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Hi Lucien,

How are the Feifel filters and hoses coming along, did you get the measurements for the hose brackets etc that you needed?
Any new pictures that you can show us?

Best regards

Phil

HI LUCIEN:
Hope everything Ok with you! Haven't heard from you for a time - thought I would see if you were still in the Feifel filters and hoses business? Your Feifel's are a piece of art!

JOE

To all;

To say the hoses were a challenge would be an understatement. After many days of machining by Allan, my retired Scottish tool and die man, I was simply blown away by his work on the hoses. They are fantastic, to say the least. They are ribbed and faceted just like the originals. The next step is to 'turn' them so they have that twisted look. I will post photos soon.

Allan will be building a pipe bending jig to properly bend the pipe elbows to the correct tight angle and shape. We will do them the same way brass horn tubing is shaped for trumpets and tromebones... fill the piping with water, freeze it and then bend it in the specially built pipe bender as tight as needed.

The other challenge was that the Armortek rear deck is not exact... so a decision had to be made as to whether to faithfully recreate everything behind the turret back or modify the design to accomodate everyone's tiger. Big decision... but it has been made. We are taking Roland Mann's drawings (thanks, Roland!) and building an appropriate solution for everyone's tiger.

It's been long in coming but when you work with Allan, you soon realize that he does not take shortcuts... no how, no way. But you will like the results.

Lucien

Hi Lucien,

Sounds like its all coming along nicely, cant wait to see the results. Make sure you count me in for a set.

Best regards
Phil

Hi Lucien,

My Early Tiger has been WIP for the past three years . I am looking forward to these works of art! Please count me in for a set if they are offered.

Hi Lucien:

You can count me in for a set!

Regards
Joe

Bump for an update

Hi everyone, after some busy time in my job I was able to make some steps with my Feifel filters. Hope with all the new members and models this topic is not too much aside of the main stream. Here is the filter as it looks after machining, silver soldering and completition.





And here it is after light shot blasting ready for going on to the back of my Tiger I





Best regards Roland

Roland Mann wrote:Hope with all the new members and models this topic is not too much aside of the main stream.

Quite contrary - watching the works of the true masters is always very inspiring! I enjoy every post you write and every picture you post.

To the left, is that a dent? Intentional?

Cheers,
/Chris

Yes Chris this is a dent and thank you for your friendly comments. Nice to hear from you.

Best regards Roland

only the best roland, perfection and great to follow, regards simon manning.

Unbelievable craftsmanship.
When finished this will be the ultimate Tiger.
Steve

Hi Roland

Enjoy seeing every piece you make for your Tiger. They are this perfect in photos, I can only imagine how good they must look in person.

kindest regards
Tim

Hi Roland,

Marvellous work, really outstanding. Are you going to make them work too as you´re making a workable V12?

/Per

Simon, Steve, Tim and Per thank you for your comments on my work. I feel some of my old motivation coming back. The filters are made from aluminium and completely hollow. For me an important point since my Tiger is allready tail heavy and adding more weight at the back is the opposite I like. And yes Per it is possible to "breath" throug the filters if ever a need comes up. But I think I mentioned that my MAYACH is not intended to work in my Tiger since the original electric/electronic drive train by ARMORTEK is so smooth and reliable working.

OK now the tubing/hoses on the engine cover are the next steps.

Best regards Roland