Do you know that Tam & who has done the roof conversion?

[Sabatier]

Hi all,

This Tamora is on sale on PH: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/t...

I contacted the owner to ask who had done the conversion on the roof so that the back window now drops flush with the body. The work was however carried out prior to the current owner & there's no info in the car history.
I need a new back window on my tamora & might investigate putting up the same whilst having the work done

Does anyone know the car & who has done the work on the hood/roof please?

Thank you!

[V8 GRF]

The advert says who did the conversion work.

Plasicman is aka Dave Hillis who posts on here as 'plasticman' he's likely to have either done the hood work or will know who did.

[Pursyluv]

Apart from a smaller "glass" panel, what else is different about this roof?

[Sabatier]

V8 GRF said:

The advert says who did the conversion work.

Plasicman is aka Dave Hillis who posts on here as 'plasticman' he's likely to have either done the hood work or will know who did.

Thanks V8 GRF. I understood that Dave/Plasticman had only done the bonnet conversion, not the hood design, but I will ask him for sure.

Pursyluv: the back of the hood is apparently dropping further down on this car. Should give me more clearance to view what's behind me when driving the hood down

[mycroft]

Don't like it , looks wrong .

[TVRinBFG]

Sabatier said:

Pursyluv: the back of the hood is apparently dropping further down on this car. Should give me more clearance to view what's behind me when driving the hood down

I had a roof/rear window like this on a Chimaera I had and don't like it. Roof up: it makes the car darker inside; harder to see out of over your shoulder when joining motorways; and the material seemed to show more fold marks/wear, where the plastic screen would have been on the corners(although this is subjective).

[Tamster.]

Sabatier said:

Hi all,

This Tamora is on sale on PH: http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/t...

I contacted the owner to ask who had done the conversion on the roof so that the back window now drops flush with the body. The work was however carried out prior to the current owner & there's no info in the car history.
I need a new back window on my tamora & might investigate putting up the same whilst having the work done

Does anyone know the car & who has done the work on the hood/roof please?

Thank you!

Would stick with the original rear screen there Sabatier, the stitching tends to rot over time, similar thing happened on my old T2 Vert, there is a place near Baldock which will restitch it as a temporary measure

On the other hand you could borrow my extra high seat cushion to see out the back!

Cracking looking Tam you have there

[shep1001]

Any decent trimmer can do it. I had mine done 2 years ago by the Morgan place near Cranfield in Beds. With the Targa re-cover it was about £520. No leaks or any problems like that its so much better when you put it down with no risk of creasing the plastic

[Pursyluv]

Sabatier said:

Pursyluv: the back of the hood is apparently dropping further down on this car. Should give me more clearance to view what's behind me when driving the hood down

Well I don't profess to be the Nr 1 Tam expert (that accolade goes to Shep), but I really don't think this is any different to any other Tam roof, they just drop down to different levels because they do..........I think

[shep1001]

Pursyluv said:

Well I don't profess to be the Nr 1 Tam expert (that accolade goes to Shep), but I really don't think this is any different to any other Tam roof, they just drop down to different levels because they do..........I think

Sort of. The roof will sit a little lower as the screen doesn't kink on the corners where it would otherwise wrap round. Not worth having it done just to get the hood to sit lower, if you don't want it to put creases in the screen then it's well worth it, especially if you need the hood replacing

[Pursyluv]

shep1001 said:

Pursyluv said:

Well I don't profess to be the Nr 1 Tam expert (that accolade goes to Shep), but I really don't think this is any different to any other Tam roof, they just drop down to different levels because they do..........I think

Sort of. The roof will sit a little lower as the screen doesn't kink on the corners where it would otherwise wrap round. Not worth having it done just to get the hood to sit lower, if you don't want it to put creases in the screen then it's well worth it, especially if you need the hood replacing

Ok, so back to my original comment, it is just the smaller window that is different, which happens to also allow the window to sit lower.........I got there eventually

[Sabatier]

Thanks all, I'm a bit like Pursyluv & have gone all circle then...
Not interested in a smaller window so will take Tamster.'s offer of a high cushion!!
Here's my lovely beast

[TOV!E]

mycroft said:

Don't like it , looks wrong .

Love it,vast improvement.. Each to there own

[TOV!E]

mycroft said:

Don't like it , looks wrong .

Love it,vast improvement.. Each to there own

[Tamster.]

Sabatier said:

Thanks all, I'm a bit like Pursyluv & have gone all circle then...
Not interested in a smaller window so will take Tamster.'s offer of a high cushion!!
Here's my lovely beast

Very nice indeed

Here's the seat cushion, about twice the height of a standard cushion (approx 2 inches) hopefully those extra inches will make all the difference



Are you coming along to the Brill Festival this coming Sunday? will bring it with me

[Sabatier]

Ha ha thanks Tamster.
Not going to the Brill festival I'm afraid but hopefully set for the Goodwood Revival!

[brownspeed]

Also being of average* height myself (not my fault that there are more people above average* height than below!); i decided to raise my entire seat (by 40mm) rather than the cushion route. provided you take care when putting the hood up, to avoid clashing with the now taller seat back.

[Sabatier]

Just above average height for a girl, though Amazon calls me "short stuff"!!
The seats will need redoing at some point so I may have to think then & at the risk of hitting my head against the hood