The Full Body Off Resto Begins..

[greenhulk]

Call me a glutton for punishment as im no stranger to the ol 'body off' on these TVR's.. Recently had my TVR S done but the only difference with this 93 chimaera is i bought it knowing it would need body off.
So here we go, in attempt to keep another ones of the british beasts on the road project chimaera has been initiated!
(Disclaimer, the pictures you are about to see are not for the faint hearted )

Edited by greenhulk on Saturday 26th November 10:56

[greenhulk]

[PhilH42]

With those facilities you would be mad not to! I'd be dangerous with all that garage space

Look forward to seeing the photos as it moves along.

[phillpot]

PhilH42 said:

With those facilities .........

I think that's the garage it's booked into

[davetripletvr]

Hi Steve got to admire you mate taking on a job like this, mine is about a week away from being finished, i've had a full body off chassis restoration but left it to the professionals as i dont have the confidence or knowledge and i'm off the road myself for health reasons. Good luck with the restoration

[greenhulk]

Cheers gents & phillpot is right.. I've left the work to Tony up at coventry car centre (friend of adrian venns) who done an absolute brilliant job on the full body off resto for my 'S'. If i had the space i would of got a crate of beers in & asked few guys to help with the lift off

As with the 'S' i expect a few headaches along the way with this one.. Unforeseen parts that are on there last legs & need replacing (which all add up & end up sending you over budget!)

Any ideas on chassis colour? We done the last one black with silver suspension arms, i was really considering a red chassis with black suspension arms for the chim?

davetripletvr said:

i've had a full body off chassis restoration but left it to the professionals as i dont have the confidence or knowledge and i'm off the road myself for health reasons. Good luck with the restoration

Would love to see some pictures of your restoration dave, did you run into any other issues? I was told the mk1 suspension arms & anti roll bar were very poor handling wise & mk2 suspension arms were a worthwile upgrade improving the handling.. (£££)
Hope you get well soon, your chim will need you!

Cheers
Steve

[davetripletvr]

Hi Steve, mine is a MK2 with a recently fitted Turbo/ECU conversion among other modifications

[davetripletvr]

More photo's

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[greenhulk]

Nice one Dave, looks brand spanking new, hope your going to keep that white chassis clean I'm thinking of doing mine red..

[PhilH42]

greenhulk said:

Cheers gents & phillpot is right.. I've left the work to Tony up at coventry car centre (friend of adrian venns) who done an absolute brilliant job on the full body off resto for my 'S'. If i had the space i would of got a crate of beers in & asked few guys to help with the lift off

As with the 'S' i expect a few headaches along the way with this one.. Unforeseen parts that are on there last legs & need replacing (which all add up & end up sending you over budget!)

Any ideas on chassis colour? We done the last one black with silver suspension arms, i was really considering a red chassis with black suspension arms for the chim?

davetripletvr said:

i've had a full body off chassis restoration but left it to the professionals as i dont have the confidence or knowledge and i'm off the road myself for health reasons. Good luck with the restoration

Would love to see some pictures of your restoration dave, did you run into any other issues? I was told the mk1 suspension arms & anti roll bar were very poor handling wise & mk2 suspension arms were a worthwile upgrade improving the handling.. (£££)
Hope you get well soon, your chim will need you!

Cheers
Steve

and I spent a few minutes there wondering where I'd gone wrong in life.

Actually I can think of plenty....but I try not to think of them

Hope it all goes to plan....how many other bits are going to hit while the body is off?

[portzi]

[quote=davetripletvr]Hi Steve, mine is a MK2 with a recently fitted Turbo/ECU conversion among other modifications

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OMG Dave, did you know your chassis outriggers were that bad when you bought the car?

it looks like someone has just slapped some white paint on the front?

[greenhulk]

PhilH42 said:

Hope it all goes to plan....how many other bits are going to hit while the body is off?

Cheers Phil, well I'll defintely get the engine bay looking something like 'V8 porn' again
I got some gaz gold shocks to go on & front & rear plus the brakes are in a bad way so they'll need refurbing along with the alloys.
The car was sat up for 8years according to the mot history from 2008 till now, so will have a quick look at a few engine components too

[plfrench]

Good to see another being sorted out Greenhulk

Mine is booked in to start its winter chassis restoration at Neil Garner. Similar to you, I bought mine knowing I would do this. The plan is to get a good solid chassis first and then take care of more aesthetic items such as the paint and interior later on.

Whilst its in with the engine out, I'm having the clutch, fuel pump, brake lines, heat shields, water hoses and a few other bits replaced.

Exciting times

[portzi]

plfrench said:

Good to see another being sorted out Greenhulk

Mine is booked in to start its winter chassis restoration at Neil Garner. Similar to you, I bought mine knowing I would do this. The plan is to get a good solid chassis first and then take care of more aesthetic items such as the paint and interior later on.

Whilst its in with the engine out, I'm having the clutch, fuel pump, brake lines, heat shields, water hoses and a few other bits replaced.

Exciting times

IMHO your going about it in the correct order, sort any chassis issues first, then if you want to upgrade your BHP, or get the cosmetics of the car sorted afterwards.

[greenhulk]

plfrench said:

Good to see another being sorted out Greenhulk

Mine is booked in to start its winter chassis restoration at Neil Garner. Similar to you, I bought mine knowing I would do this. The plan is to get a good solid chassis first and then take care of more aesthetic items such as the paint and interior later on.

Whilst its in with the engine out, I'm having the clutch, fuel pump, brake lines, heat shields, water hoses and a few other bits replaced.

Exciting times

Thank you, so what model chimaera did you pick up then? Presume you got it for a good price knowing its chassis was rotten ralph'd.
I highly reccomend the stainless braided brake lines I put the chimaera calipers with 260mm discs on my S an boy does it stop!
I should of really limited myself & left the interior alone like you are but in typical fashion ive already declared war on the 2 interior seats & exterior hood which the plastic screen is gaffa taped on

Guess I'll be putting a few weekends in to fund it all

[davetripletvr]

greenhulk said:

Nice one Dave, looks brand spanking new, hope your going to keep that white chassis clean I'm thinking of doing mine red..

Oh yes Steve it will be kept clean but it will be used and enjoyed my friend
As far as having your chassis red, think that would look the dogs doo dah's, have seen one red chassis before on a Chimaera and it looked fantastic. Was going to have mine blue but already got alot of blue going on under bonnet so stuck with white which i like as it looks so clean and tidy.