Fings wot I buyed today.

[Davey]

I bought a new toy today
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151146096348816&set=a.10150271816853816.336711.695178815&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf

1995 1.8 IS Gleneagles MX5, 10 months MOT, 112,000 miles £700. Generally tidy but the usual bit of rot round the rear arches. Drives well so at the end of the month I'll tax it for six months and run it till November then Sorn t and cash the tax in.

Then the fun starts.................................next year I'm going hillclimbing with it! :-)

D.

P.S. if it all goes mammaries upwards it will still make a good donor for a proper Haynes ;-)

[robo]

Nowt wrong with an extra project or six:eek: and only seven man pounds so its a bargain:)

Bob

[Davey]

That's what I thought Rob. We're off to Loton Park today for a couple of days to watch the hillclimbing, now we're members of the car club that run the track at Loton we get in free ;-) result!

D.

[robo]

I saw this tvr vixen a while ago and started to gather bits to build one to the same spec. Another v8 ford project , twas the music that made me buy it. I will get rid of all the v8 ford stuff in the end;) Must be something wrong with me:o

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/2177415-1.jpg

Have got the bodyshell and now looking for a tvr 3000m chassis to go under it. http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C282395 But the pictures have gone so will take some.

Bob

[Davey]

Nowt wrong with V8 music Rob. Seen several TVR Vixens today being driven indecently quickly, in fact I can see two of them from where we're camped and right outside our side door is a Lotus single seater that's been dropped off ready for tomorrow's racing. Seen loads of Caterhams today as it was a round of the Caterham challenge/trophy/cup or summat like that It might be just the surroundings but these Caterhams look tiny compared to my Dragon, the nose is a load wider on mine now!

D.

[robo]

I know the purists will shudder in their boots but I will sympathetically butcher and customise it to be like the black one on piston heads:o At least it will be how tvr knocked them up in the first place by robbing bits off just about every car that was made. I have got all the doors,glass and stuff like hinges, engine and box, suspension and steering.

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/000_0144.jpg

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/000_0145.jpg

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/000_0146.jpg

bob

[MikeB]

mmm I like, a lot of work there but will be a great project!

[Davey]

Not exactly sumfink wot I buyed but a few photos from Loton Park Hillclimb this weekend.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151153238338816.456784.695178815&type=1

Gave the MX5 a bit of a thrash round the empty car park at work yesterday afternoon and I reckon it could be quite quick. Needs a cambelt, new discs and pads and some better tyres but I've got till the end of March for all of that stuff.

D.

[robo]

dem piccies no workin ,is it cos I got no facetube acc :confused:

Bob

[Davey]

Probably Rob. Register with faceache and friend request me.

d.

[ayjay]

Looks like a great project------but whats that blue thing next to it:confused:

[K4KEV]

looks like a steel canal barge to me:D

[robo]

Yep, steel working barge with a wood chipper mounted one end for our waterways arb work.

bob

[robo]

I know the purists will shudder in their boots but I will sympathetically butcher and customise it to be like the black one on piston heads:o At least it will be how tvr knocked them up in the first place by robbing bits off just about every car that was made. I have got all the doors,glass and stuff like hinges, engine and box, suspension and steering.

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/000_0144.jpg

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/000_0145.jpg

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/000_0146.jpg

bob

Found me a chassis and think the music is gonna make me buy it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/tvr-chimaera-rolling-chassis-kit-car-/271071787223?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&nma=true&si=v%2FDBgLMjFWAtJByjEmMP3TSqcCk%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Bob

[Dualist]

Good call Bob, would be great to put those together. ;)

I'm surprised though that the TVR chassis is more designed around the tunnel than the outside (leaverage and all that with the stresses involved).

[robo]

All the tvr chassis are built around a spine with the outriggers just supporting body and floor.

Heres a piccy of the wide arch shell.

http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/k577/mypickys/TVRGriffithwidewheel.jpg


Bob