Foreigners in the house.....

[QBee]

.....as title, I have a man from Norway and a man from Yorkshire in the house (well, Yorkshire would declare independence if it could, and they speak a strange tongue...)





For those who don't know them, Ole Vix from Oslo and Steve Edwards from 'uddersfield.
Meeting up at my gaff to discuss Steve's hardtop that Ole has purchased



Nice design, targa panel comes out, but also both sections fit nicely in the boot.

He does these mark 3 style lights too......




No, I'm not his PR agent, just seriously impressed with what he has designed and made.

Edited by QBee on Sunday 31st July 16:02

[Milky400]

Looks really quite bloody good.... Would have loved it on my old chimaera.

[QBee]

Another close up.....

[phazed]

Dam those Johny foreigners

The top looks fantastic!

[QBee]

It does indeed. I was well impressed.

I didn't photograph the panels going into the boot, wish I had.
Rear section goes in first, easily, cover with a blanket, targa section (which is lighter than the standard one) goes in next. Leaves you with a lovely smooth back to the car, no silly pram hood acting as an air brake or getting in the way of your rear view mirror. Of course you can remove the panel and leave the rear section up, like on a normal Chimaera.

[SILICONEKID345HP]

Should of said , I could of popped up..I inspected Oles car before he came over to buy it .

[QBee]

I only had two hours notice of their visit Daz, or I would - Ole spoke very warmly of your help with finding his car.

[Danattheopticians]

It was great to meet Ole when he came down Thursday night. I didn't know he was going to buy a new car? Nice one Ole. How was Silverstone Ole and anyone else who went?

[Squirrelofwoe]

That looks superb! Really suits the lines of the car, exactly how i'd envisage a Chimaera coupe.

Would certainly be interested in finding out more about this.

[QBee]

Danattheopticians said:

It was great to meet Ole when he came down Thursday night. I didn't know he was going to buy a new car? Nice one Ole. How was Silverstone Ole and anyone else who went?

He probably won't answer until he's back in Oslo tomorrow.
He has bought a hard top off Steve, and now has to fit it to his car.
Every car is different, and of course it has to be sprayed to match his Halcyon Midas Pearl Chim first (sparkly yellow).
He was meeting with Steve to get some info on the finer points of the fitting, as every car's bodywork is slightly different so there's a certain amount of alignment to do.

I do have to add that the rear section clips into place with four clips, and when it is off the body lines are perfectly smooth at the rear, no buttons of spikes protruding. The targa top fits as per the standard one at the front, then clips to the rear section with two clips at roof level, so no tensioning struts. Rear window is perspex, so both sections are light for ease of handling. Definitely a one man job to fit/remove, unlike so many hard tops, and as said before the whole thing goes in the boot in two parts.

[Dungman]

That looks superb

[Steve-Edwards]

Thanks for the fantastic hospitality Qbee, it was great to meet you and Ole at your place and to be made to feel so welcome.

TVR enthusiasts are such a friendly welcoming bunch.

I had no idea we'd end up at your place until I received a last minute text giving me a post code to meet at (instead of the services on the A1).

You have a lovely house by the way too.

Its amazing how several hours can just fly by when blokes get chatting about TVR's!

Steve.

[keith-vznby]

Hi, are the hardtops available to buy if so could someone tell me who from cheers

[QBee]

Trust you didn't get it both barrels when you rocked up at home a tad late, Steve - she must be used to TVR people by now!
As I said to my Mrs, it just BBC when two or more are gathered together - Blokes talking bks about Cars.

[Danattheopticians]

The roof is definitely something I want to look into.

Got an order of priorities first though.

[QBee]

keith-vznby said:

Hi, are the hardtops available to buy if so could someone tell me who from cheers

Steve-Edwards (just above your post) is the man - PM him through his profile.
That's his car you are looking at, he's the geezer from 'uddersfield I mentioned at the start.

[OleVix]

Thank you Anthony for wonderful lunch and hospitality on such short notice. I must also commend Steve on driving one hour just to meet me and show me the details of how to adapt and fit the hard top, his attention to detail is as good as his customer service!

In person the hard top looked like an OEM product.. hats off!

Also thanks to danattheopticians for meeting me and having a chat in Bournemouth, picking me up in his lovely blue, late model 4 liter.

Thanks to Peter for having me for tea and biscuits on Friday

Big thanks to Alex daredevil for letting me stay two nights in his house with his girlfriend Sabrina, their 4 dogs and 7 cats... On Saturday we had a good time at the Silverstone classic, even posted a visit to the Tvr cc stand where nothing was going on

[tonys]

That hard top looks very good.

[TVRJAS]

I was booked in to have the Lupo conversion done whilst having my other work done but I was told they couldn't do the Lupo conversion just yet.

Maybe a blessing in disguise as I'm really liking Steve's conversion. Mine being Starmist Blue I think will work well.

[hillclimbmanic]

...Somebody P-L-E-A-S-E put one on a Griffith.!!!

I can't wait to see it.!