V8S Rebuild begins!

V8S Rebuild begins!

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Barkychoc

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7,848 posts

210 months

Saturday 28th June 2008
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This thread follows on from my body off thread HERE


Fresh back from the powder coaters this morning, it's beautiful!



Powder coated

Chassis
Trailing arms
Front Wishbones
Swirl Pot
Radiator Housing
Diff carrier
Front chassis crossbar (V8 only, V6 is fixed)
Air intake pipe bracket
Fuel filter bracket
Fuel Tank Cradle (not shown)
Engine Mount Brackets
Various small items

£100 the lot! (Mates rates)

Previous Shotblasting was £95+vat


Edited by Barkychoc on Thursday 26th February 10:01


Edited by Barkychoc on Sunday 17th May 20:20

S2Andy

307 posts

219 months

Saturday 28th June 2008
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Hi

That is really nice and good value too. Can you post the contact details of both shot blaster and powder coater please. I'm not far from you (Loughborough) and am planning to do body off in the Autumn. Did they pick your chassis up or did you use a trailer.

Thanks and Good Luck.

Andy J

Gerald-TVR

4,896 posts

203 months

Saturday 28th June 2008
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Its a pity to cover it up - almost a work of art

tozerman

1,198 posts

233 months

Saturday 28th June 2008
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S2Andy said:
Hi

That is really nice and good value too. Can you post the contact details of both shot blaster and powder coater please. I'm not far from you (Loughborough) and am planning to do body off in the Autumn. Did they pick your chassis up or did you use a trailer.

Thanks and Good Luck.

Andy J
I can reccomentd a good blaster in Derby if it not too far for you, try ringing a company called Metal Finishers and ask for "Tinny" he only does blasting not painting so the quality is very high, good luck........Tony..

Barkychoc

Original Poster:

7,848 posts

210 months

Sunday 29th June 2008
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Got the wishbones fitted yesterday - with all new polybushes.


Edited by Barkychoc on Wednesday 22 May 19:35

clarenceboddiger

1,398 posts

221 months

Sunday 29th June 2008
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Barkychoc said:
Got the wishbones fitted yesterday - with all new polybushes.
What a pig they were to fit, turns out our friends in Devon should have sent some PTFE grease to fit them with, no wonder it was so sodding difficult!
So now they need to come off again and I need to get the grease. furious
Look on the brightside Chris, at least you'll be fully conversant having done it TWICE before when you give me a lift doing mine.hehegetmecoat
Sorry forgot to say it looks great Chris , well worth the effort your putting in.

Edited by clarenceboddiger on Sunday 29th June 14:14


Edited by clarenceboddiger on Sunday 29th June 14:29

ketvrin

3,504 posts

215 months

Sunday 29th June 2008
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Looking good Chris...

Kwink

Sweet Thunder

220 posts

227 months

Sunday 29th June 2008
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That chassis looks far too good to hide under the bodywork. Have you considered hanging it on the wall in the living room, as a work of art?

Tant

499 posts

198 months

Monday 30th June 2008
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Very nice job there Chris..should be a spur to getting her back together....never knew there was such thing as chassis envy until now..

Cheers
Ant

Dave_M

5,486 posts

230 months

Monday 30th June 2008
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Sweet Thunder said:
Have you considered hanging it on the wall in the living room, as a work of art?
You are not going to be popular with Mrs BC! Chris might just go for that and they already have a V8S body hanging from the garage.smile

Sweet Thunder

220 posts

227 months

Tuesday 1st July 2008
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Dave_M said:
Sweet Thunder said:
Have you considered hanging it on the wall in the living room, as a work of art?
You are not going to be popular with Mrs BC! Chris might just go for that and they already have a V8S body hanging from the garage.smile
You mean he already has aquired two sculptures from the artists collective that call themselves TVR. That could be the start of a great collection!wink

Longers

4,496 posts

234 months

Saturday 5th July 2008
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See you've been busy while I've been away Chris! Got it all back together yet....? hehe

Barkychoc

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7,848 posts

210 months

Saturday 5th July 2008
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Yep all done. Honest.


Longers

4,496 posts

234 months

Saturday 5th July 2008
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I see you decided to fit your old wheels and original seats in the end then wink

Barkychoc

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7,848 posts

210 months

Saturday 5th July 2008
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Erm erm.

I have fitted the wishbones to the chassis.
Then I discovered I'd chucked away a couple of shims for the front suspensionrolleyes, so I made a couple of new ones today.
I may get a bit further tomorrow, it may even end up with the front wheels on.
I need to get the bushes fitted to the rear trailing arms, so no rear wheels can be fitted yet.

Chris

Barkychoc

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7,848 posts

210 months

Saturday 26th July 2008
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pies

13,116 posts

262 months

Saturday 26th July 2008
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Looking good,can you roll it my way please biggrin

Barkychoc

Original Poster:

7,848 posts

210 months

Saturday 26th July 2008
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Well today I gave up trying to clean up the diff.
I went and bought a tin of silver smoothrite.





and driveshafts too


Barkychoc

Original Poster:

7,848 posts

210 months

Tuesday 29th July 2008
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There are two rubber mounts on top of the diff carrier to mount it to the chassis - I discovered last night one of mine is broken, the steel baseplate is cracked right through.
I'll post a pic of it, it's very poor bit of design & worth checking if you have the opportunity.
I've had to order new ones from TVRcarparts - over £70 with VAT & delivery weeping

ketvrin

3,504 posts

215 months

Tuesday 29th July 2008
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Looking good Chris...

Kwink