1995 Griffith 500 restoration
Discussion
This is going to be a re worked Tvr with lovely engineering touches that make it the car Tvr could have made all along but hindsight and time is a wonderful thing.
Design changes of interior is a very personal thing so not sure I’d go too far off O/E but it’s great to see the artist at work.
Once you crack on working on these cars it’s surely very rewarding.
Patience and accepting it can take some time was my best attribute.
Keep up the graft mate.
I hope you take it to some big TVR day and I’m driving mine there to come see it and pick your brains.
Marvellous
Design changes of interior is a very personal thing so not sure I’d go too far off O/E but it’s great to see the artist at work.
Once you crack on working on these cars it’s surely very rewarding.
Patience and accepting it can take some time was my best attribute.
Keep up the graft mate.
I hope you take it to some big TVR day and I’m driving mine there to come see it and pick your brains.
Marvellous
Looking good so far after your initial problems, and I like attention to detail too with things that many can't see. If I may add one thing, I hope that the dashboard matches the door surrounds and not door inserts as it keeps the 'flow' around the car iyswim. So many buyers got this wrong when speccing new looking like a replacement dash. It's subtle but makes all the difference imho making very nice into perfection. Check out some classifieds and you'll see. I know,,, 
macdeb said:
Looking good so far after your initial problems, and I like attention to detail too with things that many can't see. If I may add one thing, I hope that the dashboard matches the door surrounds and not door inserts as it keeps the 'flow' around the car iyswim. So many buyers got this wrong when speccing new looking like a replacement dash. It's subtle but makes all the difference imho making very nice into perfection. Check out some classifieds and you'll see. I know,,,
This is a very good point that I admit not to even thinking about until you posted the above (I’m assuming you mean the dash surround not the dashboard).It makes me grateful that mine is all Prussian Blue
Edited by TR4man on Tuesday 16th May 19:07
Classic Chim said:
This is going to be a re worked Tvr with lovely engineering touches that make it the car Tvr could have made all along but hindsight and time is a wonderful thing.
Design changes of interior is a very personal thing so not sure I’d go too far off O/E but it’s great to see the artist at work.
Once you crack on working on these cars it’s surely very rewarding.
Patience and accepting it can take some time was my best attribute.
Keep up the graft mate.
I hope you take it to some big TVR day and I’m driving mine there to come see it and pick your brains.
Marvellous
Happy to meet up and chat when it’s completed Design changes of interior is a very personal thing so not sure I’d go too far off O/E but it’s great to see the artist at work.
Once you crack on working on these cars it’s surely very rewarding.
Patience and accepting it can take some time was my best attribute.
Keep up the graft mate.
I hope you take it to some big TVR day and I’m driving mine there to come see it and pick your brains.
Marvellous
macdeb said:
Looking good so far after your initial problems, and I like attention to detail too with things that many can't see. If I may add one thing, I hope that the dashboard matches the door surrounds and not door inserts as it keeps the 'flow' around the car iyswim. So many buyers got this wrong when speccing new looking like a replacement dash. It's subtle but makes all the difference imho making very nice into perfection. Check out some classifieds and you'll see. I know,,,
Yes I understand that flow. Originally my car had a navy blue dash surround. Door surrounds were magnolia with navy blue carpet within the door surround and magnolia seats.So my car from the start didn’t flow. The Chimera interior design gave the ability to flow. Door surrounds could be two tone so the door tops matched the dash colour. The Griff door surround design doesn’t really allow that very easily. It’s something I’m still considering but I need exact measurements only available once the dash has been fitted.
The other way to flow is to get the whale tail centre console trim changed to match the dashboard so within the car the colours flow from the dash, between the seats and finish behind them. As I’ve used black alcantara that will be a little too much black. So I’m thinking a black alcantara panel where the gearstick and heater controls are then the rest in the saddle tan. The rear interior trim that holds the back of the roof will be in black alcantara too. So it should give that wrap around flow in black alcantara.
Then I’ll put some top stitch details on the saddle tan seats in black.
Once I get these seat cushions completed it should give a better idea of the final colour and finish. Be patient it’s all a complete one off.
Above shows the most cost effective fix to stop the cushion foams gradually being cheese cut by the sprung base. High temp spray glue and hessian. A nice and easy fix. Below shows the heated seat element fitted prior to the new cover being fitted
And finally below the new cover fitted to the seat frame. I think it’s a good classic style.
andrewbr said:
WOW! Are you taking commissions? 
There are certain parts of the original seat I need to reuse when making the new covers. If you can supply the original covers so I can remove the parts I need yes, better still supply the whole seat then I can fit the new covers and do any adjustments to suit the original foams. 
Zeb74 said:
This is outrageously beautiful!
Wow!
I want the same in my Chimaera, and what is very annoying is that seems so easy when we are watching to your pictures, this doesn't reflect you skills or the time you are spending. "Chapeau bas" as we say in France.
Thank you for the compliment Wow!
I want the same in my Chimaera, and what is very annoying is that seems so easy when we are watching to your pictures, this doesn't reflect you skills or the time you are spending. "Chapeau bas" as we say in France.
. Glad you like the pictures. I tried to keep the style classic but a little different to standard fit Griff and Chimaera Seats. The price of used Tuscan and Cerbera seats are very expensive now so I thought design a better cover for the standard seats to give a bit more interest and enhance the shape that’s already there.My originals were trashed by the specialist restorer and was given just the frames and foam parts with a single set of original covers that had been cut off. Those parts were the areas that hold the covers on so took a while to template the missing shapes.
There are small areas I can improve on but as this is my first set of TVR covers they have fitted remarkably well.
RobXjcoupe said:
Thank you for the compliment . Glad you like the pictures. I tried to keep the style classic but a little different to standard fit Griff and Chimaera Seats. The price of used Tuscan and Cerbera seats are very expensive now so I thought design a better cover for the standard seats to give a bit more interest and enhance the shape that’s already there.
My originals were trashed by the specialist restorer and was given just the frames and foam parts with a single set of original covers that had been cut off. Those parts were the areas that hold the covers on so took a while to template the missing shapes.
There are small areas I can improve on but as this is my first set of TVR covers they have fitted remarkably well.
Just brilliant!. Glad you like the pictures. I tried to keep the style classic but a little different to standard fit Griff and Chimaera Seats. The price of used Tuscan and Cerbera seats are very expensive now so I thought design a better cover for the standard seats to give a bit more interest and enhance the shape that’s already there.My originals were trashed by the specialist restorer and was given just the frames and foam parts with a single set of original covers that had been cut off. Those parts were the areas that hold the covers on so took a while to template the missing shapes.
There are small areas I can improve on but as this is my first set of TVR covers they have fitted remarkably well.
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