Supercharged LS1 Cerb on the road *Photo intensive*

[RedSpike66]

Boosted Cerb said:

Paint work is amazing now its been colour sanded and polished

Could you tell me what "colour sanded" process is and who does it, how it benefits paint etc.

Awesome job by the way... Well done!
Do you run a car restoration/mods/improvement business? If not, why not ??!!

[TVR653X]

Boosted Cerb said:

Boost gauge was made by Speedy Cables, they weren't particular helpful or quick but got there in the end.

A couple of shots from the weekend at Autosport/Pistonheads show.

Paint work is amazing now its been colour sanded and polished





More here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nwvt/sets/72157623210... thanks to Nick

Rich

Oh my oh my. Possibly the nicest Cerb I've ever seen. I look forward to seeing it at Chatsworth.

[slideways]

Boosted Cerb said:

Boost gauge was made by Speedy Cables, they weren't particular helpful or quick but got there in the end.

A couple of shots from the weekend at Autosport/Pistonheads show.

Paint work is amazing now its been colour sanded and polished





More here http://www.flickr.com/photos/nwvt/sets/72157623210... thanks to Nick

Rich

Thanks, i shall give them a call.
what's the paintwork colour called?

(and before anyone says Blue )

[miniman]

Boosted Cerb said:

Oh my Lord. That is just fabulous.

Boosted Cerb said:

Boost gauge was made by Speedy Cables, they weren't particular helpful or quick but got there in the end.

Speedy Cables is a strange company. They are also Caerbont Automotive (CAI - as per the little logos on the other dials) (gauge maker) and Greengauges.com (online design service for CAI). I had a set of Mini gauges from them years ago. Frankly I am amazed they are still in business, although I suppose the rights to remanufacture all the classic Smiths gauges helps.

[mikeinsheffield]

Paintwork looking truely fantastic. So, what is colour sanding? Is it more "intensive" than claying? Or is it something different altogether.

I'm looking forwards to seeing it / you at Chatsworth - please drop Kev (SYTVRCC RO) ( [e-mail] ) an email to let him know you are planning to make it and I'm sure that he'll put you in the "special cars" section.

[450Nick]

Boosted Cerb said:

Speedy Cables

Awful, Awful company... I've tried to get gauges out of them before for boost etc but gave up after months of getting nowhere!

[JonRB]

I seem to have missed this thread the first few times but have just read through now.

What an awesome project! And that colour is truly gorgeous too. I thought the Lotus Lazer Blue on my Sagaris was nice but that's just epicly lovely.

[TVR653X]

macdeb said:

rev-erend said:

Barkychoc said:

GreenV8S said:

I can't help thinking that if TVR had taken this route instead of pushing ahead with their own chocolate engine, they might still be in business today.

+1

+2

Well done.

+3 shame really.

+4. I think if they'd kept the big 3 (Chim, Cerb, and Griff) in service, and updated the engines to the LS line, with options of AJP power too, that they might still be about.

[T40ORA]

Richard, I can feel that you might have a change of career coming up

[JKY]

Colour sanding is basically flatting the paintwork using 1500 grit wet and dry, a rubber block, plenty of water and soap. Needs real care, particularly on clearcoats, but done properly, and with sufficient paint thickness, it will remove all traces of orange peel, swirls etc. Basically you will end up with flat, matt paint that is then buffed with a machine to bring back the shine.
Very labour intensive. Used to be standard practice on top cellulose spray jobs and to give depth to otherwise plastic looking 2-pack. Been years since I last did this but very rewarding.
The majority of top level concourse cars will be finished like this and even many new cars that you see at shows would have had this treatment (which is why when you see a lovely black car on a stand you will always wonder why the one that you have ordered never looks as good no matter how clean it is!)

Edited by JKY on Friday 22 January 17:56

[Boosted Cerb]

^^^^^^ Exactly, although things have moved on, we used 2000 then 4000 wet and dry paper before moving on to 3 machine polishing compounds then finishing off with a couple of coats of Swissvax wax, great stuff

The colour is Pearl Blue. It was a nightmare to match as we couldn't find a formula for it. Turns out TVR reused my paint code later on for a different shade of blue...typical

In the end we had to get the colour spectrographed and remanufacured, all free of charge as the paint company now have the colour on file for future reference.

Mike, Looking forward to Chatsworth, will email Kev, would be good to leave the bonnet up

Rich.

[The Lukas]

Fantastic work. I am a fan of the Chevy TVRs and would love to experience this in the passenger seat. Fancy a short film made?

[TVR653X]

The Lukas said:

Fantastic work. I am a fan of the Chevy TVRs and would love to experience this in the passenger seat. Fancy a short film made?

Can I squeeze in the back of it? I like Cerberas. They're the only car ive ever felt nervous in....and i've been in some loony wagons, driven by loonies!

[julian64]

TVR653X said:

The Lukas said:

Fantastic work. I am a fan of the Chevy TVRs and would love to experience this in the passenger seat. Fancy a short film made?

Can I squeeze in the back of it? I like Cerberas. They're the only car ive ever felt nervous in....and i've been in some loony wagons, driven by loonies!

I think the driver is the one you want to be nervous of, not the car.

[T40ORA]

Nice article in The Echo Rich.

[G20RG B]

Fantastic car, congratulations,

If I have any engine issues with my Cerb I am going down the LS conversion route, Steve Heath seems to be doing good conversions and as far as servicing and reliability is concerened I dont think you can ignore it.

[Pvapour]

Is there anymore videos? an incredible conversion

[450Nick]

Slightly O/T but does anyone know what the colour of this BMW is called? I absolutely loved it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nwvt/4275169874/in/se...

[dirty boy]

Boosted Cerb said:

^^^^^^ Exactly, although things have moved on, we used 2000 then 4000 wet and dry paper before moving on to 3 machine polishing compounds then finishing off with a couple of coats of Swissvax wax, great stuff

The colour is Pearl Blue. It was a nightmare to match as we couldn't find a formula for it. Turns out TVR reused my paint code later on for a different shade of blue...typical

In the end we had to get the colour spectrographed and remanufacured, all free of charge as the paint company now have the colour on file for future reference.

Mike, Looking forward to Chatsworth, will email Kev, would be good to leave the bonnet up

Rich.

Who did yours then if you don't mind me asking?

[central heating]

Boosted Cerb said:

The colour is Pearl Blue.

Nice colour that.