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by David Lawler Oh, yes…what could be more relaxing than curling up with a good book, and what kind of book could be better than a Sunbeam book? Here is a review of the more popular reference standards. These books have become reference standards because of the volumes of in formation researched and documented by (more…)
Contact the Authors: “Tiger Tom®” Ehrhart and Chuck King The following explanations, facts and plots provide supporting details for the article published in Tiger East/Alpines East Rootes Review and other marque newsletters. The additional charts on this site illustrate some of the more significant variables we were able to quantify. Our intent is to show (more…)
by Ed Esslinger in the May 1998 RootesReview Needing to remove my rear wire hubs to replace the oil seals, and not having the factory tools (who does?), I made a “plug” that works great on my Series V. The plug is 3-1/4 inches long and should be no greater than 1-3/4 inches in diameter. (more…)
by Paul Dierschow & Tom Ehrhart Originally Printed 6/87 Shown below is a wiring diagram for a Mk I Tiger with the tachometer circuit highlighted. Although the harnesses are different for Tigers and Alpines, the principle of that circuit is exactly the same. This is also true of most other British cars with electric tachometers (more…)
by Bob Yurasits First of all, if your car runs hot (200+) don’t even bother installing air conditioning. To make my car run cool, I installed a 4 tube 2 3/8″ thick radiator (top hose bent up slightly); full fan shroud; kept the overflow tank; installed a 14″ stainless steel flex fan (hard pitch); and (more…)
by Ed Esslinger in the May 1998 RootesReview Over a year ago, I purchased a set of 8 spoke alloy wheels from a well-known source. They looked great, so I had tires mounted and the wheels installed on my Series V Alpine. On the way home, I noticed a very bad vibration at the front (more…)
by S. Finberg Originally printed 3/31/82 Recently it became desirable to mount a radar detector in my Alpine. The only reasonable place was on top of the dash pad. Drilling any holes was out of the question. I was afraid to use the manufacturer’s suggested self stick Velcro on the delicate dash pad, and besides, (more…)
by Chuck Ingram in the April 1998 RootesReview Do you have heat problems with your Tiger? I desperately needed to do something. While at United XIX at Niagara Falls, Wally Swift insisted that I see the Tiger that was using a couple of heater cores under the sill. (Ed. I’m not sure what sill Chuck (more…)
by Chris Barker originally reprinted with permission from THE ALPINE HORN, United Kingdom in 8/85 If things have worked out as Paul Norton and I intended this article should accompany one by him on the intimate details on electronic revcounters. He will tell you all about resistors and thermistors. I am going to show you (more…)
from the May 1977 RootesReview: QUESTION: Will A60 X 13 tires (front) and B60 X 13’s (Rear) fit without sticking out of the fenders or without flairs? ANSWER: Yes–providing the wheels used have the correct offset and the tire configuration is much like that of a B.F.G. Radial 60 T/A.