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All of the engine cooling aids such as aluminum intake manifolds, header pipes and extra large radiators depend upon dumping their heat into the engine compartment. What’s needed is an under hood cooling system to remove this heat build-up when there is insufficient road speed to pull the hot air out of the bottom of the engine compartment.
The stock Tiger hood latch is set up with a “safety catch” which holds the hood after the striker bolt has released. It has always seemed that when the Tiger was in hot weather, it would run a little cooler with the hood “propped open” in the safety position. This is especially true at slow speeds when the hot air gets trapped in the engine compartment.
Replacing the “Powered By Ford” badges (motifs) adds a nice touch and is rather straightforward.
The shield-shaped badges can be purchased from one of the SUNBEAM parts suppliers. It takes three to complete the car.
Over the years that I’ve owned convertible Sunbeams I have always wondered if I could handle the installation of a new convertible roof myself. Doing so could cut the total cost about 1/3 to I/ 2 depending on which installation shop does the job.
The stylists’ and customers’ desires for frameless door windows on convertible cars present the automotive engineer with a number of problems and life is made more difficult when the winding window has to fit both a hardtop and a well-engineered soft-top frame.
Many of our Tiger and Alpine members have spent a great deal of time, effort and money restoring their cars only to find that within a few months’ time that the once shiny exhaust system is beginning to rust.
By Stu Brennan If you have ever had problems using the pop rivets that hold the side strips on, you can understand why I was looking for a better way. My fenders have some filler in a couple of places, so I couldn’t have used the rivets there if I had wanted to. The better (more…)
Chronicle of a Tiger Repair Part III The finished Tiger of John Logan Sr. on display Part II is here. Article and photos by John Logan Sr. and Doug Jennings First published in Rootes Review, February 2005 The first month we discussed how the Tiger was damaged, disassembled and dipped. Last month we discussed some (more…)
by Stu Brennan OH #+%!;!! IT HAPPENED AGAIN!! I’m selling this piece of junk, shifter and all!! I had just pulled my Tiger’s shift lever from first to neutral. The sound and feel were not normal, but they were all too familiar. The shift lever snapped into the neutral position but was not locked in (more…)
by A. Wcjtowicz If you have considered changing the rear end gears in your Tiger for faster starts and more acceleration, you might be interested to know one of the other possibilities. The standard ratio Tiger rear is a tall 2.88:1. With 13″ wheels this ratio gives a nice cruising speed with relatively low engine (more…)