TVR Vixen S2 1969 WFD 400H

[FarmyardPants]

Keep at it, the car looks great!

[1969tuscan]

FarmyardPants said:

Keep at it, the car looks great!

Cheers , nice to know people still watching thread , regards Keith.

[limjamrace]

Oh how I miss looking at that tan interior..
I remembered straight away that nearside door kept opening at around 80mph..
That was when it had the original but modified by me crossflow ..
Little jogging of memoriese keep coming back.m

[1969tuscan]

limjamrace said:

Oh how I miss looking at that tan interior..
I remembered straight away that nearside door kept opening at around 80mph..
That was when it had the original but modified by me crossflow ..
Little jogging of memoriese keep coming back.m

OMG, ha, ha, hope this doesn't happen when I drive it , especially now it's got a bit more power, door a nice tight fit with the new rubbers so should be ok ,glad the old girl is bringing back memories for you David , maybe when I finally Finnish restoration we could arrange to meet up so you can see the old girl again , no doubt I'll have teasing troubles to iron out first, due to the time she's been off the road , regards keith.😃

[limjamrace]

I had in mind a self invitation to view ages ago..lol
Flicked through pictures again and I see it still has the original steering wheel with Standard Triumph boss centre emblem..

[1969tuscan]

limjamrace said:

I had in mind a self invitation to view ages ago..lol
Flicked through pictures again and I see it still has the original steering wheel with Standard Triumph boss centre emblem..

Any time mate my doors always open , if your ever up in the north east pop in , yes I thought about putting a tvr sticker on steering wheel but decided against it so standard triumph it stays, got all wheels done now so that's smartened car up a bit more . Regards keith

[1969tuscan]

[1969tuscan]

I mentioned I'd painted the wheels ,was going to get them powder coated until I got the price, £100 each apparently they have to do the whole wheel black then diamond cut the outer rim and finnes to get the look . So I paint stripped back to alloy sprayed and laqered them , far cheaper .

[GTRene]

yeah its very expensive, you can buy new lightweight wheels for that :-)
but then not those old type wheels, you did a good job, looks way better then they were.

[limjamrace]

I painted those wheels way back in the eighties..
Smeared grease on the shiny bits and spray canned the recess in satin black..
See the original tyres are fitted..Well when I had it..
Pirelli and Goodyear G800s.

[1969tuscan]

Just a few more pictures of wfd400h , work still in progress,

[1969tuscan]

[1969tuscan]

[1969tuscan]

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[1969tuscan]

Interior not perfect but still usable to say it's been stood since the 80s, wasnt sure about the brown with orange but to me looks ok , may get retrim at later date in black then again might leave it , didn't want a show car, just one I can use.

[limjamrace]

My Irish Setter used to stand on the rear shelf at times and lean into the corners..
The trim was almost newly done when I bought it so was nice .
27 years in a council lock up took a bit of toll and the carpet had a degree of creasing but survived well..
And it does look good still.
I can smell the combination of leaking fuel tank and vinyl as it was then..

[1969tuscan]

Hi David your assistance required , can you remember where this piece of interior fitted in wfd400f , I for the life of me can't figure out where ? It doesn't appear to fitted anywhere, thought it fitted on rear panel to cover rear lights but total wrong shape , so if you can't remember it won't be used on car

[1969tuscan]

[Dollyman1850]

Its the rear panel cover. It sits onto the rear panel and down between the tank cover and rear of the car and underneath the rear spoiler inside the car at the back between the rear wheel arches. a soft covered panel that pushes into place. you can use Velcro to fasten it.

N.