johns griff chassis change plus
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as if i haven't got enough tvrs in bits i am doing a 500 griff chassis change, thought you lads might be interested, story so far is car came to me for outriggers but on removing the body it soon became apparent that a chassis was required, i have sourced one from r t racing it is now off being shot blasted prior to my chassis treatment it is going to be silver all be it a commercial ral colour, got some works to do on the power plant new valley gasket and some prettying up of the motor itself, also losing the long defunct air con so a few pics to give you a flavour of the job so far.
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just an update got the new chassis back yesterday and set it up ready for the paint system, it has had a zinc rich epoxy primer then high build primer and finally top coat with a high solids content, the system was developed in the north sea and is said to have a 20 year life span adding to this the fact it can be repaired or repainted makes it the ideal chassis covering.
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got a fair bit done to the chassis today lots of component cleaning bolt wire brushing etc. and got the rear end built,plus started on the wiring sort out a clifford alarm and am3 tracker have been very badly installed causing all sorts of problems out they go in with a new system and linked tracker.
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john
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Untitled by hmstvr, on FlickrUntitled by hmstvr, on FlickrUntitled by hmstvr, on FlickrUntitled by hmstvr, on FlickrUntitled by hmstvr, on Flickrlots more done built up the engine bay all the wiring plus upgraded the starter/charging circuit and fitted bespoke jump start plug, the old 100 amp fuse holder has gone and a nice manly marine version installed no more trouble there then, seat belts back in, cooling systemic, so new alarm and tracker to go rebuild dash and push the button.
john
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got the new alarm and tracker fitted today threw up a few issues on the way all good now had the engine running for a couple of minutes got the new radio in and rebuilt most of the interior basically seats and some carpet to go,also fitted a remote 40 amp relay to the starter solenoid just to keep everything reliable.
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Untitled by hmstvr, on FlickrUntitled by hmstvr, on Flickrjob finished been out for a good run today all drives really well nice and tight must say i like the griff seems roomier than my chim apart from the boot been a good job all round.
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