Cossy sold and Jag bought - the hard work begins next week

Cossy sold and Jag bought - the hard work begins next week

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magpies

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5,129 posts

181 months

Wednesday 4th September 2019
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Continue to sort out the interior. The hose is just to hold the handbrake in place as body not on chassis
The rear panel allows access to the handbrake adjuster and the rear brake pressure adjustable limiter.

Edited by magpies on Wednesday 4th September 17:24

shalmaneser

5,930 posts

194 months

Friday 20th September 2019
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Some very impressive work - i like the idea of the Alfa plenum! Would look great with a custom plenum, however, maybe in the future!

magpies

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5,129 posts

181 months

Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Most of the exhaust is now tacked and positioned. Almost all of it is above the chassis. The silencer had to be flattened a little using a hydraulic press.

magpies

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181 months

Friday 4th October 2019
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Exhaust off for final welding. Drivers side manifold completed, wrapped and about to be torqued on. Starter also wrapped as vertical close to the manifold. Alternator final fitted, also heat shielded, drive belt pullies aligned, belt tensioned and all fixings tightened. Propshaft fitted and fixings torqued. Need to clip and shield the alternator, starter and O2 sensor cables.

magpies

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Friday 4th October 2019
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v8s4me

7,234 posts

218 months

Friday 4th October 2019
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Than's coming on very nicely thumbup

Blue 30

519 posts

116 months

Friday 4th October 2019
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I've got a feeling you're on pole position to finish first.
Clean and simple layout (thumbs up).

Here's mine, the same only different !

magpies

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5,129 posts

181 months

Tuesday 29th October 2019
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Hope I haven't forgotten anything that needed doing before the body has been refitted. Body a bit tight on the chassis and sitting about 15mm high at the front, but should settle as it was OK when removed. Outriggers wrapped in grease impregnated cloth Denso tape. Cannot upload photos for some reason.

Edited by magpies on Tuesday 29th October 18:21

magpies

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5,129 posts

181 months

Saturday 2nd November 2019
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Body now tightened down. Hand brake fitted and adjusted - easy with the turnbuckle I fitted - only takes 5 min and no crawling under the car.
Seats in along with the harnesses. Rear cage also in and bolted down. New larger sun visors fitted. That just about completes the interior. Can't upload photos from my phone for some reason? - have uploaded the photos on the facebook S page

Fuel pump, fuel level gauge and fuel pressure gauge all wired and connected.


Edited by magpies on Saturday 2nd November 16:19

phillpot

17,105 posts

182 months

Saturday 2nd November 2019
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magpies said:
New larger sun visors fitted.
From a ?


mk1fan

10,507 posts

224 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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Don't tell him Pike.

magpies

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181 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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mk1fan said:
Don't tell him Pike.
from a small American muscle car




The Kalos muscle biggrinrolleyes

cb500t

149 posts

87 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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phillpot said:
From a ?
What ' advantage ' does it bring?

Blue 30

519 posts

116 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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Daewoo/Chevrolet = old Corsa reworked ?

magpies

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181 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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cb500t said:
phillpot said:
From a ?
What ' advantage ' does it bring?
still can't upload photos

photos on the TVR S Series fb page

cb500t

149 posts

87 months

Monday 4th November 2019
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magpies said:
still can't upload photos

photos on the TVR S Series fb page
Sure, seen them..

LLantrisant

995 posts

158 months

Sunday 10th November 2019
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i started reading this thread with interest...until the stage where the chassis got painted....i was shocked...how somebody can invest so much work in a car and than the chassis-paintjob is done in such a way?

it would have been so easy in that stage to get the chassis on bare metal (e.g. chemical reoval by a specialst) and than built up a new coating (powder, galvanizing, paint)....now it really looks like a botch in a shed job....sorry to say that.


magpies

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181 months

Sunday 10th November 2019
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LLantrisant said:
i started reading this thread with interest...until the stage where the chassis got painted....i was shocked...how somebody can invest so much work in a car and than the chassis-paintjob is done in such a way?

it would have been so easy in that stage to get the chassis on bare metal (e.g. chemical reoval by a specialst) and than built up a new coating (powder, galvanizing, paint)....now it really looks like a botch in a shed job....sorry to say that.
The chassis was stripped and repaired 8 years ago and painted wit 3 coats of metal paint used in the marine industry, each of a different colour so I could tell how deep a chip is) This year I took the body off to change the engine to I also thoroughly checked for any signs of rust. None found on the chassis but I found a couple of brown marks on the (new and powder coated 10 years ago) so investigated and found a layer of rust under the powder coating! £100 later and newly powder coated were refitted ( too difficult to properly paint them). I decided to change the colour to black so just painted again with smooth hammerite. I wrapped the outriggers in Denso tape.

So in conclusion: No rust found on any painted sections
Rust found under the only two powder coated items.

The car was never going to be pristine and intended to us in competition so happy with a painted finish.
Oh I rescued the car from being scrapped as had been in an accident - the powder coated outriggers were so badly rusted they fell apart when rmovingg the body.

I am not paying others to do this work and if it looks amateurish that is because I am. I have never worked in the motor industry

Alan Whitaker

2,054 posts

181 months

Sunday 10th November 2019
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Wow MIck, that's one for the book, I would just do as you like as it is your car.

magpies

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181 months

Sunday 10th November 2019
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LLantrisant said:
i started reading this thread with interest...until the stage where the chassis got painted....i was shocked...how somebody can invest so much work in a car and than the chassis-paintjob is done in such a way?

it would have been so easy in that stage to get the chassis on bare metal (e.g. chemical reoval by a specialst) and than built up a new coating (powder, galvanizing, paint)....now it really looks like a botch in a shed job....sorry to say that.
Oh and I use my car all year round - suitably power washed underneath as and when needed. Obviously you only use yours in dry and sunny June / July / August to keep your powder coated chassis from falling apart. There are plenty of TVR chassis that have been blasted of their flaky powder coating and good marine 2--pack paints applied.