Restoring TVR Vixen S3 RDO I 06J

[Hansoplast]

Hello,

I do not get many reactions/advices on behave on the interior.

But try again for information on the wiring of the interior light and reversing/reg.plate light.

I have the right colored wires to the lights but do not know how to connect.
The reversing light has a connector for the bigger bulb being the reverse light so .
Internal the 2 smaller bulbs for reg. plate lights are connected to each other.
Now the question where to connect earthing GB wire and feed R wire.

And interior light has GY and GW and NY wires. But where to connect to?.

Should all be easy.

[Hansoplast]

Missed the picture off reverse light.

[Hansoplast]

Oke I did not get any reaction on my request for info for the lights but got them working after some fiddling.

At this moment the major works is the interior.
Chose the color blue i stead of the traditional black.
The seats are back from the upholsterer and looks great.


Doing all the interior works my self it takes a lot of time searching the right details and technical solutions.
Pics of the interiors on PH helps. Also the youtube film of Paul Custom.

For the ceiling a lot of cutting in situ is required. But a wrong cut can not be rectified
First trial fitting made clear that the both is oversized so trimming can start.
I chose a grey color.


Under the ceiling I have glued anti-reading plates to the body. I also did that in the petrol tank area and in the doors.



I see the end of the restoration tunnel but do not know when .

Hans

[smithy63]

Hi Hans,
Just keep on going its worth it in the end.
A blue interior will be interesting, what colour is the exterior going to be?
From personal experience I wouldnt put "anti-reading" matting on the ceiling, sometime in the future I,m sure you will find they have come unstuck and dropped onto the roof lining spoiling your hard work. It gets very hot on the roof and interior in summer sunlight.
Just my opinion,

Andy

[Hansoplast]

Hi Andy,

Thanx for your reaction.
Outside the car is a new fresh coat of Silver Fox, so blue is a nice contrast.

Your remaks on the ceiling I do understand. The standard glued plate fall from the ceiling already so I use another "better" glue.
But are now hesitating on this!!!
Another decision to be made.
I think (not too long) I go for the save side.

Hans

smithy63 said:

Hi Hans,
Just keep on going its worth it in the end.
A blue interior will be interesting, what colour is the exterior going to be?
From personal experience I wouldnt put "anti-reading" matting on the ceiling, sometime in the future I,m sure you will find they have come unstuck and dropped onto the roof lining spoiling your hard work. It gets very hot on the roof and interior in summer sunlight.
Just my opinion,

Andy

[GTRene]

maybe instead of glue you can use what they use to glue windows in, that black stuff rubber-ish, that will hold I guess.

those seats looks very good.

[Astacus]

My car had thick Tiberius type material, like carpet underlay stuck to the inside of the roof to stop drumming

[Dollyman1850]

Hansoplast said:

Hi Andy,

Thanx for your reaction.
Outside the car is a new fresh coat of Silver Fox, so blue is a nice contrast.

Your remaks on the ceiling I do understand. The standard glued plate fall from the ceiling already so I use another "better" glue.
But are now hesitating on this!!!
Another decision to be made.
I think (not too long) I go for the save side.

Hans

smithy63 said:

Hi Hans,
Just keep on going its worth it in the end.
A blue interior will be interesting, what colour is the exterior going to be?
From personal experience I wouldnt put "anti-reading" matting on the ceiling, sometime in the future I,m sure you will find they have come unstuck and dropped onto the roof lining spoiling your hard work. It gets very hot on the roof and interior in summer sunlight.
Just my opinion,

Andy

If you want to keep them in place then either fibreglass them in place or use PU7 polyurethane seam sealant material and finger it on over the mat and the existing fibreglass roof ..

if you don't THEY WILL EVENTUALLY COME OFF.

N.

[Moto]

Hans, those seats look fab. And great to see the original weave look vinyl being used.

Moto

[Hansoplast]

Hi Moto,

It's original Volvo type of vinyl. At least that's how the supplier called it.
Happy we found this.
In the flesh it looks even better bleu(ish).
All the other final has nearly the same color.

Hans

Moto said:

Hans, those seats look fab. And great to see the original weave look vinyl being used.

Moto

[Hansoplast]

Hi Moto,

It's original Volvo type of vinyl. At least that's how the supplier called it.
Happy we found this.
In the flesh it looks even better bleu(ish).
All the other final has nearly the same color.

Hans

Moto said:

Hans, those seats look fab. And great to see the original weave look vinyl being used.

Moto

[Hansoplast]

Hello,

Simple question that came up while preparing position of sliders chairs.

It looks as if the seats are R and L models. The backrest tends to point side ways.
Is that so?
And what is best to get the right position behind the wheel?

The pics do not tell the story clearly.

[GTRene]

strange, maybe depending on how the pedals are positioned? if say to the left you know what seat to use, more sitting to the left? don't know

[Hansoplast]

Before I send the wheels to the painter I have prepped them.
Just stupid polishing the kerb marks but looks oke now.
Will be painted RAL 5011.
Hans

Before;



After;

[Hansoplast]

And had some new track bars made.
The original looked shot (threads).
Took me a while before I found a firm in Holland to do the job.
Was only 6 miles from home.



And took care of some shining bits.



Hans

[280i]

The track rods look great. Can you post the firm that made them. I hope they saved the measurements. I wonder if they could build me a set.
Contact person would be appreciated.

thank you

[Hansoplast]

Got my wheels back from the painter.

Looking great to me.

Color 5011.

[Hansoplast]

Put some shining bits on the car.
Wilwood pedalbox, had to move the catch for it.




Fitted new shocks from AV, replacing the old tire pumps.





Made an additional dash, with power cut off + indicator and overrider switch + indicator for fan.

Coming to an end ( he said!!!!)

Hans

[Hansoplast]

Adrian,

I think the previous owner made them to fit.
After some fiddling on pivot points and locks (2 or 3 days) I got the front sitting well and opening /closing perfect.
Have to do it again after shifting the locks because of pedal box. Hopes it does not take that long again.

But if I want the correct smaller item, from what source are they?

Hans

[Hansoplast]

After house move ( 2 in a year) and building a new garage, I restarted working on the Vixen.

Cleaned and polished the door frames.
Took the quarter glass out for new rubbers. Lot of debris come out.

For the sliding window I want to put a weather/water stop profile on the outside of the horizontal bar that rests on the door skin.
In this profile there are 4 holes for fixing the the profile I assume. (picture 2)
But on the inside horizontale bar, to which the capping will be fixed, there are 2 holes positions to the front. (picture 1)

I made some pics to make it more clear.

Any help for the detailing here? Pictures when possible would be fine.

Hans.