A Taimar Restoration

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Well the journey begins after buying the Taimar earlier in the year we now have lift of on the reberth of the Taimar.
Looking forward to getting down and dirty will be stripping her down early in the new year and asses the damage from its incounter with a sign post and see what can be re used and what we will renew.[url]

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Car is heading to the Restorers where i will be doing the strip down and taking all the parts etc home for refurb.

looking forward to a steep learning curb and hopefully a great end result.

Thank you to all who have helped so far with advice etc and a Big Thank you to Peter who has kindly stored her for the last 8 months.

Andrew

Edited by prideaux on Thursday 19th December 13:31

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hallsie said:

Ill get the 'T' cut out mate, a bit of spit nd polish and itll be fine!!

And I dont think them shiny bumpers look any good, so you may as well drop em round to me!!

Looks like it was in good pre smash condition!!

Stu

Hope you got a big tin.
Yes with the price of stainless scrap I should get some beer tokens for them .
Yes Damage does not look to bad digital photography does hide a multitude of sins.
New screen bonnet and front running gear will be on the shopping list me thinks for starters.
Full shopping list will be created at strip down and then head off to
Almost Drives Round In Another Neighbourhood 24 Miles?? and do a major shopping spree and get EXACTY the right parts.
Andrew

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hallsie said:

beer tokens waiting!



Stu

Are you sure thats a fair amount of a new kitchen in beer tokens next time i bid on a set of bumpers on e bay i had better make sure they have taken them off the car first could get rather expensive on the restoration bills.
Andrew

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Thanks Ian

Yes i saw that its the wrong bonnet for the Taimar wrong front and the bumpers on mine are perfect and stainless not chrome so at present probaby half the value of the car.
Nice buy if someone wants bonnet and bumpers but will need re chroming from the look of them fairly rusty.

Thank you

Andrew

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Just wondering if any of you can recommend an engine re builder although the engine was running well before the bump it really deserves a re built engine and would like to take her to the same level as my 3000s ie stage 2 fact road cam etc and wondered what experience others have had with various builders Burton Power was who i was thinking although i hear great things about Rick Wood.
Any Advice please

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Hi John
Yes that confirms what i had thought i have spoken with John Wade and Burtons today really had a good feeling about John and his approach and the factor that the whole engine build being done by one person is a good thing i dont need to know what he does all i need to know is he has done it well and rightwhich others today have testified he does.
With Burtons there parts are great however with them using outside companys for the build and no one person responsible for the build from start to finish this is not my favoured option so i have asked John to put me in his diary.
Regards Rick Wood yes looks like he does fantastic work and is achieving amazing performance this is at a cost to engine life and not what i am after.
165bhp as i have from the 3000s is what i want and a build that will see the car though many miles and years so thanks.
Andrew

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Does anyone know the car the wiper arms came off and the bolts fittings that bolt to the wiper motors as these where stolen when in the insurance storage yard need to replace i have new wiper blades just need the arms and the fittings and rubber seals.
Andrew

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HELP PLEASE can anyone help firstly with a picture of the plastic piece that goes under the bolt between the bulk head outside the car and the wiper arm also having checked it seems that the only option for replacment wiper arms are the TEX ones however they do so many different ones can anyone give me the correct tex code for the ones that will fit the Taimar in stainless Please unless someone has some original ones and even better plactic pieces for the wiper attatchments.
Thanks
Andrew

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Hi Mike
Could you take a close up picture of yours for me please just so i know what it should look like Adrian is sending me the bolts and a washer that he makes up could you measure the length of the arm for me without the blade as they are different from the 3000s
yes chrome is nice

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Yes looking great however its whats inside that matters and if there is a little of John in there it will be good from what i am told regards time scale we are going to get moving and get the car restored and just freshen up the engine as she was going fine before she made love to the sign post and tackle the engine when John can fit it in
starting her up monday just to make sure?
May even pick up another V6 engine that i can leave with John so he does not feel under pressure time wise and switch later then store the original engine so we still have the original engine with the car even if not in the car.
would like to take both cars to Back to Blackpool in september finished so a really buisy year ahead.

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Thanks Guys
when anyone finds the spacer i would love to see a picture front and back i know it is basically a plastic piece that the bolt pushes down onto the bulkhead but was interested to see if it is flat or has it got a shaped raised area underneath that slots into hole in bulkhead to maintain the position also do the arms have a screw to attatch to the shafts or not.
A lot easier when you have to old parts to compare? hope the thieves made good use of them

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Thanks Graham
They are different as the 3000s they are mounted on a flat surface which is at an angle to the windscreen (well maybe not on yours yet but the taimar the area where it is mounted is at the same angle as the windschreen.
Andrew

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Thanks Geoff thats a great help

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phillpot said:

I'd have sworn they were angled but they're not are they ( obviously confusing with the S Series )?

Thanks Mate i was beginning to question myself on this amazing how you clean polish and drive something all the time and just never notice these things just washer bolt and arm CHEERS
Andrew

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Thanks Mike
Yes now i know what is needed should be ok with what Adrian is sending then it should be fine.
Parts are arriving every week from various places delaying strip down until the bonnet arrives as we want that fitted etc and correct before we strip her as not a great idea to do that with fresh paint later.
Parts bin is growing though have a nice bit of bling arriving this week for the engine bay will look great once fully polished.



As you can guess i am in charge of the shiny bits as well as sourcing and refurbing parts etc
Andrew

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Progress at Last after waiting for the new Bonnet to cure and the Quick release bonnet frame to be fitted Thanks Adrian a Star as always and the Accident damage to be completed before strip down we now have some progress and the body came off this week so will have regular updates as the weeks and Months goes by.



Some big decisions to make this week as I have been offered a rebuilt engine instead of having my one re built and jury is still out as to which way to go as the final car is not for me I have to way up the whole picture.

Andrew

Edited by pridaux on Friday 10th May 19:18

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Hi Peter
Nice to hear you hope your well and the cars are all going well
Yes it does run ok however there is low compression on one side which does mean a fair bit of work rather than just a freshen up also wanting to upgrade the engine to fast road stage 2 so makes sense to do it at this point rather than later.
I know you will be pleased when hopefully you drive the finished car
Andrew

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gmw9666 said:

A big hairy V8...... You know you want too ;-)

Sorry Mate

Just a V6 for me with a few upgrades about 40 extra Value Burgers

Andrew

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Some update pictures from todays trip up to the Body shop starting to move forward nicely.

shell coming on well




New Bonnet all cured and new frame and quick release all lined up ready for rebuild


Chassis off to be shot blasted next week does not look too bad


Except the rear may need some new pieces just to beef the mounts up a bit once blasted we will see whats left


More tomorrow once the boxes are unpacked I picked up today

Andrew

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Unpacked all the boxes from yesterday and started sorting into replace or refurbish and started the shopping list which is growing rapidly



Andrew