Here are pics of my Tiger that I reconstructed before the 54 Talbot. I will have to send sev emails to include all the pics.
Description-How I did it.
I purchased the car in baskets in 1974. I moved it around for 26 years before I started the renovation. A friend, Ken, built a rotisserie for the car. I completely scraped the undercoated body by hand. Because I had several Tigers over the years, I wanted to make it easier to change the trans because I planned a 5-speed for the car. I removed the x-member frame with a cutoff wheel. It was replaced w/ 2x6 square tubing tied to2x3 replaced side braces. A bolt in trans mount tied the frame back together.
The leaf springs were pitched &replaced w/coilovers using the stock shock frame mounts. A narrowed Ford 8.8 trac loc rear was installed secured by tubular lower control arms to the ft spring mount location. Ken made a torque arm that i ran from the rear end to the trans mount which, w/ the control arms, tied the rear suspension together.
At the front, I cut out the stock, inward curving frame rails & welded in straight 2x4 tubing, which widened the engine compartment 4 inches. The inner fender panels and braces were cut out and replaced with 16 ga metal after new motor mounts were made & the upper Must II hats installed. Ken made a Must II crossmember for Tiger's narrow wheelbase,and narrowed the Must II rack & pinion to fit. Tubular A-arm, 2" dropped spindles & Alden coilovers completed the front. An alum radiator enclosed in 1x1 frame hoop welded to ft sheet metal & frame tied the front together. A16" elec fan cools the 1995 302 w/5-speed. An iditit stering column, Wilwood triple pedals w/dual master cylinders & hyd clutch are the controls. A Wilwood pull type clutch slave cylinder allowed the use of the late model bellhousing and fork.
The 302 was bored 30 over, balanced w/ Twisted Wedge Alum heads, F-303 cam,625 cfm Road Demon on dual plane intake, and MSD ignition limited @ 6 thou rpm produce approx 350 horses.
The completed car weighs just over two thousand pounds because of all the pieces removed, cut out or replaced w/ aluminum. Its a blast to drive.
Again, feel free to edit as you see fit. I will send sev pics, use what you want. Willy Potter