Griff chassis diagram
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Doc Toad very nice drawings!
Well I come to an age where one hits midlife crisis( early 40's).To solve this I had several options to choose from. After a few months of weighing them all up I shortlisted 2 obvious ones.
1. An affair ( which would be just too easy in my line of work )
2. A nice sports car.
After few more monts I concluded that the second will be much cheaper and safer, as my wife swore to quote ( scratch that b......'s eyes out, and cut my b...s off with the blunt knife).
So there it is option 2 obviously.
I had a 944 turbo and an m3 before but I always had an eye for a TVR. I found one in Belgium but it looks like it needs some work to body and frame. I have an engineering background , worked as welder and machinist for nearly a year ( I can produce some quality work) before I decided what to do with my life. During my college years I did a lot of summer work in ship yard working and repairing composites. It becomes quite easy once you've messed up a few pieces.
I can pretty much fix a Griff from bottom up in my grarage. Now the only thing I'm missing is a frame diagram.
I am thinking titanium but for something that big it would prove quite difficult because it requires a controlled environment ie argon envelope, before you attempt welding. I will certainly do the suspension arms in titanium.
Thanks for your replies guys, and let me know if you find something.
Regards
Glide
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Well I come to an age where one hits midlife crisis( early 40's).To solve this I had several options to choose from. After a few months of weighing them all up I shortlisted 2 obvious ones.
1. An affair ( which would be just too easy in my line of work )
2. A nice sports car.
After few more monts I concluded that the second will be much cheaper and safer, as my wife swore to quote ( scratch that b......'s eyes out, and cut my b...s off with the blunt knife).
So there it is option 2 obviously.
I had a 944 turbo and an m3 before but I always had an eye for a TVR. I found one in Belgium but it looks like it needs some work to body and frame. I have an engineering background , worked as welder and machinist for nearly a year ( I can produce some quality work) before I decided what to do with my life. During my college years I did a lot of summer work in ship yard working and repairing composites. It becomes quite easy once you've messed up a few pieces.
I can pretty much fix a Griff from bottom up in my grarage. Now the only thing I'm missing is a frame diagram.
I am thinking titanium but for something that big it would prove quite difficult because it requires a controlled environment ie argon envelope, before you attempt welding. I will certainly do the suspension arms in titanium.
Thanks for your replies guys, and let me know if you find something.
Regards
Glide
I
Pete Mac
I'm sorry for delayed reply but I had a few demanding days at work in the aftermath of recent events.
I've contacted one of those companies , now waiting for the reply. I should know , I guess by tomorrow if they can map the chassis and approx cost. My only concern is that mapping the frame will inevitably include any misalignment errors however small. There's a possibility of magnifying it during reproduction. A set of original specs drawings would be A much better solution. I've also looked at sportmotive option. Their standard one " with in house improvements " is 4k , which I think is quite a good price. I guess evo would be at least twice that.
Any thoughts.
I'm sorry for delayed reply but I had a few demanding days at work in the aftermath of recent events.
I've contacted one of those companies , now waiting for the reply. I should know , I guess by tomorrow if they can map the chassis and approx cost. My only concern is that mapping the frame will inevitably include any misalignment errors however small. There's a possibility of magnifying it during reproduction. A set of original specs drawings would be A much better solution. I've also looked at sportmotive option. Their standard one " with in house improvements " is 4k , which I think is quite a good price. I guess evo would be at least twice that.
Any thoughts.
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