1972 Tvr Vixen (LS6 Pro-Touring Build)

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So I really like the new front clip, but those tail lights gotta go.

LED lights (round, square or rectangle), modified C6 taillight housings, something more modern.

[BadassVixen]

Well I have the control arms all sorted and the mounting tacked together, along with the best mounting position for the Ridetech Triple Adjust coil overs giving use a base adjustable ride height of 7 inches measured from the bottom of the center frame rails, but that is fully adjustable up or down from that point.
The new control arms give us great clearance for proper steering with the 18x10in wheels now that new arms are narrower avoid contact with inner barrel of the wheel, I had to redesign them because the previous wider control arms didn't allow adequate steering due to sitting so deep in the wheel that the lower control arm made contact way too early. The Ford power rack and pinion worked out great for steering, and the full lock to lock within the rack and pinion works perfectly for this application, so there is no need to add any steering stop tabs anywhere for one less item to deal with in the grand scheme of things.

[Pazi88]

It definitely needs more retro looking headlights. But otherwise very nice work!

[Pauluzz]

[DeltaAlpha9]

It kinda looks like the TVR just walked in on its parents having sex.

[LCG]

that is one scared fish!

[BadassVixen]

The TVR looks a lot different with the nose work done, and here it is back on the car. Boy does it look a lot more aggressive and a much higher price point in my opinion? There will be some sort of Front Aero and Canard System that will kind of change things up a bit with its overall appearance, so that should take some of the emphasis off of the Fish Comments others have made. LOL

The last pic is before we started and we were just joking about the What If Project at our local O'Reilly's, and there is a very dramatic difference so far..

[Iamtheonlyreal1]

Exxzackary !!!!! Car is so freaking sweet.

Guys I appreciate kind words about the build, and this thread should be about the build, but the other stuff in question is being dealt with and back order product has started shipping out and I am sure you will soon see post about that soon as there are already a few post of people saying that got their back order deliveries..

[jproctor43]

I don't care if this guy killed 30 people and robbed a nursing home, this car is sick as hell lol. Here for the build not the bullshit

Exxzackary !!!!! Car is so freaking sweet.

[Queef|Chief]

I don't care if this guy killed 30 people and robbed a nursing home, this car is sick as hell lol. Here for the build not the bullshit

[BadassVixen]

Looks like the TVR front clip has its basic shape roughed in, so it is now time to refit it and make the new attachment points for the tilt action. There may be some minor contour adjustments made to the lower bottom of the opening after it is installed and viewed in the real world, because there seems to be just a bit of flatness or hard corner that should disappear once installed and at ride height versus the up in the air angle of these pics.. We also may be running some sort of additional aero accessory, so I am not sure if anymore attention will be needed to it as a whole once installed and everything is in place.








Here is the original opening.

[BadassVixen]

The TVR front end is getting closer to final rough in, but we are going to pick it up from Corbett Tucker at Creative Paint Worx to fit it to the car for tilt mountings and real world perspective viewing to make contour adjustments if necessary.
It is hard to really get the full story in pictures, and at these angles/heights on the bottom contour looks just a little flat and or squared at the corners there, but once the nose is at ride height and on the car, I think even a more contoured opening would appear flat just by visual break down.

[delvin]

The gentleman above (itsacarolla) pointed you in the right direction as far as lighting goes. Please don't put projectors in this car they look incredibly tacky

[DER E30]

That nose is small!!

I'm not sure those new lights are better...
I made a set for my truck and they're all black everywhere, maybe that would look good here as well? Sorry its blurry and big

[BadassVixen]

Here is just a bit of size perspective with the TVR Vixen build, where the fact the front clip fits right inside the Chevy short box bed with no issue. I am sending the clip to Corbett Tucker for all that nasty grinding and rough in work, and once that is dialed in I will connect the new tilt front attachment points, and then the whole body will head back his way at a later date to finish it all up in prep for final body wrapping.

There is a lot of blending and contouring work still to be done, so the straight lines or hard corners/edges will be gone in that process for more rounded and smoother transitions. The front opening is not flat as it appears in these front view pics, and I will have some pictures of the final shape once it is locked in, but the top and bottom of the opening will actually contour Inward as it moves toward the center instead of the typical center of the opening being the most forward of the car for a bit of different touch, and that will definitely make it different that other cars that has that basic styled opening.






We are entertaining these lights for a replacement of the eyeball projector lights previously pictured..