| Servicing/Repairs |
Wednesday 15th April 2009 |
Replaced Brake pads on the AP Fronts. As even though they not fully worn. I seem to have some brake judder and its not the discs.Old Pads have some pitting in them.
Changed, bedded in and after a 2 hour Hoon the Juddering has gone.
For reference. The AP calipers I have are the earlier ones CP6600's and I was recommended The guys at www.circuitsupplies.com and I can recommend them to now great customer service. Rang up Pads sorted and sent within 24 hours. Superb.
The pads are Ferodo Ds2500 ( ref no FRP3083H ) Come in for front axle set ( 4 pads ) £97 including vat and Delivery. Superb stuff.
£97
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Saturday 10th January 2009 |
Was kindly asked if the Griffith could be used on the Iconic stand at the Autosport and Pistonhedas show at the NEC, of course I obliged..Piccie from Johno 
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| Insurance |
Tuesday 21st October 2008 |
| Mannings Insurance Come good yet again..nearest best was A plan who could do it just under £300 but it wouldnt have trackday cover which Mannings does if you are a TVRCC memeber.
£318
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 17th October 2008 |
Spent the whole of last week stripping down parts of chassis that needed re por 15'ing and waxoyled.
Changed Diff,Gearbox and Engine oil and filters and coolant so now ready for whatever winter wants to through at the Griff.
Also installed 3 HID kits one for main beam and 2 for full beam as have 4 full beam lights on the headlight conversion. 2x h7 and 1 x h1 cost under £100 all in 
£200
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Saturday 14th June 2008 |
Another superb trip down to Le Mans with Team Peach Melba...
Car didnt miss a Beat and neither did Johnos and Ians Griff's nice one lads...Garys Cerb decided to chew a Coolant pipe to bits and a nice French House owner near The Mulsanne lent us the use of his pit to fix...Top man
This one of our best years yet and managed to stay up to watch Sunrise ( ok in the rain ) and Audi catch and over take the Peugeots. |
| Servicing/Repairs @ 42,600 miles. |
Friday 16th May 2008 |
MOT A PASS 
£49
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| Upgrades @ 39,800 miles. |
Thursday 1st May 2008 |
6 day hoon with Johno in his Griff and billy No Brakes(lights) in his Cerb.
Took in some of the greatest roads in France.
The route
Day 1 Bolougne to Grenoble-Getting there boring Autoroute
Day 2 Grenoble to Monaco-Alp D'Huez, Route Du Napoleon
Day 3 Monaco to Avignon-Col Du Turini,col de Vence, Gorge De Verdon, Mont Ventoux
Day 4 Avignon to Aurillac-Cavennes Road, Gorge Jonte, Gorge do Tardon,
Day 5 Aurillac to Le Mans- Puy Mary (closed), Sancy, Puy de Dome,
Day 6 Le Mans to Bolougne Traditional route home, full length N138 tour.
Fantastic! car performed well although had a leaky manifold gasket half way round.
For more pics...if your interested clicky
Cost - Who cares |
| Upgrades |
Wednesday 16th April 2008 |
Back on road after taking off just after it was displayed at the PH show.
Installed Emerald ECu and some other goodies will update more later
Emerald ECU £650 and RR session £233 ( 295bhp 318lbs/ft )
Paul Dove TVR Engine loom with Tacho Driver,Throttle pot Sensor,Fans tell tail and seperate fan relays for seperate on/off times,LC-1 Lambda connectors,Shift light. £640
the old one
Fuel pressure Reg 3 bar webber Alpha ( wrf530 ) hoses and connectors £98
Real Steal, Moroso 8mm HT leads ( BY73220) spiral 135 £45
LC-1 Lambda kit £120
ACT Y piece with boss for Lambda bung £235
p38 Coil Pack £45
John Eales TW and sensor £100
OUT  Lucas ecu,Engine loom,Dizzy,AFM,Lambdas,Y piece.
£2,000
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 14th November 2007 |
New bonnet Stay and cross member from www.v8enhancements.co.uk no wobbly Bonnet now  |
| Servicing/Repairs |
Sunday 11th November 2007 |
Finished of Hard top of roof to match the rear ( even though the other was only a year old to the day but didnt match aswell)
 and no thats not a sheep  |
| Upgrades |
Sunday 11th November 2007 |
One of V8 Enhancements new Bonnet stays and stronger x bar. Nicely made and very much less Bonnet wobble now.
piccie to follow |
| Servicing/Repairs |
Saturday 20th October 2007 |
The Steering rack piccie
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Saturday 13th October 2007 |
Well after not haveing the steering rack for 4 weeks it finally arrived this week. So now back on and its fantastic again....no grinding when turning left now and no minor play. Apparently it took longer than espected to re furb as something was grinding on the casing and had to be re-bored.
