Tvr Griffith side louvre door

[tvrsloth]

Hi

anyone know where the side louvre doors fitted to tvr griffith 200/400 cars came from or know where they can be sourced please?

Also any original bonnets, not the new race types.

thanks

[RobMk2a]

Do you mean ventilator

Try www.completeautomobilist.com

Nigel Reuben's probably does standard bonnets.

Rob

[tvrsloth]

Hi
Thanks for link, yes the side ventilators.
nice selection there just need to work out if these are the correct ones to use.

[thegamekeeper]

Dollyman1850 said:

Bloody hell..

He returns! He speaks! Car club webmasters fed up yet or was it just something I'd heard wrong!

What the learned Prideaux is so helpfully referring to in terms of information he was provided with many moons ago by folk on this forum is that whilst a close match, The complete automobilist ones are not exactly the same. They can be used quite successfully but the ones from the complete automobilist are flat whereas the originals have a very slight curvature rolled in them to match the profile of the flitch. You can very gently roll these ones to get a slight curve and they would be very authentic when fitted onto the correct car. The dims may be slightly different but most purists wouldn't notice or mind.

What is silly is going to the trouble of having some made as a one off to a pattern set purchased at great cost then fitting them into the wrong vehicle!

So whilst our prideaux once upon a time knew fk all and had to ask on here and receive the same information being passed now, He seems to have developed a font of wisdom in the form of the statement "No. Wrong."


BIT OUT OF ORDER NEIL

Really helpful Mr Gray. Nice to see you helping a guy out.

Bought any M badges recently?

N.

Edited by Dollyman1850 on Friday 3rd July 19:09

[prideaux]

Maye if the original poster set his profile to allow e mails he would have had the answer by now however some choose not to allow e mails hence they restrict the help they can receive.
We all start knowing nothing like myself but some learn faster than others depending on the there desire to learn or deciding to just do it wrong regardless.
If the OP wishes to Join the TVRCC Club there will be many there that will be more than happy to help

Andrew

[Dollyman1850]

some more info for the OP from not too long ago.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=3&a...

N.

[tvrsloth]

Hi

thanks for info from those helpful members. i will surely have further questions as my restoration progresses. this is my 8th tvr i have restored and still learning.

i am in tvrcc, as i am aware you can email me direct on this site.

[griff 200]

. I have original 200 ones they are almost flat . The repro ones take time to fit well but pleased with the result.

[griff 200]

[griff 200]

. Tvr 200 ones !

[jellison]

For my ten penith, I think they are not nice to look at and left out of my rebuild of 200-5-017.

Even as a racer mine is cool in the footwells (cut back for the big exhaust outside the chassis rails), but it does have 2 or 3 layers of different heat shield built in around all the "Hot" areas.