RE: Pic Of The Week: TVR-tastic

[Byker28i]

P4ROT said:

What are the alloys on the cerbera- they're so nice!

Standard RL 17's as fitted to the slightly later cars. Mine would have originally come with the 16" versions. I've had them refurbed by Lepsons a year ago, but I think that size/profile suits the car.

[Byker28i]

A few from the setup:

[davepen]

PH said:

If you want to get hold of four TVRs for a magazine feature, there's only one place to look - PistonHeads.

That's exactly what Classic and Sports Car magazine did when they needed to find a quartet of Blackpool's finest for the cover story of their December 2009 issue. Where better to find them, after all, than on a site that started life 11 years ago as a destination for TVR enthusiasts?

I guess it should be pointed out that although the Haymarket puplication C&SC could have looked in just the one place; they did infact make two calls, and also called the Press Officer of the TVRCC. So there has been a parallel thread on the TVRCC forum about this shoot.

Many TVR owners are members both here and there, long may it continue.

[scotty_d]

Cars looking good guys look forward to picking a copy when it comes out well done

[G4HKS]

Bugger it, I'm off to get myself a copy!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mightymouse]

Very nice......loverly cars
Shame they didn't include the Wedge

[Jasper Gilder]

Graet Pics but when you read the article a couple of historical inaccuracies and an odd statistic. C&SC says that Peter Wheeler ditched the S in the early 90's in favour of the Griffith. Well the S was dropped, but not immediately as it was an entry level model and also the first Wheeler inspired car

Secondly the article states that the Griffith was taken out of production for a year while the AJP was readied. Well an AJP engined Griff was shown at the Motor Show, but conventional wisdom at the time ( I owned Griffs from 1992 -2000)was that the car needed a lot of re-engineering to cope with catalysts ( especially heat dispersal) and as a result production had to cease whilst it was done. Interestingly my 4.00 litre Griff was registered on Xmas eve of teh last year ( I think it was 1992) when you could make non-cat cars. Again conventional wisdom at the time indicated that a batch of cars registered around that time had yet to be built......

Worrying stat is that 1486 Cerberas were built but only 400 remain - Over 1000 written off - surely not!!

[gj88]

I've parked in that car park many a time. I love the Black mountains!

[grahamw48]

domV8 said:

LuS1fer said:

Jesus! Look at the size of the wheels on the Mustang

And the horrible brick-like shape ?

[Zad]

Maybe it is the ultra wide-angle lens, but there is some very weird stretching and squashing going on in the top photo! Looks weirdly non-horizontal too, but I guess that's the line of the car park gravel.

[LuS1fer]

grahamw48 said:

domV8 said:

LuS1fer said:

Jesus! Look at the size of the wheels on the Mustang

And the horrible brick-like shape ?

and the fact it's still faster than the canoe behind it.

[pSyCoSiS]

That's a kool pic!

[King Fisher]

Have the sheep of the Brecon Beacons received counselling after enduring the din of 32 TVR cylinders???

A couple of years ago, the Great Northern Gathering went through Sheriff Hutton, north of York, when I was playing cricket there. We heard them coming from about 3 miles away - what a gorgeous noise! We actually stopped the game to watch. There's nothing like a TVR Rover V8; my neighbour's Porsche Boxster sounds like a Flymo by comparison with my Chim.

[JimF]

I've read a few TVR stories recently and although i love the more 'modern' TVRs as much as the next person am i the only one just a little disappointed that the old Wedges never seem to get a mention?

A very polarising shape, yes, but my 400se (which regretably i sold 3 yrs ago) sounded like nothing else and looked like nothing IMHO.

Very good value too. Nothing like as quick as the later cars of course but still special.

Jim

Edited by JimF on Sunday 8th November 18:45

[shithotfast]

I agree... the Wedge would be my choice as well. Sound great, fairly practical by comparison, and (so I have been told by many owners) much more fun to drive that the others. I know a few who tried the other tvrs and went back to the wedge..... My son has a 400SE and its a great fun car which sounds great. Does seem strange that the wedges are not well known, and most magazines seem to miss them when talking about "the complete" TVR story..... why???

[grahamw48]

...and out and about in Wales today. 450SE following a 400SE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDvte-aGX4U

These weren't exactly slow:

Edited by grahamw48 on Sunday 8th November 22:15

[Scho]

horton said:

snotrag said:

Your monitors fine, the picture quality aint too great. Mine looks like crap too.

the previous comments saying "great photo" had me worried in an Emperor's new clothes way, that I was being a dick.

Looks like damage from too much compression.

perhaps PH have saved it too many times when creating the different size backgrounds?

[V8 GRF]

JimF said:

I've read a few TVR stories recently and although i love the more 'modern' TVRs as much as the next person am i the only one just a little disappointed that the old Wedges never seem to get a mention?

A very polarising shape, yes, but my 400se (which regretably i sold 3 yrs ago) sounded like nothing else and looked like nothing IMHO.

I've no details on the publication date, but there is an article coming out soon in one of the mainstream magazines that features a Wedge so keep a look out for that.

[davidindevon]

Classic and Sports Car....

I read a clip in their rag where they scoffed at TVR and "we contacted their offices" ... "and never even had a reply"

Soooo I took up the challenge and contacted their offices offering to get a sample of each model together for them - and do you know what -

I NEVER HAD THE COURTESY OF ANYONE RING ME BACK

So there!

PS Decembers issue is on the shelves now.

[G_T]

Horseshoe pass?