TVRs are made of fibreglass - yes?
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All joking aside, it's pretty disgraceful that someone carried out that bodge on someone's car.
All joking aside, it's pretty disgraceful that someone carried out that bodge on someone's car.
ker who bodged it should be forced to drive it, fast, around a race track with solid walls to the sides!Mark. said:
Bloody scary! What are these people thinking when they do it?
Any comment from the owner Rich?
He conducted some research but found out that the guy who did it is 'already' dead Any comment from the owner Rich?
Previous owner knows nothing about it, apparently. At least it's been caught and will be put right. Scares you when the seat belt mount inside the car can be prised away from the edge of the inner body.
Unfortunately the MOT man would have seen a well wax oiled chassis, given it a prod with the scraping tool and that’s as far as they are allowed to go on cars. Looks like the bodge was done well enough to fool new owners and the MOT, question is how much time must it have taken to go through the effort to make that fibreglass look like a metal tube? is says in the photos it was dressed to look like that, surely the person responsible could have welded in a new outrigger similar amount of time and do the job properly.
Noisy said:
Unfortunately the MOT man would have seen a well wax oiled chassis, given it a prod with the scraping tool and that’s as far as they are allowed to go on cars. Looks like the bodge was done well enough to fool new owners and the MOT, question is how much time must it have taken to go through the effort to make that fibreglass look like a metal tube? is says in the photos it was dressed to look like that, surely the person responsible could have welded in a new outrigger similar amount of time and do the job properly.
My thoughts exactly!Mark. said:
Bloody scary! What are these people thinking when they do it?
Any comment from the owner Rich?
He said something along the line of OH DAMN, that should not happen when you jack up the car that you have only had a few months!!!! The jack just passed clean through the front corner of the outrigger (a strong point, or so I thought). Manic phone calls to numerous garages and quick trips around the area to get some advice and idea of price. I had no idea of the mine field that I was entering in to, with various quotes for outrigger replacement via differing means and full body off options depending on the desired outcome and budget. Because of the extensive cover-up done by one of 4 people/companies no one knew the extent of the rust. I had deiced to go for a direct outrigger replacement via cutting through the floor as it seemed the cheapest option. I then found a local Kit Car garage who were much more knowledgeable and offered a full body lift and outrigger replacement for the same kind of money, however on a fuller inspection using the technical tools (BIG hammer and specialist screwdriver) we found the rust to be more extensive so I booked her in at the beginning of the year. Any comment from the owner Rich?
ExplosiveTrail said:
Mark. said:
Bloody scary! What are these people thinking when they do it?
Any comment from the owner Rich?
He said something along the line of OH DAMN, that should not happen when you jack up the car that you have only had a few months!!!! The jack just passed clean through the front corner of the outrigger (a strong point, or so I thought). Manic phone calls to numerous garages and quick trips around the area to get some advice and idea of price. I had no idea of the mine field that I was entering in to, with various quotes for outrigger replacement via differing means and full body off options depending on the desired outcome and budget. Because of the extensive cover-up done by one of 4 people/companies no one knew the extent of the rust. I had deiced to go for a direct outrigger replacement via cutting through the floor as it seemed the cheapest option. I then found a local Kit Car garage who were much more knowledgeable and offered a full body lift and outrigger replacement for the same kind of money, however on a fuller inspection using the technical tools (BIG hammer and specialist screwdriver) we found the rust to be more extensive so I booked her in at the beginning of the year. Any comment from the owner Rich?
I wondered if this car was the one I'd seen down there a few times, at least you'll get it back in better than new condition. Hope it hasn't put you off TVR ownership!
No, but bound by T+Cs so went for the PC approach. She will look awesome when complete, the guys are doing a really good job and have plenty of knowledge to pass on. Latest pics are not good but all stripped down, bushes mostly out and the main chassis gets back from the shotblaster this week. On the road to recovery so to speak. I have fallen out with the Chim so far but we shall see when I get it back.
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