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Its difficult to tell from these pictures but the original colour of the car is silver, after the fire it was jet black, i managed to restore it to around 90% original colour but the clear coat is still stained with soot, giving the car a greeny shade of silver, i will be removing the car from the garage on wednesday to remove the engine, so i will take some better pics of the exterior and you should be able to see what i mean.

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J400GED said:

Looking forward to the pics mate.

I just got mine running this afternoon after a body off chassis refurb.

congratulations on getting the car running, i managed to repair my generator yesterday also i have put some pics on here, not brilliant but i hope to improve next week,Jim.

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[quote=ChilliWhizz]Morning Jim, that's some project you have on the go there mate..... What's the plan/timescale ?[/quote
Morning chili
It is a bit of a project, as for timescale unsure its going to take a fair bit of coin which I haven't much of, first off is engine out on Wednesday then I can remove the body on Saturday if all goes well, then I can get a better idea of how much the chassis is going to cost, I've had a quote of £300 to soda blast and re powder coat it but that's without outriggers or wishbones, so its a case of play it by ear. Jim.

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While looking through my youtube channel i found these images, These pics were taken about 2 days after the fire which damaged the TVR,
https://youtu.be/6o1yqA0ixk8

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These are the books i bought on the car boot for £20

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glenrobbo said:

Hi Jim,

it's gonna be a long road, but you will get there in the end. Just be methodical, and photograph and label EVERYTHING, and note where you store the removed parts. A dismantled car takes up an awful lot of space.

The hardest part is keeping up the motivation, but keep making small steps and you will have something to be proud of, and to enjoy at the end.

Good luck.

Thanks mate, all removed parts are being moved out of the garage to a dedicated shed at home to give me more room, as you can see its a bit cramped, check out the Url labeled TVR, regards jim.

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Barreti said:

That's a hell of a conversion, from a beat up boat to a Chimaera !

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Hi mate try this link.
https://youtu.be/6o1yqA0ixk8 Jim.

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J400GED said:

Hi Jim, sorry mate but I think you should prepare yourself for bad news on the outriggers. I hope I'm wrong but that outrigger in the pic doesn't look good.

Hi Ged I'm always prepared for bad news, its like a horror story when I crawl under the car, I am usually prepared for the worst scenario possible, I've hit the outriggers with a hammer and there is no holes so far, how thick the metal is I don't know, as soon as the chassis is out and stripped its off to xworks for there expert opinion, if it needs outriggers then so be it, Jim.

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congratulations on getting the car running, i managed to repair my generator yesterday also i have put some pics on here, not brilliant but i hope to improve next week,Jim.

Hi Ged how long did the return take you altogether? and how extensive did you go. Jim.

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J400GED said:

If you're lifting the engine before the body, don't forget:
The earth strap to the RH outrigger through the RH wheel arch
The main exhaust and Y-piece.
Fuel feed and return hoses at the RH top rear of the engine (near the Heater hoses area)
Front removable cross brace in front of the engine
Rear removable cross brace (under the gearbox but across the chassis back bone
Engine mounts - once you have taken the weight of the engine! these will make things easier if you can remove them completely, leaving the engine mounted portion of the bracket in situ (if you see what I mean)
Gearbox mounts
Prop shaft should slide out as you lift the engine - just protect it from hitting too much
Gearbox remote lever - on top of the gearbox accessed from inside the car.

Bear in mind it is very "snug" and will take some jiggling to get the engine and gearbox through and out.
Probably best to remove the radiator as well

Hope this helps

Ged

Hi Ged when removing the remote gear linkage how many fastenings are there, I presume one at each end and the gearlever itself, would that be right or is there more? Jim.

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J400GED said:

Does these pics help?










Be careful when disconnecting the mid (at gearlever) and rear (at gearbox) there should be nylon washers either side of the gearlever and gearbox stubs and a nylon sleeve that the relevant bolt goes through.

Hi Ged, yes the pics help a lot I'm going to tackle it tomorrow, hopefully this is the last thing to remove before I lift it, with a bit of luck I will lift the body on Saturday, Jim.

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J400GED said:

Best of luck mate.

Whoppee The Engine is out at last.

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J400GED said:

Well done mate. Those manifold bolts will just fall out now!

Hi ged I hope so, I did have one casualty as I was lifting the engine, I was on my own so it made it all the more difficult, the engine slipped at one point and snapped the eyebolt on top of the gearbox the one that guides the selector lever, in not sure if I can buy one or whether it's weldable, just have to wait and see, if all goes to plan its the body off tomorrow, Jim.

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The body was lifted at 20.00hours tonight I will take some pics tomorrow, I had to work with the garage door closed so it was too hot to take the pics I just had to get out of there, I had a quick look round the chassis and its not good, as far as I could see the main backbone is OK but the front and rear wishbones look goosed as do the outriggers shockers and springs front discs, I will have a better idea tomorrow, but heyho its off now that's the main thing.

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Here are the pics of my chassis,

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