Clean Pants Please!

Clean Pants Please!

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Big Albee

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59 posts

257 months

Saturday 14th December 2002
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We are first time buyers of TVR. We went to see a 5 litre Griff and a Chimera. Husband wanted Griff, Wife wanted Chimera. Fall out . Fight . Griff wins .

The Griff we bought sounds very similar to the one that Teuchtar looked at, but then I suppose they all do. The bonnet stay was missing, there were cracks in the doors, a bizarre clunk from the back, really smelly carpets, a hood that lets in and a really blugh stink from the engine .

Did we walk away - Good Sir, I think not!!

Now the good news. We got a new bonnet stay, we sorted the doors and the car got the fully girlie valet. As for the bizarre clunk, the Wife thinks its a loose jack rolling around in the boot. And the blugh stink - well, it still stinks but its quite nice really once you get used to it. The odd pale ferny green colour (as we heard it described) is actually Starmist Ocean Haze which, when polished to a gleam, looks just as nice as it sounds.

We took the car to Brian at Dreadnought garage who thinks we've found a cracker. Funnily enough - we think that about Brian.

Anyway, we've had the car for about three weeks now and its a dream. Our new philosophy - give it some welly, hold on and my god - take some clean pants!

>>> Edited by Big Albee on Saturday 14th December 20:18

Ballistic Banana

14,698 posts

268 months

Saturday 14th December 2002
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Well Done Alison And Billy

Welcome to the TVR Fold as its a Griffith then thats something extra Special, especially with that sort of smell from thre interior.

Enjoy

BB

CraigAlsop

1,991 posts

269 months

Sunday 15th December 2002
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Hopefully see you at one of the meets then Billy! Not heard from Teuchter since I took him for a spin - I know he was going to look at a V8 Westie - maybe he got seduced by that...