need informations about F126HRH

[reb266]

Dear friends, 6 years ago, I have baught a 350i at an english friend.
This car is e really barnfind, totally rusted. I'am actually totally re-building it .... There is not only one srew not rusted.
It is sticked ont the screen a TVR club sticker and the number plate is F126HRH.
The car is red and grey inside.
If you could find inormations about history and precedent owner, It would be very interesting .
I add various pics of the car before and after.... But the re-built is not still finished

[rev-erend]

Looks like a really good restoration job you are doing there.

DVLA used to be able to supply past owners but I believe they no longer offer this service.

[KKson]

rev-erend said:

Looks like a really good restoration job you are doing there.

DVLA used to be able to supply past owners but I believe they no longer offer this service.

Yes likewise looks a very thorough restoration. I have used the DVLA service in the past and they issued copies of all old log books etc but the GDPR regulations have now stopped that unfortunately. I did try the registration on both the government MOT and tax checker but nothing comes up which is surprising. Records on-line go back at least 12 years plus so it's certainly been off the road for a very long time, unless it has had a registration change?? The TVR car club may be able to track some history using the VIN number?

[Pumpkin123]

Can't help with any history I afraid, but I do quite admire the restoration job you've done there, looks really good, you'll have to keep us updated with progress.

[reb266]

Thank's everybody for your congratulations. My job is not finished. I'm actually working on the body , a new wiring harness simplified, a new interior ,grey leather instead vinyl , new leather seats blue and grey, and mostly changing from RHD to LHD, with new dashboard rebuild, new steering column , metallic parts totally rusted (sand blasted and paint)and so.....one year of odd job

I'm a TVRCC member and the secretary sent me many informations and pictures of my car.
I'm also owner of a 500 Chimaera RHD (1999)

Edited by reb266 on Friday 24th April 09:15

[paulg390]

Oh my word first time I have browsed through the Wedge pages in many years.... just wistfully reminiscing about my much missed wedges.. and the I thought I recognised that HRH number as my girlfriend at the times Mum used to call it Her Royal Highness because apparently I treated it better than her daugher :-(

A quick scurry around and yes that’s my old car, I owned it for 3 or 4 years about 25 years ago .. so if the OP is still interested I can try and remember some more about it...

[reb266]

Hi Paul,
I am very happy to meet the first owner of HRH. I am taker of all information (mechanics and maintenance) and photos which allow me to find all the history?
I bought the car from an English friend who wanted to restore it but since there was a lot of work he got scared ....
I know the car had a good time in the parking lot of a second hand seller (auction? Barnfind?)
When I got the car, there was no more radiator and all the electric cooling system had burnt out.
I am completely restoring it, but I am French, I am rebuilding it in left hand drive. For this I found the parts from a French wedge that its owner had dismantled to mount a Cobra body instead.
Paul, you can contact me whenever you want

[paulg390]

Bonjour... and I’m afraid that’s about my limit of Schoolboy French :-(. I will email you some better copies of the pictures by email. I do remember that I put a different registration number on it so it may be worth a new thread on here looking for info on that reg. SIW 3502. You never know someone might recognise it.
I bought the car in the early 1990s from a small garage in Pulborough, Sussex. It had about 60k miles on it then and I was the 3rd owner). I think I paid about £7 - £8k for it .. It was absolutely immaculate and totally reliable. As per your pictures it had white coated chassis and grey leather interior- I seem to remember having the dashboard reveneered but apart from that it was just standard servicing. I continued to use the guy (TVR specialist) who had serviced it for the previous owner Until his apprentice failed to torque down the half shaft after replacing the UJ and on the M25 motorway the driveshaft and wheel parted company with the car !!! It had FSH up to when I sold it... which much have been circa 1999. I missed it badly so two years later I bought another red wedge a 390SE. Hence my PH handle :-).
Funnily enough 2 years I saw my 390SE for sale in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and I very nearly bought it back. Always wondered what happened to HRH ... so please to hear it is being lovingly restored.

[reb266]

First surprise, you tell me that the car was around 60k miles when you bought it, while the speedometer was 03458.1 miles ????
I don't know how many miles you sold it, but I understand better why the engine was in such bad condition.
If you have the maximum of information, I am interested. I will do some research on registration number SIW 3502
now I understand better why the half shafts are not the same. One is bigger than the other, I think it was replaced by a 420 half shaft

Edited by reb266 on Friday 18th December 09:51

[adam quantrill]

paulg390 said:

Until his apprentice failed to torque down the half shaft after replacing the UJ and on the M25 motorway the driveshaft and wheel parted company with the car !!! .

