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United XXXV Activities are shaping up! This event is open to all. Any and all Rootes cars are welcome. No club membership is required to attend. Here are part of the plans! Friday, September 9: Factory Tour of Panoz Automobiles Factory Flowery Branch Georgia Panoz is owned by Don Panoz and family, former owner of (more…)
And this year’s award for a bad four-letter word goes to… RAIN! Joe and Kerch McConlogue hosted the BASH (Bring A Sunbeam Here) for the second year in Joe’s TajMaGarage on the side of one of Pennsylvania’s many Blue Mountain ranges. The event started with a rowdy dinner for seventeen early Beamer’s at the popular (more…)
41th Annual BASH: May 21 Bring A Sunbeam Here Register on line here Register by mail here at Joe and Kerch McConlogue’s TajMaGarage 820 Fishing Creek Valley Road (PA Route 443) Harrisburg, PA 17112 (Site is about 1 mile east of intersection of PA 443 and PA 322) 2016 BASH Itinerary: Day of BASH, May (more…)
by Jim Anderson in the January 2002 RootesReview: The Economist magazine had an interesting article recently (Dec. 8, 2002) on the physics and economics of automotive aerodynamics. It seems that open-wheeled Fl and CART racers have the approximate aerodynamic quality of a barn door – twice as much drag (because of the exposed fat tires) (more…)
by Larry Paulick in the April 2002 RootesReview: I had an emergency flasher in my Tiger, installed 25 years ago, that finally gave up the ghost. In looking for a suitable replacement, I found a flasher from Lucas that was quality made, priced at about $65, and was available from British Victoria. This flasher can (more…)
by Carl Moon in the October 2001 RootesReview: Alpines do not typically suffer from cooling problems at least to the degree that Tigers do. But, as I have found, it can become problematic even for these small 4 cylinders. When I rebuilt my 1725 engine I replaced the original water pump with a new aluminum (more…)
from the March 2001 Rootes Review: The cooling article in the last Rootes Review garnered lots of comments and questions. The following letter from Bill Holden is typical of many letters and comments received. Bill’s comments and questions are printed below along with Chuck King’s and Tiger Tom’s responses in italics. Be sure to check (more…)
by John Logan in the May 2001 RootesReview: The purpose of this paper is to describe a simple method to use in testing and analyzing vehicle cooling performance for those of you who want to improve your vehicle. Through the years, this procedure has been used to quickly analyze cooling problems in vehicles such as (more…)
by Paul Almjeld in the August 2002 RootesReview: You Light up My Life! Remember that song of a few years back? It’s what came to mind during a trip to the local Radio Shack store. A quick and easy way to improve the night visibility of the Alpine and Tiger dash gauges is to substitute (more…)
by Bill Barnett in the April 2002 RootesReview: For Tigers that experience a loss of oil pressure while braking, cornering, or accelerating hard, the cause is the oil sloshing away from the oil pump pick up screen. As your clattering valves will tell you, air is not a good substitute for oil. The cure is (more…)