Saturday – Shop Visits Part 1 – On the Way If you know who any of these cars belong to, please use the number below the picture and tell us in the comments section below.
Arrivals – Thursday (thanks to Clark Vegazo for these pictures) Sunbeams started appearing at the Hilton Atlanta Northeast on Thursday. They came from near and far, some driven, some trailered. Clark even made a video: If you know who any of these cars belong to, please use the number below the picture and tell us (more…)
September 21-24 • Staunton, VA So what is a Rootes United? In 1977, as the first anniversary of the founding of Tigers East/Alpines East approached, members decided they would “Unite” to share their passion for all Rootes vehicles and to enjoy the camaraderie of like-minded individuals. That first year, 110 people showed up in Williamsburg, (more…)
If you were at the United 35 in Atlanta, perhaps you visited Ron Green’s car collection. Here’s a short video of it from CaffeineAndOctane, which has a pretty cool collection of videos! By the way, this video is posted on FaceBook but you don’t need an account to view it. They probably will try to (more…)
The Prototype Tiger Thanks to Curt Bowland for finding this story. Check it out for some details on the development of the Tiger.
by George Roberts in the January 1982 RootesReview: Several short tech tips come to mind from my experience rebuilding my own Tiger Mark IA and a Tiger Mark II for another chap. Hopefully, this information will spare you some of the aggravation and frustration I’ve been through! Check your flasher unit Before ripping out wires (more…)
At the basic core of the problem is an original bad design of the single spring arrangement used in the very late model Alpine heads; in our case, it was a head from a 1970 GT.
by T. T. Cantwin in the September 1982 RootesReview: Series IV, V and all Tigers have front turn signal/parking light (side and flasher lamp) assemblies (T/PLA) which somewhere in their lifetime haunt us to death. Of course, we have come to expect this of Lucas, haven’t we? It goes with Lucas refrigerators that keep warm (more…)
by: Rich Bakula in the August 1982 RootesReview: Within the past year, I successfully completed another project. It was the restoration of my air cleaner’s metal housing which some of the TE/AE United V attendees may have seen and mistaken as original. The original paint was peeling miserably, but I had an excellent sample of (more…)
from the April 1982 RootesReview: Q: What do the letters after the chassis number signify? A: These letters give information on the way the car was equipped by the factory, where it was intended for sale, and what the body type was. If the car was equipped with certain options, these were indicated by letter (more…)