Pierre Rivard Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 Chassis are mostly complete and engined installed with some home made plumbing of rad hoses, and expansion tanks & hoses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted September 24, 2022 Author Share Posted September 24, 2022 And some work started on the interior with building up gauges. Using thin wires for bezels and Micro Krystal Clear for simulating glass. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Everything is looking great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps46 Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 X2 for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave B Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Looking good Pierre, can't wait to see them finished. Dave B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Top notch job on the dash and gauges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky 130 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I know I'm late to the dance, but Ken Miles worked with Shelby to try and develop the "Tiger" into a racer but could not get it to handle at all. The Tiger was yellow, and Ken hated it. Just some info, if you're still working on the Tiger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, lucky 130 said: I know I'm late to the dance, but Ken Miles worked with Shelby to try and develop the "Tiger" into a racer but could not get it to handle at all. The Tiger was yellow, and Ken hated it. Just some info, if you're still working on the Tiger. Michael, never too late to join the party. I read some stories about the 2 Tiger prototypes but did not do a detailed search. Still working on the Tiger but with the big fender mods I did it will fall under a late sixties fictional club racer. The Cobra will be a bit more rooted in reality starting life as csx 2026 but as a privateer car later in it's racing carreer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Chernosky Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Beautiful work Pierre. These two are going to turn into real beauties. I can attest to the handling on the Tiger. Most of the weight was at the front and they spun tires way too easily. And the brakes faded quickly...even in downtown traffic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 18 hours ago, Rich Chernosky said: Beautiful work Pierre. These two are going to turn into real beauties. I can attest to the handling on the Tiger. Most of the weight was at the front and they spun tires way too easily. And the brakes faded quickly...even in downtown traffic. Then I must add brake cooling ducts to my Tiger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 So Rich is requesting that I add brake cooling ducts to the Tiger. What do I do? I make ducts for...the Cobra. Don't worry Rich, the Tiger will have them too! First time I try this. Hollowed out Evergreen 4 mm tube for the inlet and the flex duct cobbled from sprue, thin wire wrapped around and covered up with plumber's tape. Added retainer straps made from 0.25 mm thin strips. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Very cool looking ducts , Pierre. Seriously, those are awesome looking. Looks like they came in the kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenmojr Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Coming along nicely.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Very impressive work Pierre!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted September 29, 2022 Author Share Posted September 29, 2022 Thanks guys. Can't help it, I always find these little things to add so my quick builds are never quick builds... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Those are cool ! I like how you did that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Two great looking projects Pierre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Got the little ducts painted and added Pro Tech 0.030 fasteners. Don't think I could handle anything smaller than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted October 1, 2022 Author Share Posted October 1, 2022 Both car's chassis are done and painted. The last piece was cooling up exhaust pipes as the ones supplied in the kits were not useable. Now moving on to body painting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted October 1, 2022 Share Posted October 1, 2022 Ducts look fabulous and both chassis are super cleanly finished. The exhausts on both look perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustyMojave Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Nice work Pierre. I have one of the Sunny Cobras out to get worked on. And a Tiger kit stashed away waiting. I grew up around and involved in SCCA road racing in SoCal, where Shelby had his business. I dtsarted working Tech Inspection in 1963. My dad got a ride around Riverside in 1962 in CSX 2001 when it was painted metallic yellow. In 1968 I was on the crew of a Tiger owned by Ron Dykes and garaged and prepped at my house. Originally built for racing by Doane Spencer at Hollywood Sports Cars. Today it's one of the most celebrated of all Tigers. Picture below. Not my picture. My dad was Crew Chief. One of the other crew members was Jerry Titus' son Rick. We had some wins with it, even though at the start of the year SCCA changed some of the details of the allowed specs for Tigers from how Shelby Homologated it. 260 engine instead of 289. Small port heads. 