Gone and bought one !

[Don]

Ours is a 98 S plate 450, so very like. Similar milage, too.

It gets everything that goes wrong with it fixed so it is in very usable condition. It's cosmetically a tad ropey by now. The little dings and scratches that come with having been used.

[Ptr400J]

s p a c e m a n said:

I was expecting worse from the description, looks more presentable than my one

amazing what pictures can cover up ! On the surface it looks reasonable now its cleaned up but there are a lot of issues.

Still, didn't buy it to look at, it was bought to drive and to do that I have to fix a few things!!

Exhaust / headers and injectors sorted now, up and running reasonably well... bit lumpy on tickover, has a Kent 218 cam and vernier on... plus discovered it has Racing Red adjustable shocks all round...

[Ptr400J]

Don said:

Ours is a 98 S plate 450, so very like. Similar milage, too.

It gets everything that goes wrong with it fixed so it is in very usable condition. It's cosmetically a tad ropey by now. The little dings and scratches that come with having been used.

Yes, few bits of paint on this one too, couple of lacquer issues around the boot hinges, boot side.

Usual stone chips on front but least of the worries at the moment !

Pulled off the rear wheels to find the usual cracked / chipped powder coating on the chassis welds.. will sort most of that fairly quickly but front end looks similar.

[Ptr400J]

Finally nailed the hot start problem with the starter motor this afternoon.

Stuck a 30amp fused relay, new small loom too, into the system the other day... re fused it to 10 amp and promptly blew the fuse.... hmm, solenoid seems to be shifting a lot of current... tried a 20 amp and blew that too....

Stripped out starter motor, 3rd time now (!!! exhaust headers, starter strip/internal clean.)
Solenoid seems to be the problem so stripped that too, found the solenoid terminals, internally, burned and corroded.

Nipped up to my local leccy guy and got him to confirm problem and install new terminals on solenoid.

Stuffed it back in, hooked up my new loom/relay.... problem solved and running, as expected, on 10 amp fuse too! :-)

[ianwayne]

[quote=Ptr400J]

My car is silver with black mirrors. I quite like them.

One of the visitors to Neil Garner's in 2015 had a Chimaera with the Corrado mirror conversion, black mirrors on a silver car, which looked great.

Very common to see cars with different coloured mirrors to the body these days, the BMW Mini for example.

[Ptr400J]

ianwayne]tr400J said:

My car is silver with black mirrors. I quite like them.

One of the visitors to Neil Garner's in 2015 had a Chimaera with the Corrado mirror conversion, black mirrors on a silver car, which looked great.

Very common to see cars with different coloured mirrors to the body these days, the BMW Mini for example.

Interesting, when you say black mirrors, do you mean ALL black or just the front rim? Picture??? :-)

[Ptr400J]

This car has a DAB (JVC) radio in, not working due to windscreen aerial being detached, dancing around like the old seventies dice off the interior mirror!!

Not particularly bothered about a radio, can' hear it above the decatted (pre) and sleeved silencer ! but still it wants fixing. Ordered a replacement aerial of ebygum, genuine JVC at £10.99 delivered, can't complain at that!

Radio should be fixed by the weekend along with crappy wipers / washers !

Reg plate lights arrived from Racetech so should be sorted quickly (passed an MoT, prior to purchase, with one out and the other hanging though?)

Edited by Ptr400J on Tuesday 11th October 17:16

[Ptr400J]

The observant among you will have noticed in the pics, the interior one, that the control stalks and the handbrake are still all Cavalier specials.

Ordered a kit from billyard at £65 ish delivered,( ebygum) stalks x 2, steering wheel adjuster, handbrake handle/knob.

Also now fitted, easy job on the stalks but bit more of a problem with the handbrake as mine is the oval variety with a big release button.

Twenty minutes using a drill cutter and a file, ovaled out the handbrake handle enough to fit (loads of meat to go at!) and despite being sent the small button and email to the supplier produced the correct one in 24 hrs. Excellent service.

Bit more cost effective than a certain supplier!

[ianwayne]

Ptr400J said:

Interesting, when you say black mirrors, do you mean ALL black or just the front rim? Picture??? :-)

I have seen a thread where a car where just the rims were fake carbon wrapped:




The rims do come off bit they are a very tight fit. Mine have the whole mirror shell done:

[Ptr400J]

ianwayne said:

I have seen a thread where a car where just the rims were fake carbon wrapped:



The rims do come off bit they are a very tight fit. mine hav ehte whole mirror shell done:

Ah, I see, the red version is the same setup as mine, but I like the look of those others, is that your car?

[ianwayne]

Yes it's mine. 2000 year reg, a 400. Last year of the 400s I believe. I see on another thread you have an iffy injector. If you want to clean them I used this lot:

http://www.injectortune.co.uk/

Improved running (mine had done over 84k miles) and back in the post within 3 days. £110. Since you;ve the plenum off and fuel rail out already....

[Ptr400J]

ianwayne said:

Yes it's mine. 2000 year reg, a 400. Last year of the 400s I believe. I see on another thread you have an iffy injector. If you want to clean them I used this lot:

http://www.injectortune.co.uk/

Improved running (mine had done over 84k miles) and back in the post within 3 days. £110. Since you;ve the plenum off and fuel rail out already....

Hmm, yes, sore point, had them checked out, 2 completely shot, one in sorry state... shelled out for eight new Lucas injectors. :-)

Might get the other five cleaned, useful spares for someone maybe.

Edited by Ptr400J on Tuesday 11th October 17:55

[TR4man]

Interesting enough I bought a Chimaera 450 over the last few days although mine seems to have led a more pampered and charmed existence. It's a Mk3 with just over 25,000 miles.

[ianwayne]

Silver is a very common colour for many lines of cars (Porsche, Merc etc) but I thought it was quite rare for a TVR.

According to my handbook, mine is actually "Lotus Aluminium" but I call it silver.

[Ptr400J]

TR4man said:

Interesting enough I bought a Chimaera 450 over the last few days although mine seems to have led a more pampered and charmed existence. It's a Mk3 with just over 25,000 miles.

That looks a tidy one ! bit further along the production line than mine though! and less miles...

still that means you have plenty of scope for adding a lot more without issue??!!

So that's three silver ones already , mine is supposedly "solent silver" really? is there any way to find out the true colour and also how many cars / silver were produced?

Edited by Ptr400J on Tuesday 11th October 19:30

[N7GTX]

The paint code is a letter and 3 numbers usually but not always - mine is P179 Masalla.

Then look it up in this list: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Solent silver is an Aston Martin colour, usually on DB7s.

Edited by N7GTX on Tuesday 11th October 21:04

[Ptr400J]

N7GTX said:

The paint code is a letter and 3 numbers usually but not always - mine is P179 Masalla.

Then look it up in this list: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Solent silver is an Aston Martin colour, usually on DB7s.

Edited by N7GTX on Tuesday 11th October 21:04

Thanks for the info, shoukd the paint code be on the commission plate, or similar, on the car?

Obviously not Solent silver then

[N7GTX]

In the picture the paint code on this car is P422.
Your car could be Solent silver as many have been resprayed so it could be a posh one.[url]

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[FoxTVR430]

My car is also Colour code P422. But I do not find it in the list above?
Can someone tell me the colour please.

[NZ fan]

FoxTVR430 said:

My car is also Colour code P422. But I do not find it in the list above?
Can someone tell me the colour please.

My car is code p422 p2382b [95 model] i had it re-painted last year. they made up the paint off this code and its a perfect match. its called cooper green i believe and i think its a Rover/Honda colour. lovely in the sun light.