IS THERE A CHIM RESTORATION MANUAL
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Hi! To all you enthusiasts.
Ive joined because i bought my mates Chim after being garaged for 5 years.
I used to compete in sprint and hill events in a different class but my mate had to retire from the sport due to illness.Hes over this now thank God but he decided to pursue other interests.I have great memories over 6 years with the people me and my wife met at various locations around the UK but i feel that this car deserves spending time and money on to keep those great memories alive.My project if i can have the time and patience is to do a ground up restoration on the car.To sillouette the car to road use and refit standard road interior, but keep the racing spec of the car as is.
The car is a 1994 Chim with a Rover 4.8L blueprinted engine by DJE (316hp@ 5200 rpm & 320 CLB/ft also giving 350Clb/ft @4100)so great torques fitted with a Close ration helical box, Hydra trac diff, AP racing brakes and Lida Struts and springs.
So much work has previously been carried out on this car, so much i cant list.
Ive read a lot of the forum and am asking if there is anyone out there that has written a nut/bolt restoration manual for this type of car or if there is a manual i can purchase as i would like to do a complete body off restoration.So far my wife is with me on doing this project so i would like to start pretty soon. Im sure you guys understand.
Thanks for reading
Henryk
Ive joined because i bought my mates Chim after being garaged for 5 years.
I used to compete in sprint and hill events in a different class but my mate had to retire from the sport due to illness.Hes over this now thank God but he decided to pursue other interests.I have great memories over 6 years with the people me and my wife met at various locations around the UK but i feel that this car deserves spending time and money on to keep those great memories alive.My project if i can have the time and patience is to do a ground up restoration on the car.To sillouette the car to road use and refit standard road interior, but keep the racing spec of the car as is.
The car is a 1994 Chim with a Rover 4.8L blueprinted engine by DJE (316hp@ 5200 rpm & 320 CLB/ft also giving 350Clb/ft @4100)so great torques fitted with a Close ration helical box, Hydra trac diff, AP racing brakes and Lida Struts and springs.
So much work has previously been carried out on this car, so much i cant list.
Ive read a lot of the forum and am asking if there is anyone out there that has written a nut/bolt restoration manual for this type of car or if there is a manual i can purchase as i would like to do a complete body off restoration.So far my wife is with me on doing this project so i would like to start pretty soon. Im sure you guys understand.
Thanks for reading
Henryk
You could invest in 'The TVR Griffith & Chimaera' by Steve Heath. It's the book many on here call the bible (small 'B' before I get flamed!).I got mine new from Amazon for a cheaper price than I have seen people trying to get secondhand!
It isn't a restoration manual though but probably the best source of information in print.
You can also google 'the griffith pages' and 'the Chimaera pages' on the twinterweb. They have some pretty useful stuff.
It isn't a restoration manual though but probably the best source of information in print.
You can also google 'the griffith pages' and 'the Chimaera pages' on the twinterweb. They have some pretty useful stuff.
You can buy the "bible" brand new from the TVRCC web site for about £33 & you don't need to be a member to access them so do be careful if you are buying from ebay because I have seen them as high as £50 second hand.
There is probably enough information & pictures in Pistonheads to show you all you need to know just use the advanced search function & remember to search the Griff forum as well since they are mostly the same underneath the body.
There is probably enough information & pictures in Pistonheads to show you all you need to know just use the advanced search function & remember to search the Griff forum as well since they are mostly the same underneath the body.
roseytvr said:
By coincidence, I'm just coming to the end of a complete restoration of my Chim and it looks likely that it'll be 'serialised' in rv8r.R
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