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Looks great! - Where did you get your ignition lead tidy clamp things? And looking at these pictures, it is interesting to see how the airbox designs evolved - does anyone know what caused these changes doing production? I know that the S1 needed various improvements for cooling - so perhaps related to that but curious is there is any other info out there on this.

I put Falken Ziex ZE310 Ecorun's on my S3 - front and rear. Rears are 225 width rather than 235 - still difficult to get 235's. Got them from Blackcircles and had them fitted locally. Tread pattern looks blocky enough to suit the car I think. I did consider Bridgestone Radial T/A ones which do a rear 235 and front 195 with white tyre lettering etc. but they were v expensive by comparison and not as high speed rating (not that I drive around at 150mph hah - I think my average speed in the UK these days is about 28 mph). (I prefer to have matching front and rear)

Early cars (like my S3 as well) have the full four dipped and main - there was a legislation change in the early 80s which caused the switch to only two on dipped - not sure when exactly.

Yes, I got my rotor arm from the Distributor doctor who is having them made in the UK with solid thick brass bits etc - much more solid..

I remain eternally grateful..... I still owe you gin.

It does look upside compared to mine for sure. On mine the clips face up so they don't fall out of their sockets (as easily!) and the wires for the ignition come from the top. As far as I know, you should be able to re-install switched 180 if you move the ignition wires. Starting top left and working clockwise as you look towards the front of the car and engine, mine are numbered 1, 2, 4, 3.

I have the Lotusbits one - is is complex and very hard to get on and off but it does sound good and free up extra power - I have done about 20k miles with it now. I have re-packed the silencer once.

Is that box some sort of silencer for the air intake system? - I think I saw something about that before - Lotus Esprit Airbox / Induction Noise Suppressor | eBay - an example on ebay

So brilliant to see - and did you get new seat runners or just un-seize them? - mine are rusty and I have found some aftermarket ones but would be good to have the ones that actually fit!

So sorry to hear George - was a bar-steward of a situation. If it is any consolation, these parts do come up on Ebay every now and again - I have certainly seen S3 ones recently - and as above with the right trimmer these could be made to work? - and you never know what people have in an old shed or an attic... I also hope to be at Beaulieu probably on Sunday so will keep my eyes open!

For mine, the clock was a current drain - now I have removed to fit the roof stereo it keeps charge in the battery for so much longer. Curious as to what the chassis number is on this Fabian - I was led to believe that my car is the first S3 off the production line so curious if yours has an S2.2 chassis number or something? Or maybe mine is not the first one! the boot surround on yours also looks different to mine.

Interesting, I didn't know an G car HC came with wood veneer - might be a modification?

The search on eBay for the labels should be ‘TVR Switch Legend decal’ that should allow you to find the labels which are in the right font etc. Sold by someone called fergalblue (3547) - it is a while since I bought them. The link to the switch shows me the right one with the ribbed top - so should work for you?

TRIUMPH TR7, TR8, LOTUS ELITE, Jenson Healey Aux Light Switch 33825 | eBay This one is lucas and has the right ahem ribbed bit - I have just got one and the quality seems good. and these are the switch decals for the correct labels if you don't have them - not as good as the original ones but better than nothing! TVR Switch Legend decal | eBay

I also find that the switches come up on ebay fairly often - you want the ones with the ribbed switchable part rather than smooth ones and ideally real Lucas items (the casing will be stamped) - they can be taken apart and re-worked as needed. I also bought a set of switch labels from ebay too (they had the same ones on some of the wedge TVRs as well as TR7 etc) so you can have the right labels if the switches you find don't have them. As far as I can see the S2 and early S3 just had words for switch labels - for example 'Lights' rather than a headlight symbol. You also want the ones which have a green mask to shine the fiber optic bit through - these can also be removed and swapped (carefully) from the switch body as some switches just have a black bit of plastic rather than a green translucent bit with the switch label on top. Others have also put a higher powered LED bulb into the fiber optic sender unit as well. Headlight switches can also overheat easily unless you have LED headlights or better relays etc.