Can really appreciate the set up by Gugliemis now.
Also while out I por 15'd to some of the un tidy parts for the chassis. If i had know it was gonna be 4 weeks i would have done a lot more.
Also changed the coolant pipes to the ACT stainless ones ( £45). If you havent done this to yours I would recommended it after seeing the crap and the state of the inside of my old ones.
£45
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Wednesday 22nd August 2007 |
Geo and ride height set up by Gugliemis ( sp?)
Went along with Barretti and Johno to. Car is alot better although its highlighted that the stearing rack is faulty as its vey heavy turning left as if no power stearing.Its ok to the right and ok at speed.
Now out and of to Power steering specialist in Greenwich. cost for set up etc £210
Stearing rack re-furb £130
£340
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Wednesday 25th July 2007 |
Re Placed Rear Hood which was Supplied ByDavid Hammerton I have covered ( no Pun intended ) the whole procedure i took here Clicky .
It really is a quality hood and i will be re covereing the targa section shortly even though i had recently done it, so they will match.
The hood also includes a rubber membrane sandwiched between the inner and outer material..no more waterproofing neaded
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Sunday 17th June 2007 |
Wet Homage to Le Mans with team Peach Melba.
The Rain coulndt and wont Ruin a Le Mans EVER although sunday was a bit of a washout.
Car ran well apart from some hesitation when it Pissed down on the way down, nor sure why it hasn't done that. was ok afterwards mind.
Also after the recent brake upgrade i lost fluid, it must have been a slow leak as it wasn't till about 0200 when parked up at Arnage and returned to find I had no Brakes.
So Sunday morning was spent sorting that out. The Brake line fittings i had weren't fiting correct and hence where leaking on each brake compression. All sorted now with Banjo joints.
Must thank Johno for helping me and Barreti's Steering out nice one mate |
| Upgrades |
Wednesday 30th May 2007 |
Decided to go for the FRONT BIG Brake upgrade with TVR Tuscan AP 4 pot calipers offered by PH'er Hansdaal as he doesnt do these kits as much as he used to so thought I wouldnt miss the oppertunity.My good friend Johno rants about these big time and boy do they stop you on the spot,hence later braking into them bends 
Hans even delivered them to my door personally from Holland , top guy.
The Kit consist of:
*NEW discs, Dilled and Grooved 300 x 28 with mounting bells
* caliper mounting brackets
* hardware to bolt everything on.
* AP/TVR 4 pot calipers
New one on left of course and old one right
Also changed the Brake dluid complete and put in some more dot 5.1
£750
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 23rd March 2007 |
10 litres of Pro s form Opie Oils
1 x oil filter
Changed Oil and Filter today, Also GB oil.
£70
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| Upgrades |
Saturday 17th February 2007 |
Installed the new Nitrons. Boy what a difference. took me day to get one old one of as the bolt had siezed at the bottom offside front. Got the other 3 off and news all on and set up by the next day.
If you have a ten you old Griffith or Chimeara get the suspension upgraded It makes a hell of a difference. I have had much chance to play with the settings yet but just at standard 12 clicks from hard for the rear and 10 for the front makes a hell of a difference. its like a new car. |
| Upgrades |
Friday 19th January 2007 |
to be installed soon
£1,125
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| Upgrades |
Friday 5th January 2007 |
Brought some of Clive's well machined Manifold heat shields. for more info see here
and for sale here
cheers Clive :-) Quality
£40
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 20th December 2006 |
Simon Vidler has manufactured these great bezels to finish of nicely the Leven button covers. .JPG)
Simon also does the Led surrounds which look very similiar to the ones in the pic which i had all ready put on my dash when changing it to the carbon one.
More info here
If you would like to puchase some please contact me through my profile and I will put Simon in contact with you.
£25
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 10th November 2006 |
Targa pice needed re-covering although after doing it the rear section looks a bit dull now 
Anyhow re-done myself with the help from Graham Routledges great instructions Click Here
Come in at about £100 and spent a few hours in the evenings over 5 days doing it.
