Griff Cat D restoration (Picture Heavy)

Griff Cat D restoration (Picture Heavy)

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spikep

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468 posts

281 months

Sunday 29th December 2013
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Just thought I would copy this across from the TVRCC forum as I've been posting this rebuild for a few years now on there under Griff back from the dead. Changes to the rebuild have taken place but I will only put those up that have stayed.

The car was Cat D with damage to the passengers side.

I cleaned up all the chassis and painted the outriggers and all of the wishbones had just been replaced by the previous owner.

You can see the damage to the wishbones.

Both my Tiv's together before the Griff went to my brother for repair.



spikep

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281 months

Sunday 29th December 2013
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Front end repair started

And back started


Then I got carried away and bought a Griff and Chim bonnet of ebay and had the vent put in the Griff bonnet.


All the paint was taken off for a colour change.


spikep

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Sunday 29th December 2013
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All my work painting the outriggers was then thrown out the window as I decided we were so far down the line to splitting the car that the outriggers may as well be done properly.

Cleaning the chassis showed some small holes but overall it was in good condition.


Outriggers replaced with bigger corner gaps on the plates and the bits that stick up on the outriggers left off.
Post powder coating

Rebuild begins

spikep

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Sunday 29th December 2013
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Plenum and Rocker covers


The engine bay has been painted with new heat shield going all the way down the centre of the body.




spikep

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281 months

Sunday 29th December 2013
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The battery is being moved to behind the driver with a smaller race battery being used.


Car going back together


The engine bay so far

spikep

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Sunday 29th December 2013
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Along with the Battery move, the fuse box is going behind the passengers seat


Fatmat going down the centre console because I can!!


Will post more later with more description too.

Quinny

15,814 posts

265 months

Sunday 29th December 2013
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Cool.....keep em comingcool

dnb

3,330 posts

241 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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Looking good so far. biggrin

Pete Mac

755 posts

136 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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Needless to say, considering I am about to start the same (you contributed to my thread) I am very interested in your progress.

Now the question is, shall I move that damned battery or not .......?

spikep

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281 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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Pete, it all depends on how tall your partner is. You can see the chassis corner gaps in the picture and the gaps are that big as standard on a 3000M. The top loop that sticks up near the back is apparently for a factory role hoop, the only problem is it stops you cleaning that part of the top of the outrigger so I have left them out.
Things I wish we had done is weld frames in the fasten the seats to the chassis and weld some bolt to the front of the outriggers so I could bolt on some deflector behind the front wheels to protect from stone chips.

mrzigazaga

18,534 posts

164 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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spikep said:
Rocker covers

Hi Mate..Just wondering about the detailing of the fins..Were the rocker covers powder coated and then the fins sanded back and polished or were they polished and then coated with a tiny amount of oil before powder coating?..

I have a pair that i have cleaned up for my Wedge and was going to polish them to a mirror finish and then detail in between the fins but cleaning would be a bit of a nightmare, Especially the N/S so i have decided to have them powder coated red but similar to yours with the fins polished..Trouble is most powder coater's i have spoken to can't do the polish bit but i don't mind doing that myself..

(I know...The badge and flame trap are on the wrong side rocker cover, Also the red is only drawn in with a paint programme at the moment)

Cheers...Ziga


By the way..What you are doing looks fantastic..yes

spikep

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Monday 30th December 2013
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The rocket cover and plenum were completely powder coated and I sanded off the paint to the metal work with the other bits masked off.

RichB

51,433 posts

283 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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spikep said:
The rocket cover...
That's a great modification biggrin

spikep

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281 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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Hans
I initially thought the cables would not reach and tidied up the cables, but then my brother was trying to see if there was a better location and it freed off some extra and now it reaches. So I would go back and re look at it.

Quincy
Used your videos on YouTube, they were a great help.

Quinny

15,814 posts

265 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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hehe

I've got Mrlockpick calling me Queeny.....no idea whysmile
Spike calling me Quincyhehe
Aussie John calling me grumpy old b yikes
Silicon kid calling me tight bumcool


Do I need a new PH handle?. scratchchin

Pete Mac

755 posts

136 months

Monday 30th December 2013
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spikep said:
Pete, it all depends on how tall your partner is. You can see the chassis corner gaps in the picture and the gaps are that big as standard on a 3000M. The top loop that sticks up near the back is apparently for a factory role hoop, the only problem is it stops you cleaning that part of the top of the outrigger so I have left them out.
Things I wish we had done is weld frames in the fasten the seats to the chassis and weld some bolt to the front of the outriggers so I could bolt on some deflector behind the front wheels to protect from stone chips.
Mrs M is not very big. Challenge will be making sure the drivers seat can go far enough forward so she can drive it. I plan to weld in frames for the seats. Will have to think about those outrigger corners but as you know I plan to galvanize the chassis anyway. You know, one thing I thought, I could run a bead of silicon all around where the chassis meets the body thus keeping out stones and other scensoredt, however not sure if it would put up with the flexing and I am trying to get rid of the silicon under the bonnet so not sure I want to stick it under body. Any thoughts ....?

spikep

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468 posts

281 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Finally the paint is on.







mk1fan

10,507 posts

224 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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That's a bit of a gap between posts.

Loving the orange.

Milky400

1,960 posts

177 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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Very very nive, great job...... what colour is that?

spikep

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281 months

Tuesday 16th September 2014
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It is a long time, but you don't see a lot when thing are being rubbed down. My main thread is on the club site too.

not sure what orange it is as I picked a 1 coat colour from Fisher paint supplies in Lincoln. Will ask my nephew who is doing the work.