Tim Grenville-Cleave
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Hi Folks,
My name is Tim Grenville-Cleave and I am Marc's dad.
I do not know how to ensure that all members get to read this.
It is with deep personal sadness that I have to inform you that Marc died on the 15th Jan in Nottingham where he was at University studying for BEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Some of you may have followed the thread he started
1988 Range Rover Classic 3.5L V8 EFi
His RR is here at home with me. He used it throughout 2017 until it stopped on him one day in Nottingham with an ignition fault (traced to the amplifier) he never got round to fitting it before the MOT expired in December.
I'm afraid I'm to blame for getting him hooked on Classics. When he was small I owned a 3.5 turbo EFi with a Wood & Pickett body conversion. He never forgot the exhaust note!! Years later when he asked me where to park his Classic I nearly keeled over.
The only help from me he would accept in the early days was to give him 15 minuets of instruction on Mig. Of course I never owned any of my tools again. Last year I bought him his own Mig + Argon, a Compressor and a grit blaster. He was looking forward to putting in a lot of hours this summer ...
He may have mentioned that he fitted skimmed heads when he rebuilt the engine. I'll bet he didn't tell you that he skimmed the heads himself, using assorted grades of emery glued down to my 4ft X 2ft Cast Iron Surface Table measuring the head capacity with petrol and a pipette.
I could go on for hours about how proud I am of his efforts and achivements.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
Tim
His Funeral is on Monday 26th at 12:00
Location
Harbour View Woodland Burial Ground,
Rest Harrow,
Randalls Hill,
Lytchett Minster,
Poole
Dorset
BH16 6AN
01202 630111
My name is Tim Grenville-Cleave and I am Marc's dad.
I do not know how to ensure that all members get to read this.
It is with deep personal sadness that I have to inform you that Marc died on the 15th Jan in Nottingham where he was at University studying for BEng in Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Some of you may have followed the thread he started
1988 Range Rover Classic 3.5L V8 EFi
His RR is here at home with me. He used it throughout 2017 until it stopped on him one day in Nottingham with an ignition fault (traced to the amplifier) he never got round to fitting it before the MOT expired in December.
I'm afraid I'm to blame for getting him hooked on Classics. When he was small I owned a 3.5 turbo EFi with a Wood & Pickett body conversion. He never forgot the exhaust note!! Years later when he asked me where to park his Classic I nearly keeled over.
The only help from me he would accept in the early days was to give him 15 minuets of instruction on Mig. Of course I never owned any of my tools again. Last year I bought him his own Mig + Argon, a Compressor and a grit blaster. He was looking forward to putting in a lot of hours this summer ...
He may have mentioned that he fitted skimmed heads when he rebuilt the engine. I'll bet he didn't tell you that he skimmed the heads himself, using assorted grades of emery glued down to my 4ft X 2ft Cast Iron Surface Table measuring the head capacity with petrol and a pipette.
I could go on for hours about how proud I am of his efforts and achivements.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
Tim
His Funeral is on Monday 26th at 12:00
Location
Harbour View Woodland Burial Ground,
Rest Harrow,
Randalls Hill,
Lytchett Minster,
Poole
Dorset
BH16 6AN
01202 630111
