Bright Yellow 280 FHC
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Has anyone seen a very yellow 280 FHC Tasmin? I nearly finished a nut and bolt resto on it about seven years ago but had to sell. Just wondered if it ever made the road. I rebuilt the chassis and had it galvanised and powdered together with all the suspension the wheeels were all refinshed and the body painted . It was assebled and ran but the interior was all retrimmed but I don't think I got round to carpets. I rememmber making a headlining and would you believe scratch building new window frames.
I think a guy from the South Coast bought it to finish. He paid me £2 or £3k probably good money at the time but it owed me about £8k!!!!
andy
Latest project is a 911 r replica
I think a guy from the South Coast bought it to finish. He paid me £2 or £3k probably good money at the time but it owed me about £8k!!!!
andy
Latest project is a 911 r replica
haasad said:
Has anyone seen a very yellow 280 FHC Tasmin?
Sorry not seen or heard of it.haasad said:
I rebuilt the chassis and had it galvanised...
Was this galvanising paint or a hot dip process? Any idea how much it cost and who did it?haasad said:
I rememmber making a headlining and would you believe scratch building new window frames.
There are plenty of FHC owners who would like to hear the details of how you made new door frames.Okay peeps, Shame no one knows of the car.
I made the frames frome scratch. The old rusted out ones were used as patterns. I had some 16 g mild steel formed into channel section at " Wheatley Metals" in Wareham near my home. This provided the right section into which I could fit the rubber window channel I bought from Woolies trim centre. The sections were too deep but also flimsy so I guillotined 6 mm thick strips of mild stel to fit inside providing a spacer and support to the rubber wndow channel . This also strengthend the sections and provided media to allow me to form the longditudonal curve that runs throught the head and side rails of the frames. So now I had a pile of thin channels and spacers that would fit inside. Next I tig welded the thin channels together at the corners using the old frames as jigs. I mitred each corner. Next I introduced the 6 mm sections which also helped spring in the long curves. Where the thin material inevitably kinked as it was compressed I cut through with a hacksaw to allow it to move then rewelded once the shape was right. Finally the thin frame was drilled through around its perimeter so the back of the 6mm thick was visible .I then TIG welded the two piecs together.
All the weldes were dressed flush and a rial fit ( well actually hundreds of them) allowed me to get all the gaps etc tolerable ( better than original ). Finally I had them ( yes I made two) blasted and satin black powder coated before fitting the rubber channel and refitted them to the doors and then the whole lot to the car. The window on the drivers side was allways needing a helping hand to stay square and lift properly but they were loads better than the originals.
ttfn
andy
I made the frames frome scratch. The old rusted out ones were used as patterns. I had some 16 g mild steel formed into channel section at " Wheatley Metals" in Wareham near my home. This provided the right section into which I could fit the rubber window channel I bought from Woolies trim centre. The sections were too deep but also flimsy so I guillotined 6 mm thick strips of mild stel to fit inside providing a spacer and support to the rubber wndow channel . This also strengthend the sections and provided media to allow me to form the longditudonal curve that runs throught the head and side rails of the frames. So now I had a pile of thin channels and spacers that would fit inside. Next I tig welded the thin channels together at the corners using the old frames as jigs. I mitred each corner. Next I introduced the 6 mm sections which also helped spring in the long curves. Where the thin material inevitably kinked as it was compressed I cut through with a hacksaw to allow it to move then rewelded once the shape was right. Finally the thin frame was drilled through around its perimeter so the back of the 6mm thick was visible .I then TIG welded the two piecs together.
All the weldes were dressed flush and a rial fit ( well actually hundreds of them) allowed me to get all the gaps etc tolerable ( better than original ). Finally I had them ( yes I made two) blasted and satin black powder coated before fitting the rubber channel and refitted them to the doors and then the whole lot to the car. The window on the drivers side was allways needing a helping hand to stay square and lift properly but they were loads better than the originals.
ttfn
andy
I remember it from the old Egroups days 
The original channel was fabricated from a flat strip that was crimped into some horrifically convoluted shape that I've never seen on any other car... on my old Tasmin I found that some of the sections inside the doors were still sound whereas the top corners were knackered. So I used sections of Ford Sierra channel inside the doors and used the good bits outside
If I had to do it all again I'd buy a DHC...
The original channel was fabricated from a flat strip that was crimped into some horrifically convoluted shape that I've never seen on any other car... on my old Tasmin I found that some of the sections inside the doors were still sound whereas the top corners were knackered. So I used sections of Ford Sierra channel inside the doors and used the good bits outside
If I had to do it all again I'd buy a DHC...
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