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Hey Everybody,
Lynn Wall is having some trouble posting so he asked me to post this for him:
New Mark II oil filter/cooler hose sets.
A friend of mine asked me to help return his Tiger Mark II back to stock, or at least to a point that was practically feasible. He did not have any of the original oil cooler/adapter hoses. So with the help of several members of the Tiger community I sourced an original set and began the extremely long process of making as exacting reproductions as possible. It has taken over a year, but I am quite pleased with the final results. Please see the attached pictures. For those who can’t identify the differences, let me point them out to save you some time. The crimp collars on the original hoses have a rounded shoulder. We tried to duplicate this using several methods. We always got close, but the final product was not good and it changed the integrity of the collars. We checked all over and could not find collars with the rounded shoulders. The crimps on the sleeves are very close, some of the hoses have a different style crimp that allows it to be closer than the others. It takes a lot of patience to replicate a look that was done via a different method. Other than these differences they are right on the money; hose material, plating, etc. The crimps have been tested to 1500 PSI.
I made a total run of 20 and have six sets left. This was such an onerous task that I seriously doubt the manufacturers would be willing to undertake another run. Yes, I said manufacturers as in “more than one”. It took three companies across the US to pull this off. I know I will not be doing another run. I have lots of references that have seen and purchased the hose sets and they have been installed on at least one car to date so feel free to ask. Several of the buyers are restorers that plan on installing them on their customer’s cars.
I am selling them for $550 each, plus shipping. This is for all three hoses. You can contact me at cars@wt-inc.com or call me at 435-565-0252
You can now complete that gorgeous restoration with modern hoses rather than using 50 year old hoses or cutting and welding your original metal parts onto new rubber and fittings.
Lynn Wall is having some trouble posting so he asked me to post this for him:
New Mark II oil filter/cooler hose sets.
A friend of mine asked me to help return his Tiger Mark II back to stock, or at least to a point that was practically feasible. He did not have any of the original oil cooler/adapter hoses. So with the help of several members of the Tiger community I sourced an original set and began the extremely long process of making as exacting reproductions as possible. It has taken over a year, but I am quite pleased with the final results. Please see the attached pictures. For those who can’t identify the differences, let me point them out to save you some time. The crimp collars on the original hoses have a rounded shoulder. We tried to duplicate this using several methods. We always got close, but the final product was not good and it changed the integrity of the collars. We checked all over and could not find collars with the rounded shoulders. The crimps on the sleeves are very close, some of the hoses have a different style crimp that allows it to be closer than the others. It takes a lot of patience to replicate a look that was done via a different method. Other than these differences they are right on the money; hose material, plating, etc. The crimps have been tested to 1500 PSI.
I made a total run of 20 and have six sets left. This was such an onerous task that I seriously doubt the manufacturers would be willing to undertake another run. Yes, I said manufacturers as in “more than one”. It took three companies across the US to pull this off. I know I will not be doing another run. I have lots of references that have seen and purchased the hose sets and they have been installed on at least one car to date so feel free to ask. Several of the buyers are restorers that plan on installing them on their customer’s cars.
I am selling them for $550 each, plus shipping. This is for all three hoses. You can contact me at cars@wt-inc.com or call me at 435-565-0252
You can now complete that gorgeous restoration with modern hoses rather than using 50 year old hoses or cutting and welding your original metal parts onto new rubber and fittings.