Some pictures I took of the recover
The old one
Off with glue still attached
New Mohair with template drawn on with chalk
New and old
Glue Half off
New Finished
On the Car
will get one in proper light to add later.
£100
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| Insurance |
Tuesday 17th October 2006 |
| A.Mannings come good again
£366
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| Upgrades |
Tuesday 3rd October 2006 |
Some nice ACT ceramic Covered manifolds brought form Bruce 2Munkys at the Growl.
New Reg Plate, Not really one for spending money on a private plate when I am saving for some New Shocks, But see B66 TVR on e-bay and put a low Bid in not expecting to win it and I did. Shame its not BBS TVR though 
£800
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Tuesday 3rd October 2006 |
New K & N Air Filter and Manifold Gaskets from Tim at ACT Performance products.
£66
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Monday 3rd July 2006 |
New discs and pads all round due to juddering, found to be broken pad and caliper seal gone.
exchange caliper £31 from local company.
All EBC
Front
GD150 Front Disc's £98.72 Sierra
Red Stuff pads DP3605/2C £38.50 RS turbo
Rear
GD558 Rear Disc's £91.82 Cossie 4x4
Red Stuff pads DP3617c £36.17 Sierra Cossie
Total £320.62
From www.performance-tuning.co.uk
sales@proven-products.co.uk
Done a bit of hammeriteing while all the wheels where off and repainted the calipers. All looks pretty good and covered underneath.
£351
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| Upgrades |
Saturday 24th June 2006 |
Put in a Leven Lower rated Otter Switch and Thermostate. Flushed the Cooling System and added New Coolant. Bled the system and hopefully dont have any airlocks, Nice to see the fans come on a bit earlier as the Otter that was in was a 96-91. Leven one is 92-87
Themostate was and 82 one and now is a 74oC
£35
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Thursday 15th June 2006 |
4th year In The Griffith down to Le mans with Team peach Melba consisting of 3 Griffiths a Chimpo and a Cerb.
The Griffith Played well and yet again no realissues excpt maybe running a bit hot and loosing some water. |
| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 26th May 2006 |
M.O.T passed with flying colours, needed new rear no.plate bulb 
NB to self.Must add servicing costs done,oil change/filter etc
£46
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| Tax |
Tuesday 13th December 2005 |
Tax  and ordered some nice drop links from Mr Steve Heath
£250
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| Insurance |
Tuesday 25th October 2005 |
With Mannings Ins, again no one else could come near except Classicline.
£555
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 35,500 miles. |
Tuesday 11th October 2005 |
Replaced the engine mounts as they looked tiered from above. Once getting them out Drivers side looked ok except a few small cracks at the top which i guess are because its so close to the manifold heat. Passenger side was well cracked all the way down the sides so I changed them both.
The old one
Got new ones of flee bay for £20
£20
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| Upgrades @ 35,000 miles. |
Monday 15th August 2005 |
Changed oil and finally changed teh boot strut that had failed witha nice Blinging one from rs components
Oil £35 Mobil 1 and Boot Strut £90 incp&p for the pair.FFG went halves
£120
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Thursday 23rd June 2005 |
The Banana performed perfectly with no worries to Le Mans and back. In 30+ temps in Traffic at times it was allways in the back of mind that the old girl might over heat.. But she didnt.
Enjoyed a bit of Chimp and Porsche Bashing and a few other marques along with Johnos Griff and Garys Cerb.
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Monday 6th June 2005 |
cold start problem found, opened dizzy and the contactor on the rotor arm fell off changed it and voila perfect.
The Banana is really flying now. it just feels so good after the mods and MA/Austec Rolling road session
£5
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 27th May 2005 |
MOT Offords Motors passed although we have a little cold start idle prob 
£42
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| Upgrades @ 32,500 miles. |
Wednesday 11th May 2005 |
Rolling Road with Mark Adams and Paul at Austecs.
Well i thought the car was purring pretty well...how wrong was I. Turned out some/most of my injectors where shagged.Hd them cleaned as couldnt afford the better bosch ones.
Before the re-map it was pulling 214bhp @ the wheel After 235 @ the wheel which is 276bhp and 315lbs at the flywheel.
Teh whole rev range is tons better and smoother and it really does pull so much better now. Well worth it and would recommend anyone else to get it done as there must be many a TVr that is down on power and the owner doesnt realise it.
