Tagora SX - Restoration

[jvbcv8]

I notice that your car has a Coventry and Warwickshire registration. That means there's quite a good chance it started out life on the Talbot Ryton factory fleet. Do you have history for the car ?

[minolman]

Nice. I bought a luxury Tagora brochure on a stall at the NEC last weekend, and a Solara one. Always fancied a Talbot since our local town had a dealership when I was growing up. Don't think I want something with so complex carbs tho

[TagoraSX]

UPDAET.

 

As the Rover is almost done the time has come to tackle the Tagora

 

I found some rust free doors in France last year thanks to a very helpful fellow Tagora owner. I also found an NOS bonnet and boot lid. 

 

Work began this week.

 

Rear window with added rust.

 

[TagoraSX]

Front scuttle panel.

 

 

 

 

Look at my Beautiful floors! I was expecting much worse.

 

Just a little surface rust on the underside.

[TagoraSX]

Sills are good bar a couple of spots.

 

 

 

A picture of the car in better days, found under the seat.

 

Name the spider 

 

[Tag26]

Yeehaa, Tagora time!!! Keep them updates coming, they may give me an idea of what I've got coming with mine.

[mouseflakes]

Name the spider.....

Debbie?

[fatharris]

Oh wow, this is going to be magnificent

 

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[TagoraSX]

Some not very pretty pictures of the front end...
 

[TagoraSX]

This could be a problem.

 

[outlaw118]

I'm liking the posts of rust, purely because there's not a "bloody hell" button.

[TagoraSX]

UPDATE!

 

Tagora is now 100% welded and heading for paint.

 

Battery tray.

 

 

Front chassis leg.

 

 

Front scuttle panel.

 

 

Area around the VIN

 

[TagoraSX]

Both sides of the rear scuttle panel had completely rotted away and were a little awkward to repair.

A picture kindly supplied by Pshome was a big help.

[mouseflakes]

FAB-rication!

[dollywobbler]

Crikey!

[barrett]

Excellent! Can't wait to see this thing all painted and ready for fitting up - that's my favourite part of any vicarious restoration saga I reckon

[Faker]

Awesome work

[blguy1975]

My Favourite Car , would love a ride when its done

 

Well done Sir

 

[billyboy406v6]

Saw the pics of the rot and thought he will never sort that out ! Happy to be wrong, gr8 work sir !!

[Anglevan]

Wow, well done and great work and save. That picture find is fantastic. I've only ever found fag buts or wrigleys spearmint gum oh and the odd 2p.

[pshome]

Good job, no effort is too great to save a Tagora!

[worldofceri]

Flippin' heck.  Can't believe I missed this thread before!

 

I'd never heard of the Talbot Tagora until I joined this forum.  True story.

[flat4alfa]

You is legend

[Dick Cheeseburger]

I like the way the Tagora munched through its own VIN number. Cheeky bugger. Looking nice and solid now though - great to see the beast looking like it's getting close to tarmac again. Any ideas where the photo of it next to a harbour was taken? Looks a little Cornish, but probably miles away!

[TagoraSX]

I like the way the Tagora munched through its own VIN number. Cheeky bugger. Looking nice and solid now though - great to see the beast looking like it's getting close to tarmac again. Any ideas where the photo of it next to a harbour was taken? Looks a little Cornish, but probably miles away!

 

The photo found was taken in St Ives, Cornwall ~ November 2003!   

[Dick Cheeseburger]

The photo found was taken in St Ives, Cornwall ~ November 2003!

 

I am Clouseau! Wonder if it was on holiday, or lived in that neck of the woods?

 

[brownnova]

Top weldage!!!

 

This will be truly amazing when its finished!!

[Ben_O]

What a cool unusual car.

 

Top work saving it!

[sierraman]

You can buy the stamps from machine mart and the plates of eBay.

[TagoraSX]

A small update.

The bottom half of the car had several coats of paint over the years, all of them slightly different.

 

 

 

 

The air filter cover and rocker cover were chemically stripped ready for paint.