Vixen dash - what order are the clocks (instruments)?
Discussion
DavidY said:
Remember many of these will have left the factory as kits, so the guages would be in the owner's preference order!
Thats an intetesting point David. I had always thought that cars sold as "kits" to avoid sales tax, were essentially complete except for some minor assembly, such as fitting the engine and a few bits of wiring. A weekends work was all that was needed. What was TVR's approach?The instruments were always fitted in the order PJP described. I bought a new one and the instruments were in that order, I built several kits for people and they were all the same and I have the most original unmolested Vixen in the garage and thats the same. The owners handbook also shows them in that order.
Contrary to what David says the cars were not supplied as kits in the incomplete state he eludes to. They came from the factory as completely assembled as was legal to avoid purchese tax an contrary to popular belief many Vixen S2,s and Tuscan V6,s were factory built but all Vixen S3,s were kits.. The body was complete, painted, trimmed, wired and with all glass fitted,usually sitting on the chassis. The engine and gearbox were complete, all four corners of the suspension were assembled and fitted to rear uprights, front vertical links etc. differential and drivshafts were seperate as was the exhaust system.Everything was brand new. Strangely Lotus and Marcos, and a few other minor marques were offered in the same form but few people ever refer to Lotus or Marcos as kit cars. The Vixen S3 was £1310 new.
Contrary to what David says the cars were not supplied as kits in the incomplete state he eludes to. They came from the factory as completely assembled as was legal to avoid purchese tax an contrary to popular belief many Vixen S2,s and Tuscan V6,s were factory built but all Vixen S3,s were kits.. The body was complete, painted, trimmed, wired and with all glass fitted,usually sitting on the chassis. The engine and gearbox were complete, all four corners of the suspension were assembled and fitted to rear uprights, front vertical links etc. differential and drivshafts were seperate as was the exhaust system.Everything was brand new. Strangely Lotus and Marcos, and a few other minor marques were offered in the same form but few people ever refer to Lotus or Marcos as kit cars. The Vixen S3 was £1310 new.
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