I,m looking at a Tiger to purchase but am a bit concerned. He says it is authenticated but this car has a battery box behind the right seat and the battery is there. I thought all Tigers had trunk mounted batteries and no box behind the seat. Can anyone verify this. Other than that the car looks good
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mikephillips
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Should not be a battery box, tiger bodies didn't have one spotwelded in. Instead the fuel pump was in that location mounted to a bracket running front to back. The battery should be in the trunk on the RH side as you face forwards. There should be two small brackets welded to the cover over the rear suspension rail where the battery retaining rods hooked, both are ahead of the rubber plug in the cover.
If it really has been authenticated there should be a sticker in the RH footwell by the wiper motor.
If it really has been authenticated there should be a sticker in the RH footwell by the wiper motor.
mikephillips
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I can't say absolutely positive it is or isn't based on that one detail alone. Who knows what a prior owner might have done. But if they authenticated the shell the sticker should be there by the wiper motor. If there isn't one, then that is a bigger question mark.
Warren
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Not the only thing they look at. I have a pal with a Tiger not TACed
yet but has a Alpine battery box on driver side. I guess it was easier than replacing a 16 or so foot battery cable. It's kinda nice no one looks there and when they do they are confused by it. He has more room in trunk and a easily reached ground switch.
Not the only thing they look at. I have a pal with a Tiger not TACed
yet but has a Alpine battery box on driver side. I guess it was easier than replacing a 16 or so foot battery cable. It's kinda nice no one looks there and when they do they are confused by it. He has more room in trunk and a easily reached ground switch.
RootesRooter
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alpine_64
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67 BRG,
If they say the car has been TAC'd there will be a small triangle sticker under the dash on the RHS of the car, it will have the TAC number. Look up the VIN number on the STOA or the rootes1 websites.
If it is not listed there email Norm Miller off the rootes1 website he can confirm if the car has been inspected and what the outcome was.
TAC looks at many different factors of the body to determine if it was a Jensen modified car. The battery shouldn't be where it is currently, but that would not stop the car from being authenticated... there are many other areas that can show the cars true origins. You could remove the whole rear 1/3 of the car and they could still identify if the rest was a factory built tiger.
If they say the car has been TAC'd there will be a small triangle sticker under the dash on the RHS of the car, it will have the TAC number. Look up the VIN number on the STOA or the rootes1 websites.
If it is not listed there email Norm Miller off the rootes1 website he can confirm if the car has been inspected and what the outcome was.
TAC looks at many different factors of the body to determine if it was a Jensen modified car. The battery shouldn't be where it is currently, but that would not stop the car from being authenticated... there are many other areas that can show the cars true origins. You could remove the whole rear 1/3 of the car and they could still identify if the rest was a factory built tiger.
Warren
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Stoa
Website lists the currently TACed cars, they have upgraded since I last looked BRAVO!
All you gotta do is put in vin no. If car has been inspected its there.
If there is no triangle, and no listing no TAC.
I have seen early TACed cars with the triangle inside boot on bulkhead, but only in pictures.
The process got changed after cars got smashed in rear. Not sure as to when it moved to underside of fresh air box
N.M. registry checks tag data against ledger data. Other source is Graham Vickery in U.K.Tiger Club.
There is a link on STOA site for Patrick King he is the head guy.
Website lists the currently TACed cars, they have upgraded since I last looked BRAVO!
All you gotta do is put in vin no. If car has been inspected its there.
If there is no triangle, and no listing no TAC.
I have seen early TACed cars with the triangle inside boot on bulkhead, but only in pictures.
The process got changed after cars got smashed in rear. Not sure as to when it moved to underside of fresh air box
N.M. registry checks tag data against ledger data. Other source is Graham Vickery in U.K.Tiger Club.
There is a link on STOA site for Patrick King he is the head guy.
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