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Amongst others...thoughts? (Carpet colour is a bit.....mmmmm)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-CHIMAERA-4-5-/190833...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-CHIMAERA-4-5-/190833...
LOL - some people just don't like the feeling of a hot knob in the summer and a cold one in the winter!!
In fairness, TVR Power do a pretty close to original one for about 30 notes.
He states the chassis has been POR15'd - I don't suppose many people would bid for something at >£5k without jumping in the car to go and take a look?
There's a garage in the background - that's always a good sign. I owned a Chimaera about 12 years ago and had it just over 2yrs, it was kept on the drive. The Grif I've had for over 7yrs has always been in the garage (dehumidified). The Chimaera didn't do too well in that short period of outdoor life.
I still maintain - I'm not quite sure there is really anything you can call a 'Bad TVR' nowadays - the bits just don't cost that much to replace!! Okay, outrigger replacement seems expensive??? Once my Audi A6 hit 4 years old, I paid out £1k for a dual mass flywheel, £400 for an EGR valve, and £800 for a replacement aircon pump. All of things carried out at an 'independent' (so about 40-50% cheaper on labour).
If you already have some spanners, buy a copy of Steve H's bible, and can use the internet - why not give it a go. I think there's something really satisfying about buying a car, and keeping it going using your own skill and the advice of people on PH.
In fairness, TVR Power do a pretty close to original one for about 30 notes.
He states the chassis has been POR15'd - I don't suppose many people would bid for something at >£5k without jumping in the car to go and take a look?
There's a garage in the background - that's always a good sign. I owned a Chimaera about 12 years ago and had it just over 2yrs, it was kept on the drive. The Grif I've had for over 7yrs has always been in the garage (dehumidified). The Chimaera didn't do too well in that short period of outdoor life.
I still maintain - I'm not quite sure there is really anything you can call a 'Bad TVR' nowadays - the bits just don't cost that much to replace!! Okay, outrigger replacement seems expensive??? Once my Audi A6 hit 4 years old, I paid out £1k for a dual mass flywheel, £400 for an EGR valve, and £800 for a replacement aircon pump. All of things carried out at an 'independent' (so about 40-50% cheaper on labour).
If you already have some spanners, buy a copy of Steve H's bible, and can use the internet - why not give it a go. I think there's something really satisfying about buying a car, and keeping it going using your own skill and the advice of people on PH.
jeboa said:
LOL - some people just don't like the feeling of a hot knob in the summer and a cold one in the winter!!
In fairness, TVR Power do a pretty close to original one for about 30 notes.
He states the chassis has been POR15'd - I don't suppose many people would bid for something at >£5k without jumping in the car to go and take a look?
There's a garage in the background - that's always a good sign. I owned a Chimaera about 12 years ago and had it just over 2yrs, it was kept on the drive. The Grif I've had for over 7yrs has always been in the garage (dehumidified). The Chimaera didn't do too well in that short period of outdoor life.
I still maintain - I'm not quite sure there is really anything you can call a 'Bad TVR' nowadays - the bits just don't cost that much to replace!! Okay, outrigger replacement seems expensive??? Once my Audi A6 hit 4 years old, I paid out £1k for a dual mass flywheel, £400 for an EGR valve, and £800 for a replacement aircon pump. All of things carried out at an 'independent' (so about 40-50% cheaper on labour).
If you already have some spanners, buy a copy of Steve H's bible, and can use the internet - why not give it a go. I think there's something really satisfying about buying a car, and keeping it going using your own skill and the advice of people on PH.
Check out the price for a set of injectors on an 3.0TDI A6 or E60 530d. Outriggers are cheap in comparison! Get the done, get them galvanised and coated, then forget about them! In fairness, TVR Power do a pretty close to original one for about 30 notes.
He states the chassis has been POR15'd - I don't suppose many people would bid for something at >£5k without jumping in the car to go and take a look?
There's a garage in the background - that's always a good sign. I owned a Chimaera about 12 years ago and had it just over 2yrs, it was kept on the drive. The Grif I've had for over 7yrs has always been in the garage (dehumidified). The Chimaera didn't do too well in that short period of outdoor life.
I still maintain - I'm not quite sure there is really anything you can call a 'Bad TVR' nowadays - the bits just don't cost that much to replace!! Okay, outrigger replacement seems expensive??? Once my Audi A6 hit 4 years old, I paid out £1k for a dual mass flywheel, £400 for an EGR valve, and £800 for a replacement aircon pump. All of things carried out at an 'independent' (so about 40-50% cheaper on labour).
If you already have some spanners, buy a copy of Steve H's bible, and can use the internet - why not give it a go. I think there's something really satisfying about buying a car, and keeping it going using your own skill and the advice of people on PH.
bobfather said:
He has POR15'd the chassis so it must have been flakey. If that's the case then the outriggers could be a problem as they're the first place to flake and it's not possible to POR15 the tops of the outrigger rails and centre support
Sorry, that's nonsense. If you spend enough time under there and fabricate a few special painting tools (bent rod with sponges on the end, cranked artists brushes etc), you can. The rider is you have to be prepared to be sporting silver streaky forearms for a coupe of weeks afterwards, though...schmokin1 said:
bobfather said:
He has POR15'd the chassis so it must have been flakey. If that's the case then the outriggers could be a problem as they're the first place to flake and it's not possible to POR15 the tops of the outrigger rails and centre support
Sorry, that's nonsense. If you spend enough time under there and fabricate a few special painting tools (bent rod with sponges on the end, cranked artists brushes etc), you can. The rider is you have to be prepared to be sporting silver streaky forearms for a coupe of weeks afterwards, though...schmokin1 said:
Sorry, that's nonsense. If you spend enough time under there and fabricate a few special painting tools (bent rod with sponges on the end, cranked artists brushes etc), you can. The rider is you have to be prepared to be sporting silver streaky forearms for a coupe of weeks afterwards, though...
In the past I used a syringe with a plastic pipe with small holes on the end! Dip the end in the paint, suck up some paint, position the end of the pipe on top of the chassis tube and slowly push the syringe in and drag the pipe along the tube. Gets paint to most places and is messy as a lot dribbles out but worth it to get coverage?bobfather said:
11 years of ownership and 4 separate winter sessions applying POR15. I think I am well qualified to comment on the difficulty applying paint to the upper surfaces of the outriggers and centre hangers. I too am ingenious and developed several special tools for this work but still couldn't ensure full coverage of the tops. I would say that most owners would not have our level of ingenuity so most owners would have more difficulty than we had. It is fare to say that flaky coating will occur on the tops of the outriggers and applying paint is verging on impossible due to there being several places where the body is resting on the outriggers.
Furry muff then...Could be that my early car has more clearance body to outrigger tops than some others...Gassing Station | General TVR Stuff & Gossip | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff