Nearly there

[Henry Harris]

There has been so much attention to detail in the sympathetic rebuild of my car, I cannot describe in detail all that has been done. Sympathetic in my case means only fix what really needs to be fixed. Here are some photographs of the chassis about to go back into the body.
The wheels are for sale on ebay -
Any queries, please shout.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

Edited by Henry Harris on Saturday 10th October 10:05

Edited by Henry Harris on Saturday 10th October 13:11

[Gandalf]

Looking very good there Henry hope the body goes on smoothly and your back out on the open road real soon.
By the way are you fitting Image wheels in place of the "blingy alloys"?

[Henry Harris]

Going for these - not the yellow ones.
http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/large_wheel_pages/ifx...

[peaktorque]

Very nice, (like the blingy wheels too ) do you mind me asking how much those lovely looking coil-overs were?

[Transmitter Man]

Henry,

What size wheels are you going for?

Same width as your previous or are you going a little wider?

When are they expecting to get the body on?

Phil
420 SEAC

[pwd95]

Those rear tie bars are going to be a tight fit when they go on.

[Wedg1e]

I was under the impression the chassis was considered to be a pile of poo and was going to be stiffened at every junction...?

[Henry Harris]

The impression of pooh was probably my posts that showed the weak welds and the quality of tubing. I have had the welds reworked and strengthened; extra tubing to strengthen the chassis, to hold the steering column and pedal box instead of being attached to the glass fibre, rails inside the car along the sills, a roll bar and supports. There were a few rotted sections that have been cut out and replaced.

Some parts are a tight fit and that was discovered where the body has worn through underneath. I will look again at the tie rods. Bearing in mind that the car was pimped and the quality of the alterations is in question. For example the exhaust was touching the chassis. I intend to make the car worthy of the make, but it will not be entered in any concours events.

I will look into the cost of the coil-overs.

Edited by Henry Harris on Saturday 10th October 10:07

[GV]

Any pics of the steering mount on the chassis....??

[Henry Harris]

Soon, when we put the body back on, which should be next week.

New wheels will be 8x17

Edited by Henry Harris on Sunday 11th October 11:52

[AM400]

Looking good. I like the rear vented disks, do these fit the standard calipers?

[rev-erend]

Henry - that is looking just fantastic.

Great choice of wheels too

[Transmitter Man]

Yes, and I'd like to see if I've got extra room under my arch compared to Henry's later car, a 450SE.

Phil
420SEAC

[Henry Harris]

Answers to queries:

• Coil-overs: Approximate figures - £80 per shock absorber in steel (£120 in aluminium); £25 per spring; plus bits
• Tie bars: chassis and body has been modified so that they fit – modification due to how the chassis used to work with the suspension pulling it in two directions at once. The root cause is the Jaguar rear end being part of the suspension. The ride height is being adjusted so that with the modifications everything will be vertical. A solution would be to put in a proper top arm for the suspension.
• Rear vented discs: these are from a later XJS with standard callipers and spacers.
• Photograph of steering column and pedal box mount: this week hopefully

More detail can be provided and any more queries, please shout.

Edited by Henry Harris on Tuesday 13th October 12:33

[Transmitter Man]

Henry,

Who came up with the tie bar idea?

I wonder if any of the wedge racers have implemented this idea?

Phil
420 SEAC

[TVRleigh_BBWR]

Transmitter Man said:

Henry,

Who came up with the tie bar idea?

I wonder if any of the wedge racers have implemented this idea?

Phil
420 SEAC

Most of the Racers have the older style rear suspension, so they don't have tie bar's as such.

http://www.tvr400se.co.uk/chassis.jpg

more details here
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

Pic embedded as it was generating security warnings in Chrome - Mr Will

Edited by Mr Will on Friday 16th October 16:26

[Transmitter Man]

Leigh,

OK on the suspension.

I sent you a pm several weeks ago but it may of got lost in the ether.

Do you still want my old screen?

I can deliver it over next weekend if you're around?

Any excuse for a drive out.

It shattered getting it out but being laminated all the bits stay together so you can still use it as a template for the lexan jobbie.

Phil
420 SEAC

[Wedg1e]

Henry Harris said:

A solution would be to put in a proper top arm for the suspension.

.....which is exactly what Lotus did to the Esprit after the early ones showed a tendency to fold up. Shouldn't be impossible to do on the TVR...

[MJG280]

Henry Harris said:
A solution would be to put in a proper top arm for the suspension.

Wedg1e said
.....which is exactly what Lotus did to the Esprit after the early ones showed a tendency to fold up. Shouldn't be impossible to do on the TVR...

I'll bring mine round I'm only down the road

[GV]

What's a top arm....