Trip to Tiger

The day finally come to take a trip up to Tiger to collect the chassis. Picked the van up at about 8 o'clock, 4 and a bit hours later I arrived at the village of Throney. We loaded the van up and headed over to Thorney Toll to take a look at some other Tigers and have a word with Paul. Both Paul and Jim were very friendly and allowed me to have a good nose around the garage taking photo's of an Avon that was being built.

After the long drive back (too long), I arrived back at about 7ish. Unloaded the van and had a look through the parts. I noticed that the throttle pedal from the floor mounted pedal kit was missing, I spoke to Laura today and she said she will sort it out for me. Sunday morning after returning the van I started to prep the chassis for painting as I bought the chassis bare steel from Tiger. I managed to get the first coat of primer done by the end of the day and thats how I left it.

Heres some photo's of saturday and the chassis so far:

The van


A Tiger R6 (Ithink)


Another Tiger on display

The chassis

The chassis cleaned up and ready for the primer

After a coat of primer

Next up is to get painting of the chassis finished and start on the panels.

First Post

Right, where do I start. I have been thinking about buying a Tiger for a few years now. Why a Tiger? It fits into my budget nicely and from the research I have done, it is very good value for money and support from Tiger is superb. Few more reasons but dont want to drag this first post out.

I am planning to buy the parts as I need them as opposed to buying the major or full kit due to the fact I havent got a good 10k in the bank just yet. I plan to use a 2.0ltr Zetec engine, still deciding over carbs or injection. I am going to add a few different parts to the car to make it different from the standard tiger kits, Digidash, Bucket seats, custom mirrors etc.

Anyway, I ordered the chassis, aluminium panels, floor mounted pedals, brake lines and a few other things about two weeks ago and the time has come to pick them up on saturday. Im looking forward to having a good nose around the factory and to finally start the build process.