Mark Adams and Paul where great explaining everything to me ( the Engine Numpty ). Mananged to spend time with MA while injectors where being cleaned and Paul was off doing other stuff. We done a tour of what was in the Garage inside and out(including a REAL AC Cobra) and I learnt many things from him. Thanks Mark and Paul.
£600
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Tuesday 10th May 2005 |
| Changed Plugs ready for RR session. |
| Upgrades |
Saturday 2nd April 2005 |
Renoved the roof today, realy needs re-covering, something i was going to do myself but the company who sold the material pr-cut has stopped doing them
Also added MA tornado Chip from ACT products, good instructions on how install and set up and the yellow one is purring and Runninglike a dream (touch wood). Need to get a RR sorted so MA can fine tune it.
The Roof work in progress
£360
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| Upgrades |
Monday 13th December 2004 |
45mm Alloy Trumpets fitted and Plenum with enlarged throttle 71mm. along with the Silicon Air Hoses looking good in this area just need to upgrade the AFM and get a MA chip and get it on the Rolling road for a session.
Also added New shorter Earth wire direct from the Battery to Engine Block.This will hopefully aid and nulify any starting problems that can occur.
£330
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Sunday 28th November 2004 |
Had it up on the jacks to hammerite and waxoyle.
Must admit the was suprised on how good a condition it is in.
When I had the S3 at 8 years old I had to strip most of the old plastic covering off and re-hammerite.
The Banana is 8 years old now. Didnt need to hammerite much and waxoyled it all over.
Noteable difference in being able to get the waxoyle probe alond the top of the side rails,on the S this was near on immposible and very tricky as the body seemed that much tighter to it.
I also dont need to wear a riancoat for the rest of the winter as I am covered in the bloody stuff.  |
| Insurance |
Tuesday 26th October 2004 |
Sunninghill £905 inc Trackdays
Heritage - Wouldnt
Mannings - £727 The Best yet
Churchill - £921
Elephant - £1769.25 feel 17 again
Direct line - £996
Tescos - £920
Peart were £790 so pretty good
Liverpool - £1026
£727
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 1st September 2004 |
Levens Washer Kit, as my pipes had perished and heard these kits were the dogs, and they are.
Also ordered a Ali Gearstick surrround, but for some strange reason (TVR THING isnt it) my hole is bigger than most Hoping to meet guys from Leven At Brands probably for them to see my gapping hole
£13
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| @ 30,900 miles. |
Sunday 8th August 2004 |
Took the GF and the Griffith Down to the Limousin and Dordougne in France.
The Griffith ran fantastically with two 8 hour runs in very hot temps. Only misshap was a ht lead melting to the manifold dont know how that happened to move that close by itself
Some great roads in this area of France and some breath taking scenery. While down there we stayed at my GF family Farm and the Griffith was nicely tucked up from the Nightly Thunderstorms in 1800 and something old Cattleshed
nice pic shame about the wheelie bin
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| Upgrades @ 29,000 miles. |
Thursday 17th June 2004 |
Wanted to change the airflow pipes as the black ones are a bit tatty and also have holes in which cant be of any help.
Brought pipes from Plenum to AFM and then from AFM to Filter. These were from Tim Lamont at www.actproducts.co.uk/hoses.php
Quality product and apparently may ad a bit more BHP, this could be due to lack of good air getting through the old pipes.
OLD
New
Just got to save up for that Triple Plenum, MA chip,
£98
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| @ 28,200 miles. |
Saturday 12th June 2004 |
When off to Le Mans again, but this time the Two TVrs competing Finished.
Well done to the two Chamberlain Synergy T400R's, gave us all a couple of scares but hey thats all the fun of it.
The Banana didnt miss a bit except for the first petrol stop wouldnt start as fans had pulled all the juice from the battery Not a good advet for TVR or PH as i doned the PH Stickys all over teh motor
Anyhow some pictures can be seen here
www.ballisticbanana.co.uk/BB2page1.htm |
| Servicing/Repairs @ 27,999 miles. |
Tuesday 1st June 2004 |
12 month Service at www.offord.com/ and MOT.
All ready now for the Le Mans jaunt
£420
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| Tyres |
Tuesday 20th April 2004 |
| 2 x Fronts Bridgestone SO3's, 225 50 R15 from mytyres
£200
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 7th April 2004 |
Put Goodridge braided Hoses on from Automec,(part no.STV0700-4C ).