Wow I had a similar experience - driveshaft not torqued down from the TVR Centre, but I suppose yours was the outer end, mine was the diff end. So my wheels stayed on!

Yes this looks like a cracking restoration, well done.

reb266 said:

now I understand better why the half shafts are not the same. One is bigger than the other, I think it was replaced by a 420 half shaft

That isn't good, you should change one side so they are both the same (if you can, get the bigger ones because the UJ's are heavier duty.) Post up here if you have difficulty finding them, but obviously you can sell the one you take off.

Edited by adam quantrill on Friday 18th December 11:00

[reb266]

adam quantrill said:

That isn't good, you should change one side so they are both the same (if you can, get the bigger ones because the UJ's are heavier duty.) Post up here if you have difficulty finding them, but obviously you can sell the one you take off.

Edited by adam quantrill on Friday 18th December 11:00

Thank you Adam for this information. Indeed, I think that if I could find a reinforced half-shaft, it will allow me to better balance the car. But I am in France and I do not know how to find one or how to sell the one that I have kidnapped. If you have a solution, I am the buyer. I have already changed the UJs of my two half-shafts

[adam quantrill]

Some of the breakers I am sure will post to France, try Steve Strange he must have a car or two with spare half-shafts, you need the spline end too.

Ebay ID stevestrange007
Ph: 01257 472 866

[BlueWedgy]

I have been in contact with the UK DVLA to try and get information related to my Blue wedge.
As mentioned earlier you used to be able to hand over a nominal sum I think about 5 quid and get all the past documents related to the vehicle, this was particularly useful for a kit car as in my instance it took on the registration of the donor vehicle.
Below is the automated reply. This as mentioned in a previous post has become more difficult due to GDPR.

I have filled in the online form using this link.... https://forms.dft.gov.uk/foi-dft-and-dft-agencies/

I await their response.


"My email reply from the DVLA......

Thank you for contacting the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

This e-mail address is for submitting data subject access requests (SARs) only. SARs are requests for information about yourself. If your email is about:

• any other driver or vehicle licensing query, for example 'where is my V5C registration certificate (logbook)', contact us

• making a request under the Freedom of Information Act, use our online form

Should your enquire fall under any of the above circumstances then please re-submit using the appropriate links as we will be unable to assist you further as this department only specifically deals with SAR's

Our privacy policy explains the reasons why we collect and process personal data relating to you, who we may share it with, your rights, and gives the relevant legislation that allows us to do so.

You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe that the DVLA has not handled your SAR appropriately.
Thank you for your understanding.

Subject Access Requests

DVLA | Swansea | SA99 1BX

[e-mail]"

[paulg390]

Indeed I managed to get some history from DVLA, post GPDR, for £5, but they had blacked out the names and address. Reb266 I have sent you an email.. if you reply to confirm it’s correct I’ll ping you some photos of photos (it was the pre-digital cameras). I remember that F126 had been sold previously by Harrogate Horseless Carriages a TVR dealer in Yorkshire who I think sold up in 2004/2005 and morphed into Hexham Horseless Carriages.

[leanandmeannot]

Hi Reb266, just did a search against F126HRH and this post came up. I am delighted you are restoring her. It was a great car. I owned it between around 1991/2 and sold it in 1994 having a great time driving it. I was the second or third owner. I bought it with about 16k on the clock and sold via a dealer with about 56k, who put a new black canvas hood on it as my original had started to fade.

It cost me £16k originally and sold for £9k. The wedge shape had gone out of fashion at that stage.

The only thing that went wrong with the car was the driveshaft universal joint due to the donor driveshafts not being strong enough to handle the torque. I seen learnt to move gently from rest then hit the throttle! There had been no accident damage up to the point of my sale.

Including an image and I will try to dig better out. Pre-digital camera ownership!

Please keep us informed of you build.

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[reb266]

After a long time, the car wouldn't start, so I rechecked all the injector harness and continuity.
Everything was good and the car still wouldn't start!!!!!!
I disassembled the injectors and, bad surprise, 6 were seized.
I unseized them, cleaned them with ultrasound.
And finally, after reassembly, the engine started.
I'M HAPPY

Now, I take care of the headlights and their fu...g mechanism.
More sweat in perspective

wish me good luck!!!