TVR 3000s covertible

[tunepipe911]

new coverplate for clutch,alloy 2 mm painted black,original one was in some soft material and
fell allmost apart from the grease and oil(or wax?)
plate only serves as a cover plate no more ,no less??

[pridaux]

Looks great shame about old fatso in the other picture those legs should be just be carful or we will have to send the over again LOL
Probable ringing to see if its safe to come home???
Andrew

[oldgeebee]

Good to see you're making progress Rudy - and using Andrew's car as a benchmark (good call!). I'm way behind you but I'm picking up the completed rear uprights tomorrow so should get the chassis rollin' soon. Won't be ready for the Pre-80's Extravaganza though so will just have to turn up in the S
Keep up the good work!
GB

[tunepipe911]

Graham
my target is 2013,so no rush,there are still a few issues to come(electrics)
next weeks could be difficult as there remains little time after work,
technical maintenance for 3 weeks at one off my best clients,

Rudy

[bluezeeland]

Rudy,

See you will slow down slightly over the three weeks, will be on holiday myself till end of July, if any help required after that, ring ! (nice chance to get the old lady out, the car that is !)

to all: there is some footage of the continental on youtube and in a few days on tvrcc holland (graham and me had a super day!)

greetz

[pridaux]

Not to sure about Graham but I had a fantastic trip with Frank never saw Graham???? The hospitality was great was well looked after even lottie had her own private Bed and the Day at Zolder was fantastic we had at least 5 3000s there and even achieved the Red white and blue that I was trying to achieve for the jubilee maybe Frank will post a picture to celebrate the 40 years the prettiest convertible ever (biased of course)afraid Lottie did not want to come home as she had a holiday romance with a Tuscan/Vixen Conversion V8 and wants to have his Baby's she is still crying in the garage so anyone with a V8 out there that is needing some Looove get in touch.
Andrew and Lottie

[bluezeeland]

red white and blue are in a seperate thread; Union Jack, see there

as for the Tuscan V8, we are led to believe the lovemaking was done by Lottie, which is not entirely true, will try to get a picture of what went on from the lads over at TVRCC Holland to get some evidence..........

[tunepipe911]

update juli

new axles 12,7mm made off special steel
and replacing
plates to shut holes in alloy,put a bit off water-resisting grease on the interior off the alloy,
will come out much better in 30 years,

[tunepipe911]

another shot

[tunepipe911]

this is where I got my inspiration to rebuild a car,previous hobby Formule 1,
build this on from a cardboard model in solid red cupper,600mm lenght,12kg weight,
tryed selling it once,but could not take distance from it(many hours to build)

[phillpot]

tunepipe911 said:

solid red copper

Is that a Copersucar .....

[bluezeeland]

It also Emerson Fittipaldi, nice one, thanks

Rudy, must say like the idea of covering the inside of the rear uprights

cheers

[pridaux]

Hi Rudy
That looks fantastic when the old girl is finished you must do a 3000s (Taimar Roadster??) And I will buy the first one?.
No distractions yet as we all want to see you out and about with the car as soon as possible.
Andy

[heightswitch]

pridaux said:

Hi Rudy
That looks fantastic when the old girl is finished you must do a 3000s (Taimar Roadster??) And I will buy the first one?.
No distractions yet as we all want to see you out and about with the car as soon as possible.
Andy

Taimar Roadster?? must be a model I have never heard of?

N.

[pridaux]

you obviously need to get out of the shed more and discover your TVR History the 3000s was refered to on several occasions in the 70s as the Taimar Roadster in the USA Motoring press and when talking with people today they often think your referring to an S1,2 or 3 when you say you have a 3000s hence referring to it as the 3000s Taimar Roadster from the 70s they relate better to that and realise that it not an S3.
Plus it gives the stupid fools with nothing better to do than pick holes in things something to get there teeth into while the rest of us use the Forum for more useful things. Andy

Edited by pridaux on Sunday 5th August 21:38

[pridaux]

Forgot to say dont leave the shed until you have finished as she is looking fantastic hope to see your back end flying past Lottie very soon
Andy

[heightswitch]

pridaux said:

you obviously need to get out of the shed more and discover your TVR History the 3000s was refered to on several occasions in the 70s as the Taimar Roadster in the USA Motoring press and when talking with people today they often think your referring to an S1,2 or 3 when you say you have a 3000s hence referring to it as the 3000s Taimar Roadster from the 70s they relate better to that and realise that it not an S3.
Plus it gives the stupid fools with nothing better to do than pick holes in things something to get there teeth into while the rest of us use the Forum for more useful things. Andy

Edited by pridaux on Sunday 5th August 21:38

I will bow to your encyclopedic knowledge on the subject. Thanks for the history lesson
N.

[thegamekeeper]

Confucious say " who is most stupid, man who shares his knowledge with man who phones 3 times a week or man who phones stupid man then insults him?". Confucious also say " man who piss in wind gets his own back".

[thegamekeeper]

Confucious say " who is most stupid man, one who believes everything he read on Internet or man who regurgitates it and thinks it all true and people think him wise man? Both same stupid man ".

[bluezeeland]

how 'bout stopping have a go at each other and get back to what this forum is meant to be ?
Most of us are here to read and learn, pose questions and learn from anybodies previous experiences and knowledge. So please stop it ! (thank you !)