Didnt think i would notice much of a difference but after putting them on and Flushing teh system and putting Dot 5.1 they certainly do feel better. The old hoses were the originals and so 8 years old and probably a little tired, so with that and the fluid change it has certainly made a difference
£51
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 25th February 2004 |
Brought a nice Oil filler cap from TVRCC with my winnings from PICTURE THIS in the TVRCC Sprint Magazine(FEB)
Heres the pic
£20
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| Upgrades @ 27,000 miles. |
Friday 13th February 2004 |
Had a rollbar fitted by www.t-v-r-services.co.uk. seem a nice bunch of guys and done a great job of fitting it, feel a tad safer now..... But still drive like an old woman in the wet
£329 + VAT and labour
£329
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| Servicing/Repairs @ 26,700 miles. |
Thursday 8th January 2004 |
Come to the conclusion after quite a bit of testing that the starter is on its way out again(sticking).It had lasted 14 months and has started sticking moore often. So after speaking to 5ltr-chim after seeing this thread he recommend the Starter that he had sourced from www.brookwell.co.uk/acatalog/Range_Rover_Classic.html at £ 50 + Vat. thats less than a reconned one.
Its made by Prestolite Electrics who are a renowed South African Company.
Have seen the same one in other dealers for over £120.
After talking to my local LR dealer a while back I was told they had stopped making the older larger one so I gather this is the replacement. It Spins a lot quicker than the older one which is a bit wierd as it sound so high pitched before the Engine fires in its Burbling Roar.
£60
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| Upgrades @ 26,200 miles. |
Friday 14th November 2003 |
Aquired from www.mod-wise.com the new revised Glovebox locking system. Trialled it for David and must say its an excellent bit of kit. A locking mechanism is put in the glove box with LED aswell. A push switch is put where that loft latch goes that always breaks that activates the locking mechanism. also a switch is fitted to the door locks so as the Glove box is locked when the Car is.
I also brought The Bonnet stay. This fits to the cross bar on the underside of the bonnet and then to where you put the old stay into. It's a Telescopic one and works excellently and supports the Bonnet alot better than the old flimsy one as before.
Some top stuff fom David Beer that i would highly recommend.
£35
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| Insurance |
Wednesday 22nd October 2003 |
£493 Through Classic Line.
£5 better than last year.
£493
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| @ 26,100 miles. |
Sunday 5th October 2003 |
Went to what we called the Griffith Gathering and Growl( growl meaning both the noise from a griff and the Northern Term for Pie, well pork pies).
Great meet and plenty of Griffiths of all years and engine sizes and with different upgrades etc.
Hopefully we can make this an annual thing.
see HEREandHERE for pics etc.
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 24th September 2003 |
Changed the gloomy Dash LED's for chrome surround ones from RS components.
£2.85 each.
£19
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 19th September 2003 |
Annul Service at OFFORDS.
They also picked upon 4 suspension Busheds that were Shot, thought these would haev been done under the recent work at Bodyshop??
Also had new throttle cable put in tas this snapped/broke 15 miles from home the night before. so had to drive home and then to Offords the following morning with a lenght of string through the drivers window into the engine bay to the throttle. Quite fun to drive.
£621
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| Upgrades |
Friday 1st August 2003 |
Put the Amourfend on, Lights Ok, but Wingmoirrors where Difficult and hope the bubbles disappear soon
Also Renoved the roof again, seems the rear is darker than the top so i just done the top hoping it will darken up a bit more, |
| Upgrades |
Friday 18th July 2003 |
Amourfend spot light and wingmirror protectors.
£30
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 25th June 2003 |
Retro fitted a Grill just behind nose to try and potect the Rad, the mesh cost me about £2 from wickes for 900x600. can hardly see it which is as i want it but there to do a job.
Also fitted central locking to my Glove box so it is locked and inaccesable when roof down and locked. cost me about £10 for an actuator of e-bay.
£12
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Sunday 15th June 2003 |
Went to Le Mans with Johno, Graham500 and Mad Gary.
Car performed well with handling well improved since getting it back. only downa is the stone chips i now have. |
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Friday 6th June 2003 |
ITs BACK
16 weeks after repairs started its back home. well not that Back home but my home Yipeee |
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Thursday 15th May 2003 |
| Spoke to Jason, still looking good for the end of May, couldnt give a date yet just in case they come across any small problems. |
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Tuesday 29th April 2003 |
Spoke to Jason Today.
Teh car has had the engine bay sprayed and the rest Primed.