2bbl carb. Narrower 13" diameter wheels with no knockoffs. So we had to take off the Halibrand kidney beans that were on it and switched to Chassis Engineering modular wheels (Rights to those were later bought by Cragar and they became Cragar Super Trick brand wheels which were really popular on AA/FDs and Funny Cars.) Yes the car was nose heavy and pushed pretty bad. Ron Dykes drove it well. But when he sold it to Whit Collins, Whit jumped out in the lead at Riverside and was running away from the pack, but couldn't handle the push like Ron and drove it straight on into the outside wall at Turn 6. But in its day before SCCA downgraded them, it had smoked more than its share of Corvettes and even some Cobras. No other Production car ever got downgraded like that by SCCA. But in my 1972 Edition of the PCS (Production Car Specifications rule book supposedly based on Homologation for each car), it refers to Rootes as Manufacturer (correct) and the car is listed as "Sunbeam Tiger 260" It had originally been listed as "Shelby Tiger" with a K Code 289, same as GT350s and Series 1 Cobras and Mustangs for A/Sedan/TransAm. The Tiger kit lacks a cross member under the front that I need to do some research to duplicate for my model. The windscreen may be a bit of a challenge too. And I intend to duplicate the air outlet in the front fender. Your Tiger and Cobra are quite cool. I like them both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 1 hour ago, DustyMojave said: Nice work Pierre. I have one of the Sunny Cobras out to get worked on. And a Tiger kit stashed away waiting. I grew up around and involved in SCCA road racing in SoCal, where Shelby had his business. I dtsarted working Tech Inspection in 1963. My dad got a ride around Riverside in 1962 in CSX 2001 when it was painted metallic yellow. In 1968 I was on the crew of a Tiger owned by Ron Dykes and garaged and prepped at my house. Originally built for racing by Doane Spencer at Hollywood Sports Cars. Today it's one of the most celebrated of all Tigers. Picture below. Not my picture. My dad was Crew Chief. One of the other crew members was Jerry Titus' son Rick. We had some wins with it, even though at the start of the year SCCA changed some of the details of the allowed specs for Tigers from how Shelby Homologated it. 260 engine instead of 289. Small port heads. 2bbl carb. Narrower 13" diameter wheels with no knockoffs. So we had to take off the Halibrand kidney beans that were on it and switched to Chassis Engineering modular wheels (Rights to those were later bought by Cragar and they became Cragar Super Trick brand wheels which were really popular on AA/FDs and Funny Cars.) Yes the car was nose heavy and pushed pretty bad. Ron Dykes drove it well. But when he sold it to Whit Collins, Whit jumped out in the lead at Riverside and was running away from the pack, but couldn't handle the push like Ron and drove it straight on into the outside wall at Turn 6. But in its day before SCCA downgraded them, it had smoked more than its share of Corvettes and even some Cobras. No other Production car ever got downgraded like that by SCCA. But in my 1972 Edition of the PCS (Production Car Specifications rule book supposedly based on Homologation for each car), it refers to Rootes as Manufacturer (correct) and the car is listed as "Sunbeam Tiger 260" It had originally been listed as "Shelby Tiger" with a K Code 289, same as GT350s and Series 1 Cobras and Mustangs for A/Sedan/TransAm. The Tiger kit lacks a cross member under the front that I need to do some research to duplicate for my model. The windscreen may be a bit of a challenge too. And I intend to duplicate the air outlet in the front fender. Your Tiger and Cobra are quite cool. I like them both. Richard, thank you for sharing this fascinating piece of history. If I understand it right you are working on a Tiger model with will be based on a specific car you were deeply involved with, how wonderful. Can't say that about mine, I just did not have good data to go by so I just made it up and went with a fictional build. You live in a wonderful part of a country which I had a chance to see multiple times on vehicle development rides. Davis Dam, Lake Mead, Death Valley Stove Pipe and of course Las Vegas for city traffic thermal testing. I loved it all so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sflam123 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 This is a fantastic build! The duct work detail is incredible!! Amazing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pg265 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Hi, Stunning! Great builds, great choice! I love the wheels. Pascal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Primer sanded with 2-4-6-8k cloths and color coats brush painted with Vallejo paints. I mixed up my best guess of a period style dark red for the Cobra and British Racing Green for the Tiger. Color came out smooth and I will give it a day or two before brushing on the clear. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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