TVR factory parts FINISHED

[jchase]

I just got off the phone with a TVR dealer, who informed me that Blackpool are no longer supplying Wedge parts at all, and that they put them all in a large container, and have now sold them! Arrggghhhhhh!

-Jim

[wedgeman]

Had heard that all the bits had been put into a container, but hadn't heard that they had been sold.

Any idea where they will surface?

Howard

[TVRinBFG]

I was told they haven't been sold yet.

All the remaining Wedge and S parts have been put into two containers, along with some jigs and some moulds. There is a retail value of circa £250k on the parts and TVR are after offers. There is the possability of buying the rights for the Wedge and S (ie TVR Parts 1980-92) cars' parts supply. A bit like David Gerald did for the older pre-1980 cars.

A ready made business there for somebody......

[jmorgan]

Out of curiosity, what parts are factory specials and can these parts be sourced elswhere as in someone modding or making them?

[jchase]

The plot thickens, Just got off the phone to David Geralds, and they seem to think the quarantined parts have not been sold yet either. This does not help me to find a new trailing arm.

Douglas valley Breakers have quoted me more than the price of a new one for a used one - they are cheeky b******s .

BellHillGarage have no Wedge bits at the moment, as they failed to get the 390 up for auction recently, which is really annoying.

-Jim

[LeeBee]

No they have not been sold yet, well as of this morning anyway!

Cheers

LeeBee

[firefox1712]

Factory supplied caps for fuel and water no bloody good! Must get on to Kerridges.

[Broadside]

I had heard that DG were in negotiations with TVR regarding these parts, but I think we will just have to wait for an official announcement I suppose.

The sad fact is..if anyone needs any factory sourced spares...you are going to be up a certain creek without a method of propulsion......!!

Nige'

[dickymint]

Broadside said:

I had heard that DG were in negotiations with TVR regarding these parts, but I think we will just have to wait for an official announcement I suppose. The sad fact is..if anyone needs any factory sourced spares...you are going to be up a certain creek without a method of propulsion......!! Nige'

And its no help that we cant get the parts catalogue off them with some indication of an alternative part number Still no joy from TVRCC about this.

[jchase]

What would be really nice would be a set of engineering drawings of the fabricated parts, such as chassis, trailing arms, hubs, etc. I have started to make my own for small things like the light brackets, but there appear to be many variants on this too!

-Jim

[dickymint]

Hi Jim,
Any news on your PDF version? Maybe MikeB could host it?

[19560]

dickymint said:

And its no help that we cant get the parts catalogue off them with some indication of an alternative part number Still no joy from TVRCC about this.

Are you still looking for a part? I thought that you had fixed the temp. sender affair.

[wedg1e]

Plenty of chance that there'll be sme blatant profiteering going on then.
It wouldn't be too hard to make jigs to copy parts such as the A frames, trailing arms etc., and there are a few people on here who have the skills and resources to make such items...

[mikeb]

I actually have a resonably full version of the Wedge 'parts' catalogue. It is so big that it took me about a week to photocopy and melted down a half tidy photocopier in the process

I should imagine that to scan it and then turn the little lot into a .PDF document would be nothing less than an odyssey!.

I would also imagine that the file size would be huge. Probably fit on a 30p CD though. Any takers for the scanning job??.

MikeB

[dickymint]

mikeb said:

I actually have a resonably full version of the Wedge 'parts' catalogue. It is so big that it took me about a week to photocopy and melted down a half tidy photocopier in the process I should imagine that to scan it and then turn the little lot into a .PDF document would be nothing less than an odyssey!. I would also imagine that the file size would be huge. Probably fit on a 30p CD though. Any takers for the scanning job??. MikeB Mike YHM well you will in a mo!

[jmorgan]

Ditto YHM.


>> Edited by jmorgan on Tuesday 28th September 22:27

[pwd95]

Sorry boys whats YHM
Edit
I have access to a program that allows you to scan a page at a time and slowly build a pdf doc. Still time consuming. How many pages is it?

>> Edited by pwd95 on Tuesday 28th September 23:13

[Graham]

wedg1e said:

Plenty of chance that there'll be sme blatant profiteering going on then. It wouldn't be too hard to make jigs to copy parts such as the A frames, trailing arms etc., and there are a few people on here who have the skills and resources to make such items...

im currently tempted to get a mate with a nice big cnc machine and a block of alloy to see if i can make some a-frame hub carriers..

Just need one to copy

[jmorgan]

pwd95 said:

Sorry boys whats YHM Edit I have access to a program that allows you to scan a page at a time and slowly build a pdf doc. Still time consuming. How many pages is it? >> Edited by pwd95 on Tuesday 28th September 23:13

YHM=You have mail

>> Edited by jmorgan on Tuesday 28th September 23:15

[pwd95]

Riiight, sorry
Mike, YHM