylinder reservoirs on the aftermarket setup, only to discover they hit the firewall and were unusable.)
The one thing that did impress me was the lack of management overhead
visible while I was there. During the assembly, there was virtually no
one telling the individual "A team" members what to do. They all just intuitively DID the jobs that needed to be done. It WAS quite amazing!
And as you could expect, there were some undone things at reveal time. If
you noticed, there were no front turn signal lights ( non-standard, of
course) on the car. And the car received a soft top before delivery, not
done on reveal day.
The car did not have a Tiger Torque arm installed at reveal, but it DID
have 160 lbs of weight in the trunk, under the false floor, to lower the
rear as much as they could.
About the show, as is usual, they have a LOT of "footage" left on the cutting
room floor!
It was interesting that the day after the showing, TWO versions of the
show were on YouTube! I saw both JUST before the better quality one was DELETED! (I think the correct identifier for the show is Season 9, episode 2.)
The deleted one was longer, 43: xx minutes, seemed to have a more real
time to it and had better sound.
The other one is shorter ( speeded up?) and the sound level is lower, so
much for all the "better digital" ....stuff!
What remains: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6M8KLVCqZc
DW
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I was quite interested in the tool they used to remove spot welds!
bt
at the beach
I think they used a Spitznagel Spot Weld Drill. I have a friend that got one at a swap meet and he's says it's the bomb! I plan on picking one up for my rocker repair if I attempt to DIY. You can't get the clamp in everywhere, but it's great on many of the Sunbeam body seams.
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It's A Different World In TV Land
Frankly, I admire DW's patience. Not convinced I would have allowed a bent car to proceed. Decades of working with museum collectors gives us the firm stance to start with a good foundation. Still, it turned out to be a nice moving toy to play with. And the price was right.
Frankly, I admire DW's patience. Not convinced I would have allowed a bent car to proceed. Decades of working with museum collectors gives us the firm stance to start with a good foundation. Still, it turned out to be a nice moving toy to play with. And the price was right.
I was pleased when the show was over and my grandson looked at me and said he liked my Tiger much better than the Foosed version. I question the lack of knowledge they had with respect to the car, why not learn a little or have a foreman like Dan, or Dale there so they'd get it right. The hood sucked, wheels were a joke, no headers, no real build to the engine, lots of bondo went on that body as well. I liked the tricked out interior, but would prefer the wood faced dash. The blue was beautiful until they started Foosing it out with bright white stripes, of course I'd die for Dales front end on my car, but that's pretty much where the cool factor ended on this car....Still great to have the Marque get this attention.........
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I noticed that Dan's engine installation cart got drafted for the show.
bt
at the beach
bt
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