The most perfect Tiger
(parked next to the most perfect Citabria)

I call this the most perfect Tiger because I think it is. This plane was purchased in December of 2000. It was a very average Tiger. The owner, Travis Grey, really likes to have the very best of everything. I started the annual in January of 2001. The engine had over 2000 hrs on it and no entry for the oil pump AD. So, we decided to do an engine overhaul. Of course, that meant detailing the firewall, powder-coating the engine mount, new start/battery relays, new fuel pump, powder-coated battery tray ... then a new windshield, new canopy windows, rear windows, then new interior, new plastic ... the restoration started to take on a life of its own. Travis asked how difficult it would be to put in an instrument panel like the one in an AG5B. Not too hard. So, the entire instrument panel came out. Then, an additonal $90,000 later, this is what you get. Here are some more pics. Interested? It can be yours for $130,000.

	Here it is during the first annual. This was taken before anything was wiped down and cleaned. I modified the baffles on this and got about a 20 degree decrease in CHT.
	Here is a shot from above. And, no, there is no split nose bowl. I am a firm believer in the KISS principle. The only reason to remove the nose bowl is for unscheduled alternator or starter work. This may happen every 10 years.
	Here is the right side. It got a new muffler, new alternator, new batter, new regulator, ....
	The engine is an overhaul by LyCon. New Lycoming cylinders that were ported and polished. On the dyno, it put out 203 horsepower. This is one of the smothest engines I've ever flown behind.
	These three shots of the instruemnt panel were taken in my hanger with the sun shining in. You get the idea.
	it was tough getting the picture cleaned up so it looked this good.
	This is a picture of the head phone jacks. The big one on the bottom is a powered Bose jack.
	This is a shot into the aft cabin.
	A couple of shots into the cabin.
	This one shows a bit more of the side panels.
	This was taken in Oceano about a wekk after it was signed off.
	Here it is, finally. A picture of the rear seat microphone and headphone jacks. Neat, clean, and out of the way.