When they went to spray the top coat they noticed a difference with the original, They tried te other Yellow TVR done that year also and this also didnt look to match.So they have contacted TVR to see if they might of used another colour on this Model.
Was Told that i should have the Car back no later than the end of May, so will be going to Le mans in it which is a bonus, but unfortunatly dont think it will ready for BACK HOME.
All for now |
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Friday 25th April 2003 |
Last i heard on the 14Th
To: SimonPowell
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: Griffith N41 EKP
Simon
Progress is slow on your car due to the existent of the repairs and erratic parts, but this is where we are at :
All glass repairs are finished
New door fitted to o/s/f
door fitted to n/s/f .
New boot fitted.
bonnet fitted.
New screen fitted.
Roof back from being repaired.
Power steering rack sent off for repair due back at end of week.
Some Suspension parts still on order.
Rear lamp conv & Head lamp conv shaped to fit.
The car will be going down to the paint shop if all goes as planed at the end of the week.
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Tuesday 25th March 2003 |
The glazing work should all be finished this week and then the Glass work needs to cure and then off to the Paint shop.
New rear light cluster aka the LE ones.
Nearly finished glass work. |
| Servicing/Repairs |
Thursday 13th March 2003 |
Recieved some pics from Jason at TVRbodyshop of the new front being put on the Griffith.
See more HERE
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Tuesday 4th March 2003 |
Currently the nose cone has been cut off upto the rear of front wheel arches,work has started on the front innerwings,and are awaiting delievery of new Body panels including Nose cone,Rear section of roof is having new plastic stitched in and also windscreen is out.Also new suspension has been ordered.
May have some pics soon. |
| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 21st February 2003 |
Have emailed Jason about progress on The repairs and revieved a mail back saying he had been at TVR Blackpool all week probably drouwling over the new T250 and T440,lucky git.Anyhow said he would update me next week.
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Monday 10th February 2003 |
Well its been exactly one monthe since crashing and the Insurance have given the go ahead to TVRBodyshop/Webbs Autos to begin working on the Banana.
From what i am led to believe from Jason Webb himself is that they begin by stripping the car off all the damaged parts including cutting off the nose cone.
Will keep updating as and when Jason updates me which hopefully will be weekly. |
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Friday 10th January 2003 |
Had the unfortunate experience of hiting some black ice,hence spinning and hitting a Fence at a low spead which i think made more of a mess of my car as at speed i would of gone straight through.
Its currently sitting in www.tvrbodyshop.co.uk awaiting the go ahead for repairs which it is apparently borderline Write off
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Monday 16th December 2002 |
Renovo'd my roof again as there is a slight difference in colour in the Targa part and Re-sealed the whole roof with some Auto-glym.
Also cleaned the stepper motor for the first time since ownership and was surprised at howmuch carbon there was on it.
It was because of any Idling problems just that i was advised to clean it regular and was quite easy to do.
Recieved some liquid leather as i have a few scuffs on the drivers seat ,yet to use it.£25
£25
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Sunday 1st December 2002 |
Nice new Ashtrays made out what was left of my Dash.
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Tuesday 5th November 2002 |
Clutch had started slipping in Fourth and Fifth whan putting foot down.
Took it to OFFORD Motor Company for it to be changed and they found the cause which was an oil seal (£18 pounds worth), which had wrecked my clutch.
While the Exhaust was off thought it was rude not to have the rear Box conversion done.
£806 inc VAT and Labour.
£806
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| Insurance |
Tuesday 22nd October 2002 |
£497 at ClassicLine on 5K a year.
quotes from other INS companys :-
Its4me.co.uk £1,480
Egg £897
Privelage £857
Mannings £735
Tesco £715
£497
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Tuesday 24th September 2002 |
One cross bar for the underside of the bonnet as mine had snapped somehow(1" from end) from TMS.£17
Also over the last few days i have Hammerited parts of the chassis where it needed it(not much really) and waxoyled the chassis allover but not the obvious places not to Had the waxoyle allready
£17
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 20th September 2002 |
Just aquired some Blue Silicon coolant hoses from ACT products.
Ordered them thursday,came on friday,excellent service from Tim at ACT as if i have any Hosing left i can send back and get Re-imbursed.
Reason for change was as i had dione the Rad and a couple of hoses where looking worse for wear i thought F88k it I'll do the lot.
Will post some pics soon and true cost.
