Pretty little 90 in keswick Green

[vjj]

Hello Lads and Lasses

Here be my lovely old 1984/5 90 following complete restoration - only some electrics and trim to do and put on the nice wheels - Twisted Supersports in silver)

Before you all ask if a breakdown has occured - the reason for being on the trailer is that she is being taken over to the stainless exhaust people in Basingstoke - and an MOT has yet to be obtained.

Was originally a factory V8 station wagon and had various TVR motor/gearbox/soft-top/colours over the years until finally the chassis gave up the ghost last year.

Some of you may have followed the rebuild thread - I also had a 5.7-litre Overfinch Discovery which was very tired - so I decided to overhaul the running gear, including stroking the motor to 6.3 litres, uprate/replace everything and try to create a very nice car.

We chose Keswick green - was wondering what you guys thought of this colour.

[HarryW]

Very nice love the colour, not being thick here I hope, but it's not clear whether it still resides in he Disco or not, but have you fitted a 6.3ltr engine in it too?

[Nice But Dim]

Can you also advise on the stainless steel exhaust company you are using in Basingstoke as I may well me needing their services soon for my 300tdi soft top.

Cheers

Ps . .looks lush

[0llie]

Great looking Ninety, congrats :-D Look forward to seeing the final result.

Good friend is taking delivery of a Keswick Green 110 Double Cab on March 1st, great colour in the flesh :-)

[vjj]

HarryW said:

Very nice love the colour, not being thick here I hope, but it's not clear whether it still resides in he Disco or not, but have you fitted a 6.3ltr engine in it too?

Yes Harry the 6.3 is in there - see below

[vjj]

Nice But Dim said:

Can you also advise on the stainless steel exhaust company you are using in Basingstoke as I may well me needing their services soon for my 300tdi soft top.

Cheers

Ps . .looks lush

exhaust man in Basingstoke is Matt - 01256 688562

[vjj]

Thanks guys for the positive comments about the colour - my wife really liked it so I took the plunge and I think it has turned out rather nice.

We still have a bit to do - fit DRL's, wiring in of gauges, seats and trim and wheels/tyres to go on, some tidying up of the engine bay - I have a black Edelbrock 14-inch air cleaner to match the rocker covers - and a weeping oil cooler hose to fix, plus a final mop and polish etc - but three or four days hard graft should see that all done.

Will post some pics on here next week when all is done.

[300bhp/ton]

Nice, what sort of transmission and drivetrain upgrades have you done?

[camel_landy]

Looking good...

Personally, I'd just use the standard side lights & indicator lenses and stick a standard set of wheels on there (235 BFGs). Make it a bit of a 'sleeper' car.

M

[NomduJour]

Great colour, definitely needs some white steels.

[vjj]

300bhp/ton said:

Nice, what sort of transmission and drive-train upgrades have you done?

I transferred the axles over from the disco which were up-rated half-shafts etc - pinned the front diff, rear LSD, transfer box rebuilt with cross-drilled shafts to help oil and gearbox id Full Ashcroft stage 2 with huge torque convertor, besopke flexplate adaptor (which makes the torque convertor do the work) up-rated gearbox oil cooler.
I ran all of this along with the engine in the disco for nearly 2000 miles before the build started

[vjj]

camel_landy said:

Looking good...

Personally, I'd just use the standard side lights & indicator lenses and stick a standard set of wheels on there (235 BFGs). Make it a bit of a 'sleeper' car.

M

you see in the picture during the winter, but the twisteds look fantastic - espaecially with the subtle 1-inch height drop we have

That is tempting, and I will run the wheels

[West4x4]

Keswick green is a great colour but needs white roof/wheels combo for maximum looking awesomeness

[camel_landy]

A set of white Rostyles would look awesome...

M

[anonymous-user]

camel_landy said:

Looking good...

Personally, I'd just use the standard side lights & indicator lenses and stick a standard set of wheels on there (235 BFGs). Make it a bit of a 'sleeper' car.

M

And slidey-window doors with inset door handles.

[vjj]

Crossflow Kid said:

camel_landy said:

Looking good...

Personally, I'd just use the standard side lights & indicator lenses and stick a standard set of wheels on there (235 BFGs). Make it a bit of a 'sleeper' car.

M

And slidey-window doors with inset door handles.

And maybe repaint it bronze green
Replace the chevy 6.3 with a five-bearing 2.25
etc etc etc