D177ALL Back from the paintshop

[aderut]

At long last the car is back home. Just in time for the snow (great!)


(Camera work & Image Manipulation by Giles Cooper)

Edited by aderut on Thursday 2nd December 14:12

[aderut]

Here'a one of the inside



And the oily bits


(Camera work & Image Manipulation by Giles Cooper)



I'm pleased as punch, except for the weather.

Edited by aderut on Monday 29th November 08:38

Edited by aderut on Thursday 2nd December 14:13

[jmorgan]

Superb.

[pwd95]

[JamieG]

That is lovely - cheered up my monday morning!!

[jon haines]

that looks fantastic no wonder you are chuffed, well done.

[Jonny weggie]

Nice one Adrian.

[mrzigazaga]

Stunning..

[Roop]

Fantastic Ade...! I plan a run to the UK next year. I'll drop by and take a look...!

[simonwedge]

Looks great - what's the big box on top of the engine?

[esperovich]

Wow!!!! thats a very different car from when we unloaded it last winter!!!!! good job. dash is great looking with new wood! we should have a go for a new youtubeclip!!!

[chapperssx]

Looks amazing Adrian well done.

[HOTTY]

WOW car looks great, inside and out.

what a great angle for the pic

did you have to respay the whole car ?

[aderut]

Thanks everyone, you've cheered me up.
The big silver box is to feed the 4 carbs. That seemed like a good idea at the time.
Just the front was painted, the back wasn't too bad and has polished up pretty well.
Roop and Esper do come over to the UK for a beer!!
Giles Cooper very kindly helped contract manage the work as well as finding the contacts to get the job done, and he's very happy with the car, which he never really was when it was new. So Ho-Hum.
Quiet a few of the guys are ex TVR Centre (Giles Cooper Ltd) rather than the until recently "current" people.

Edited by aderut on Wednesday 1st December 08:04

[grahamw48]

Lovely job, and so nice to see these special cars being restored to their former glory.

[aderut]

OHHHHH Bother.
Just when it was going so well with posting stuff.
I can't load the link back to the topic whne the car was "found" in The Netherlands.
Can someone do this for me please. Goodness I hate technology when I can't get the hang of it!!
Thanks in advance.

[grahamw48]

Here you go.

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0...

[aderut]

Graham, Thanks for that.
We did loose the stereo for 2 reasons.
1) It was totally ucked.
2) It's very noisy in the car.
Seems to have worked out ok.

[aderut]

Giles tells me if anyone else needs help with a restoration. He'd be pleased for them to get in touch.

[Roop]

aderut said:

Giles tells me if anyone else needs help with a restoration. He'd be pleased for them to get in touch.

I did wonder what had happened in the background...! Having seen the before pictures and now this one (cracking photograph by the way) it's clear that there's been a lot of work happening on the car. Detail work on the interior looks very good - particularly from an originality point of view. Colour matching excellent - Dash looks OEM. Have the wheels been done as well...?

If there's anyone that knows how to make a straight TVR then it's Giles. What a fun project...!

Can we get more pics...?