£162
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 13th September 2002 |
Had the centre console out and found the place the bolt should'ave been for the Handbrake to work and put new one in.
Took me a few hours as have broken toe and had to crawl everywhere,mind you my dad did drive it up the ramps for me.
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| Servicing/Repairs |
Friday 6th September 2002 |
Brought 2nd hand unused starter motor from Geary on www.eliseparts.com who had a load of Griffith parts from a Project he wouldnt be starting.Good to see his 4wheel drive 500bhp Griffith though.
Changed it tonite hoping this will cure the non starting when hot problem even though it was still doing this only occasionally but a pain when it did.
Will get the other starter re-coned and probably keep at as a spare.
After putting the Griffith on the ramps though the Handbrake has decided not to work and a bolt has dropped out from some where in the mech but coulndt really see wher from .will investigate later in week.
£75
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Friday 30th August 2002 |
Picked up Rad and was shown the right bodge that had been done when it had been re-cored.
The end tank had been cut and bent under and welded and also the pipe as said before.Welds all over the place.
Was told i would allways have trouble with that if i hadnt of had it changed to the original one.
Anyhow refitted in alot easier than the taking out and took it for a blast and all seems ok.
£73
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Friday 16th August 2002 |
Took Radiator off to pressure testeg as have an annoying leak coming from somewhere.
Took it to Kempston Radiators in Bedford who surprissingly reconised it as TVR Rad straight off.
They said the fins look ok but where an aold outlet pipe had a been and a plate welded over the old hole looked like it was leaking there.Pik it up on Tuesday Prob. |
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Sunday 11th August 2002 |
Yep as thought that Earthing bolt had come loose again(lasted 4mnths ish).
Its the one that bolts the body to the chassis and is situated right under the Rad and i had to cut a slot in thre GRP underneath it as couldnt get a socket in from the front as Lip on Rad in the way.
So slot is used with an open ended spanner. |
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Saturday 10th August 2002 |
Recieved spare Fan belt from TMS.£15+vat
Also had to order new horizontal rod for under the bonnet as mine had snapped somehow about an inch in from the edge of the bonnet?£17+ vat
Also fuel gauge stopped working on the way back from Duxford.I bet its that bolt again.
And what i good time at Duxford was had ,especially the sprint down the runway.
Thanks to the Cambs TVRCC Posse.
£32
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Friday 2nd August 2002 |
| Recieved the rear leven Badge today and must say they are of a very high standard and look so much better than the original. |
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Thursday 1st August 2002 |
Bloody road Tax
Just the six months please,i might not make twelve so i'll spend the other £72 on 
£88
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Monday 29th July 2002 |
| Still waiting for Leven Rear Badge,will call them soon when have time. |
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Thursday 25th July 2002 |
Power steering Fluid £6 as mine was a bit low.
Cluth/brake Fluid £8 as didnt have any spare.
£14
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Friday 19th July 2002 |
Ali vents arrived and have been put on and look great with the Carbon Dash and other Ali bits,I'm well pleased with what and how i have changed the dash and the Ali parts added.
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Monday 15th July 2002 |
Ordered the ali air vents to finish my dash off,should be here by the end of the week.
Also a new rear badge(silver and black)
£85
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Friday 12th July 2002 |
Came home friday and decided i really need to do the switch panel now as it looks naff.
Took me about 3hrs to do longest part was waiting for the glue to dry.
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Monday 8th July 2002 |
5 ltrs of Mobile 1 15w50 of which it drunk a litre and a half.
So thats 2.5 Ltrs in 2200 miles which i Think is quite good for the Griffith.
£33
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Friday 28th June 2002 |
£29.99 on some McGuard locking wheel nuts,look well made and none of them pins that break of and are so easy for thieves 2 get off.
£17.50 on a smaller front Number plate to help with cooling in this Heat Riden country
£47
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Saturday 22nd June 2002 |
Zertec Hanbrake fitted after some help from fellow PHer on how to screw the self tapping button on.
Just need to change the switch panel to carbon fibre like the dash and the interir will look just how i want it.
Then i need to get a recon starter motor as mine is a bit tempermental at the mo. |
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Thursday 20th June 2002 |
Recieved and put on the zertec stalks,but have no instructions for the handrake button and how it should rethread itself,have e-mailed clive!!
Renovo'd the roof as its looking a bit dull.
