Morning Lads
As promised (a bit late) a few pictures of the classic fleet
Hope I have loaded the correctly?
The TVR is a 98 450 Chimaera I have owned for three years now.
The car was stripped back after a few months and over the next 18 months I replaced/refurbed all the interior and bodywork. Headlights were upgraded using VW Lupo units electrics tidied up there was what can only be described as a rats nest of wiring before
She is about to come off the road for some further mods which will involve the removal of the cats and the fitting of the stainless downpipe section in one of the photo's. This should make her sound a bit more serious and hopefully lower the under bonnet temp which is a problem on TVR's big V8 a sodding cat and pre cats in a tight space
I am also planning a few other bits of work like sorting the leaky diff which is a bugger to get to on a space frame chassis you need fingers like Liberace
She runs lowered suspension nitron shocks and bigger wheels and tyres than standard. Lots of subtle mods to improve the electrics. Shortly after buying her the alarm system fried itself and nearly set fire to dash, I was ready to push her out of the garage scary few minutes! Luckily I managed to get the battery off, but this was in the passenger foot well and not easy to get at. So I have moved that to the boot and she now runs a Odyssey Gel battery and all new cabling
The Stag is a 75 mark 2 model I have owned for 7 years now. No road tax and £90 a year to insure. Which makes her the cheapest transport I have
I have replaced the floors and various structural sections. Near side sill and inner sills have all been replaced, these old birds do rot well! Eventually I will completely refurbish the body and paint but for now she is perfectly serviceable and runs a treat hasn't failed an MOT in all the years I have owned her. Engine is the original 3 litre V8 and 3 speed Auto. I have original Hard top for her too which is never used. I refurbished the interior a few years back fitted seats from a fiat coupe as the original had seen better days, I still have them and will get them refurbed one day. I completely re veneered and lacquered the dash something I had never done before but that's the great thing about working on classic's you are always learning. I taught myself to weld paint and just about everything else
Both of these car were motors I always wanted, as a kid in the 70/80's I loved the Stag and had a girlfriend who's Dad owned a garage which specialised in Stags, he loaned me one and I was hooked. But could never afford one or insure one for that matter.
Then in the 90's I always wanted a TVR but with two kids it would have been a job convincing the Mrs
But most of all I just love the sound of a V8, still hanker after a Yank V8 too so maybe one day
Must get round to writing an update on the S8 as I have now owned her for 6-7 months amazing how time flies. Nicely run in now
and always sticks a smile on my face when I press the start button ...or the loud pedal
Hope you like the pictures and they have loaded Ok
Cheers Glyn