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So I bought my second TVR, a T350T (sold my Chimaera, which I'd had for 8 years and had it just how I wanted it...) towards the end of lockdown in the summer of 2020. The T350 was just what I wanted, after much soul searching although the inerior was a little on the dark side and the carpets were faded in places due to the sun. This week I collected it from Dave the Trimmer just outside Bedford after he'd worked his magic. Before and after pictures as follows:
Before:
After:
In answer to some inevitable questions:
a) It wasn't cheap! And no, I'm not telling. There were a few extras, like the steering wheel and the new side windows etc. Lets just say I could have bought another TVR for the final cost! I'll leave it there...
b) Yes, it's all leather.
c) Timeframe: Car was gone for around 8 weeks. (The roads are rubbish this time of the year anyway.) Good work takes time.
d) Am I happy and was it worth it? You bet!
e) Would I recomend Dave? Oh yes, most definitely!
Hope you like it. Let's see yours if you've had a retrim.
Before:
After:
In answer to some inevitable questions:
a) It wasn't cheap! And no, I'm not telling. There were a few extras, like the steering wheel and the new side windows etc. Lets just say I could have bought another TVR for the final cost! I'll leave it there...
b) Yes, it's all leather.
c) Timeframe: Car was gone for around 8 weeks. (The roads are rubbish this time of the year anyway.) Good work takes time.
d) Am I happy and was it worth it? You bet!
e) Would I recomend Dave? Oh yes, most definitely!
Hope you like it. Let's see yours if you've had a retrim.
Yeah, I enquired with DTT when preparing for my Tamora retrim but couldn't justify to myself the few extra £000's for his perfection. DTT's work is absolutely beautiful though.
Admittedly, you've got your car back in 8-weeks and mine has now been "missing" in the Bermuda Triangle of a TVR specialist for almost 6-months (and still no finish date forthcoming)! Admittedly it's also having a full service and sorting some electrical gremlins, but you could just about do a full rebuild of a Tamora in a shed in 6-months! If it wasn't winter (and so I'm not too rushed to get it back), I would be fuming and would have visited them to check it's still actually there!
Gotta love some of the TVR independents but I suppose they are just taking after the parent company wrt continuous delays and no communication with their customers
Admittedly, you've got your car back in 8-weeks and mine has now been "missing" in the Bermuda Triangle of a TVR specialist for almost 6-months (and still no finish date forthcoming)! Admittedly it's also having a full service and sorting some electrical gremlins, but you could just about do a full rebuild of a Tamora in a shed in 6-months! If it wasn't winter (and so I'm not too rushed to get it back), I would be fuming and would have visited them to check it's still actually there!
Gotta love some of the TVR independents but I suppose they are just taking after the parent company wrt continuous delays and no communication with their customers
subseamatt said:
Yeah, I enquired with DTT when preparing for my Tamora retrim but couldn't justify to myself the few extra £000's for his perfection. DTT's work is absolutely beautiful though.
Admittedly, you've got your car back in 8-weeks and mine has now been "missing" in the Bermuda Triangle of a TVR specialist for almost 6-months (and still no finish date forthcoming)! Admittedly it's also having a full service and sorting some electrical gremlins, but you could just about do a full rebuild of a Tamora in a shed in 6-months! If it wasn't winter (and so I'm not too rushed to get it back), I would be fuming and would have visited them to check it's still actually there!
Gotta love some of the TVR independents but I suppose they are just taking after the parent company wrt continuous delays and no communication with their customers
I feel your pain Matt. (I've just retired after 45 years in the offshore business. Heavy lifting though, not subsea.) DTT said he would need the car for 8 weeks and sure enough that's what it took. Sorry to hear yours is with a (well known?) TVR specialist for so long. Good luck with an early completion now and do please post pics on completion.Admittedly, you've got your car back in 8-weeks and mine has now been "missing" in the Bermuda Triangle of a TVR specialist for almost 6-months (and still no finish date forthcoming)! Admittedly it's also having a full service and sorting some electrical gremlins, but you could just about do a full rebuild of a Tamora in a shed in 6-months! If it wasn't winter (and so I'm not too rushed to get it back), I would be fuming and would have visited them to check it's still actually there!
Gotta love some of the TVR independents but I suppose they are just taking after the parent company wrt continuous delays and no communication with their customers
Englishman said:
Looks like a lovely job!
Not used Dave the Trimmer, but had a full leather re-trim of my Griff done by D&C Trim in Blackpool in 2013 and very happy with the outcome. Not cheap either, but have been back several times for partial re-trims of other TVR's. Still smells lovely too!
Looking good Dave. D&C Trim are the other top-flight TVR interior people; they're just a wee bit far for me to travel though. Not used Dave the Trimmer, but had a full leather re-trim of my Griff done by D&C Trim in Blackpool in 2013 and very happy with the outcome. Not cheap either, but have been back several times for partial re-trims of other TVR's. Still smells lovely too!
pb450 said:
plasticman said:
It looks like you do not have the support spacer that goes between the dashboard and the centre console .
Support spacer? Not aware of that. Please do tell more...Adrian@ said:
My understanding is that it is a set of packers that sit under main dash (radio area) , closing the gap between the top dash
I pinched this picture of the block whilst it was out of my mates car. A@
Not aware of anything like that coming out or going back in. Not sure either what can (or can’t) be seen that’s missing from my original pics. Curious…I pinched this picture of the block whilst it was out of my mates car. A@
As such this/it is hidden and it sets this gap ...TBH I only know about it because my Tamora has a dash with missing internal strips (strengtheners) in the top and bottom AND that my mates car (late Tamora) dash was in bits on my floor as I was fitting our new S/S hinges. He asked WTF it was when he took the car apart. (Someone with better knowledge will pop along soon, this is my first T car). A@
Edited by Adrian@ on Wednesday 26th January 11:24
In case any of the above is not clear to you/others, that little carpet covered block which you should have fits between the centre tunnel and the lower dash section as shown below (in red) and supports the lower dash so it doesn't hang down or rattle about/stress the retaining bolts so much. When fitted, it lifts the front of the lower dash/radio by about an inch and closes the gap you seem to have between the upper and lower dash sections (circled in green below):
If you don't have it, it's quite an easy make out of a block of MDF or similar. The one in my Tamora is curved on one side to match where it sits against the chassis tube to stop it moving about.
Hope that helps.
Matt
If you don't have it, it's quite an easy make out of a block of MDF or similar. The one in my Tamora is curved on one side to match where it sits against the chassis tube to stop it moving about.
Hope that helps.
Matt
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