Cost £30 and is very easy to put on.Got it from a Saab dealer.Will re-waterproof 2 morrow
£30
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Wednesday 5th June 2002 |
Windscreen repair kit brought for a stone chip in the centre of the screen DOH £25.
Antifreeze £6.
Zertec Handbrake Handle and Stalks £102
£133
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Tuesday 4th June 2002 |
Well finally finished my Dash and can confidently say imo it looks great.Have posted some pics on www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?p=1&f=9&t=10878&h=0
At i final cost of about £110 not including my labour it works out at about the third of the cost of ones i have seen advertised.
Just need to do the switch panel now,but that can wait as i feel the need for speed.
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Friday 31st May 2002 |
Recieved the carbon last friday(24).
Since then i Have taken the old dash out and used as atemplate for the carbon one.
I cut the carbon out using a sroll saw which was just the job.For the dials,which i was having a dilemma about i used a ceramic tile cutter that cuts circles from 10mm - 100mm (after testing first of course).
The veneer was taken off the metal backing which wasnt to hard as i think there was aglue shortage when they put the venner on originaly.After this a filed ,wire brushed and then degreased it and i am now at the stage where i have glued the carbon to the steel backing.This is held together with numerous pieces of wood and a couple of thousand g-clamps.
ceramic tile cutter £12.99 from screfix that fits in an hand drill
£5.99 Minatur Files of assorted shapes for finishing off.
£18
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Monday 20th May 2002 |
finallyn recieved my spot light covers/protectors from Armourfend after they lost my orde
Were her in to days after re-ordered.
Well easy to fit with the miss's hairdryer and not before time as i was sure one was goner get smashed before i put them on.
Still waiting for my carbon for dash to arrive. |
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Tuesday 14th May 2002 |
Just ordered some carbon fibre from a company called www.fibre-lyte.co.uk
Its 900mm x 300mm and 1.4mm thick.
Its called CSC which means it has a glass fibre core sandwiched between two layers of carbon.
Hopefully will use the old metal backing as a template for cutting it to shape and then fix it to this after i have removed the flacking veneer.
£90
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Thursday 11th April 2002 |
| The purchase of some Amourfend spotlight covers as have heard that Griffith spotlights are prone to getting smashed buy flying stones,just hope i get them before they smash as is bound to be the case
£10
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Thursday 11th April 2002 |
Noticed a puddle under the car today.
Happened to be coolant,looked under the boonet and found it leaking out from the hose that goes to the top of the raidiator and the one to the bottom.Both juberlee(sp) clips where loose,how bizarre,tightened them up filled the system and bled all seems ok today. |
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Tuesday 9th April 2002 |
Pair of Leven Tech ali window switches and the ali button switches.£57 inc vat + P+P
The ali cockpit saga begins.
Changed indicators and found some that do fit Fiesta 96
£57
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Sunday 7th April 2002 |
Bloody indicators that i brought dont fit tightly in the original hole.Brought fiesta ones as i believe these are what they are from.
So will be taking them on monday and having a look to see what over fittings they have.
Havent put the heat wrap on yet,Hey ive been cruising instead. |
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Saturday 6th April 2002 |
A pair of clear side idicators as one of mine had come lose due to spring being naff £19.99
Some heat reflectaint wrap, Gonna try and put some of this around the starter motor to stop it not restarting when it gets to hot.£9.99
£30
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Thursday 4th April 2002 |
Found the loose connection that was causing all my flickering lights/fuel gauge problems.
It was a loose bolt at the front of the chassis that also holds the body work on.
It was right behind the rad and couldnt get a socket to it, so had to cut a slot through the grp just below the nut about 2inches long and 1/4 inch wide to get a open ended spanner through to the bolt.
Problem solved |
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Sunday 31st March 2002 |
About 10hrs looking for a  possible earth fault,see profile.
Have had most the of the car apart but still havn't found it.
Drivers side light flickers along with the green indicator led,followed by the horn sounding shortly when the fans kick in.
Followed by the good old im not gonna start because im 2hot,leave me for 20mins |
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Wednesday 13th March 2002 |
1ltr Mobile oil 10.99
Bottle of tyreweld 5.99- that spacesaver isnt saving me enough space.
Window sealant 3.49- noticed some of the window seal had come a bit loose(dont want any milky windows now)
£20
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| Upgrades |
Wednesday 19th April 1009 |
Cap bolts for the Manifolds and Rocker cover. Brought on ebay from tvr owner Jez here http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Jez1964
Very nice chap to deal with
£5
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