TagoraSX Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Removing the fuel tank revealed this, so all fuel lines were replaced. DeeJay, pshome, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Loving your work. This will be the most* desirable car in the world the instant it has a fresh test. Retro_Auto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I can only look on in awe when seeing work like this. It'll be better than when new. Pleasing to learn it was sold by Tim Brinton, pretty local to me. mk2_craig and Retro_Auto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeJay Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 He still has a GLS which is not for sale and will be put back on the road as some point. Has he started on his resto yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Great work TagoraSX! I just finished off the beer this weekend actually TagoraSX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 Thread refresh after The Great Photobucket Disaster of 2017. New speedometer cable made using the end of the original. My NOS water pump failed shortly after fitting so both were rebuilt by E.P Services in Wolverhampton. Angrydicky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 The sender unit had disintegrated and is NLA so they adapted an off the shelf one to fit. Braddon81, Dick Longbridge and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Here's a picture I took of the car at the Rootes Millennium Rally in Blenheim Palace back in August 2000. Glad to see it's coming back to life in your careful hands. ☺️. Angrydicky, Amishtat, Split_Pin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TagoraSX Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 I had some spacers made for the rear end.The original alloys were 3D scanned and diamond cut. Eric, D Spares & Tyres, Vin and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsuncog Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Thanks so much for taking the time to go back and re-insert the pics - loving this thread, and great to see the work's continuing! A very special car indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
406V6 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Great to see the car coming on with old parts being repaired and new ones adapted. Those wheel spacers look GR9. Should correct the poor stance of the car at the back and make the whole thing look so much better. The original alloys were 3D scanned and diamond cut.Excuse my ignorance but what does the above mean - curious how the 3D scanning fits in. Braddon81 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 ...wheel spacers look GR9. Should correct the poor stance of the car at the back and make the whole thing look so much better. Was the Tagora meant to have a narrower track at the rear? I know the big Citroens all had this, but I didn't know other manufacturers adopted the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Well done, this will be the finest Tagora around!These spacers... i think they take away a bit of the cars personality. That odd look because of narrow rear axle is just part of it, isn't it? Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Was the Tagora meant to have a narrower track at the rear? I know the big Citroens all had this, but I didn't know other manufacturers adopted the same thing.The use of off-the-shelf parts meant that it ended up with a very narrow track. 504 axle was it? The original intent was for a much more elaborate multi-link affair IIRC. Cost killed that off before it even got off the drawing board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshome Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Was the Tagora meant to have a narrower track at the rear? I know the big Citroens all had this, but I didn't know other manufacturers adopted the same thing.The Tagora ended up with the rather narrow rear axle of the 505 because Peugeot insisted on using Peugeot parts to save costs. You can see the difference in these crash test pictures. This is the original Simca design. After the change to PSA parts: mat_the_cat, Braddon81, Talbot and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddon81 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Was the Tagora meant to have a narrower track at the rear? I know the big Citroens all had this, but I didn't know other manufacturers adopted the same thing.No the Tagora / Chryslers C9 wasn't supposed to have that narrower rear track at all.As can be seen from this fibreglass mock up prototype it was designed to have an equal track footprint all round. It was to my knowledge originally to be based on an updated Chrysler 180 platform. Following the Psa takeover of Chrysler Europe in 1978 the project for far enough forward for Psa to commit to it but with some major cost savings.. and that was to utilise the complete Peugeot 504/5 front and rear suspension assemblies lock stock and barrel to the already finalised shell, which when grafted on to the Tagora, gave it that narrow rear track look. Adding the rear spacers will make it look much more like Roy Axe and his Coventry design crew intended it to be. Talbot, Mr_Bo11ox and Datsuncog 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Longbridge Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Was the Tagora meant to have a narrower track at the rear? I know the big Citroens all had this, but I didn't know other manufacturers adopted the same thing.Blimey, I’d never noticed that on these. One of those things that, once you’ve seen it, you can’t unsee it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Well done, this will be the finest Tagora around!These spacers... i think they take away a bit of the cars personality. But they add roughly four times the stress to the rear hubs/wheel bearings/bolts and about twice the stressto the control arm bushes/body mounts, if my admittedly rather approximate calculation is correct. Tadhg Tiogar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
406V6 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Now for sale. Yours for just £12350https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1083266 Dick Longbridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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