Another weeks late night results - Pics
Discussion
Well, after another week underneath the car, at last it's almost finished. Just need to take the anti roll bar off to have it sand blasted and re powder coated, and that's it for this winter. (Well........Unless we get anymore bad weather). The shocks and springs are getting changed soon, along with the drop links, so I didn't pay them much attention, while I'm changing those I'll give the brake calipers a quick overhaul at the same time.
For the time being I just gave the whole chassis a very light spray with WD40 and I'll give it a light coat of waxoil before the end of the month. Seems a shame to cover it all in waxoil after all this work, and it doesn't get out much in bad weather.
Damned addictive this cleaning thing. But when she's on the road, she does get driven the way it was meant to be, so it's no garage queen.
One thing I noted (Couldn't Miss Them Really)........ Is how many tie wraps they used......Arghhhh, I'm surprised they didn't go out of production too, there shares certainly must have dropped though. I did re-position the front brake lines that run behind the front chassis rail.....and worth people checking this ! ! ! As with all of the brake lines, they're just tie wrapped to the chassis, which is a long way from perfect. I got some small gauge rubber/plastic line and cut it into one inch lengths, then cut it length wise and put it about every six inches along the brake lines to stop them from rubbing on the chassis, then re-tie wrapped them up again on the plastic shrouds. There's certainly alot that can be improved on, and most of it doesn't cost much to make right. Having helped assemble a couple of kit cars (Gardner Douglas Cobra & McLaren MP6) we put TVR to shame. Why on earth they didn't use proper fixings on the fuel and brake lines amazes me. And people wonder why they couldn't export them to the states.... ! ! ! ! Because they'd never meet the safety standards - And I'm not talking bumpers and lights, I'm talking real safety issues. I love the TVR, and I've always know it's build quality, and think of it as a car that has all the right parts, but needs perfecting. I'm getting there slowly.
Hope the pics don't bore you too much.
For the time being I just gave the whole chassis a very light spray with WD40 and I'll give it a light coat of waxoil before the end of the month. Seems a shame to cover it all in waxoil after all this work, and it doesn't get out much in bad weather.
Damned addictive this cleaning thing. But when she's on the road, she does get driven the way it was meant to be, so it's no garage queen.
One thing I noted (Couldn't Miss Them Really)........ Is how many tie wraps they used......Arghhhh, I'm surprised they didn't go out of production too, there shares certainly must have dropped though. I did re-position the front brake lines that run behind the front chassis rail.....and worth people checking this ! ! ! As with all of the brake lines, they're just tie wrapped to the chassis, which is a long way from perfect. I got some small gauge rubber/plastic line and cut it into one inch lengths, then cut it length wise and put it about every six inches along the brake lines to stop them from rubbing on the chassis, then re-tie wrapped them up again on the plastic shrouds. There's certainly alot that can be improved on, and most of it doesn't cost much to make right. Having helped assemble a couple of kit cars (Gardner Douglas Cobra & McLaren MP6) we put TVR to shame. Why on earth they didn't use proper fixings on the fuel and brake lines amazes me. And people wonder why they couldn't export them to the states.... ! ! ! ! Because they'd never meet the safety standards - And I'm not talking bumpers and lights, I'm talking real safety issues. I love the TVR, and I've always know it's build quality, and think of it as a car that has all the right parts, but needs perfecting. I'm getting there slowly.
Hope the pics don't bore you too much.
Edited by Jim Green on Thursday 19th March 21:22
Looks brilliant 
God small world, I was on the Hermes in 1980 through to 1982.
When I joined it was in refit in Portsmouth (ski jump being fitted as I recall) and we lived in Nelson till about Feb/March 1981 then went on to Portland with runs ashore in Falmouth and Torqay before heading off to the states later in the year.
When I joined it was in refit in Portsmouth (ski jump being fitted as I recall) and we lived in Nelson till about Feb/March 1981 then went on to Portland with runs ashore in Falmouth and Torqay before heading off to the states later in the year.
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