Carisma Cerbera

[DuncanM]

Byker28i said:

I once had a very tipsy VBH sitting on my lap in the Marshalls camping at Silverstone F1, one of the years Fosters sponsored and they gave out slabs of very cool beer on a hot day after the racing...

Not jealous..... much

[Gazzab]

Byker28i said:

I once had a very tipsy VBH sitting on my lap in the Marshalls camping at Silverstone F1, one of the years Fosters sponsored and they gave out slabs of very cool beer on a hot day after the racing...

Did you talk about the first thing that popped up?

[spitfire4v8]

It made 363hp 320lbft when I had it in for the UK owner so was bang on for a healthy 4.2
Such a shame its got issues in the video.

[DuncanM]

Saving Salvage on YT now has a S6 Cerbera barn find to restore. Should be good viewing.

[S11Steve]

sixor8 said:

There was too much vague general banter , it seemed like they were padding out the video. Could easily have been chopped down; it made Top Gear look good IMHO!

It wasn't the strongest car trek, but if you have some spare time, the first series was very good with 3 $60k "supercars"


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrvMJaD0-PucmoQ...

And 3 cheap Ferraris is also worth a watch - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrvMJaD0-PudGn8...

[Byker28i]

Gazzab said:

Byker28i said:

I once had a very tipsy VBH sitting on my lap in the Marshalls camping at Silverstone F1, one of the years Fosters sponsored and they gave out slabs of very cool beer on a hot day after the racing...

Did you talk about the first thing that popped up?

Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, with my reputation...

[QuiteQuietCerb]

DuncanM said:

That's so good to hear

Are you replacing it with something special?

I think a convertible xkr just trying to decide whether it ll be a 4.2 or a 5.0

[DuncanM]

QuiteQuietCerb said:

I think a convertible xkr just trying to decide whether it ll be a 4.2 or a 5.0

Nice, they have aged nicely and are a bit of a bargain I think

[Byker28i]

more on this from Hard up Garage

[DuncanM]

Another Cerb in the US, looks a nice example too.

https://youtu.be/87OY8l8XW78

[sixor8]

First impression is that it's a good one. Very clean inside. Shaky video but seems to be 35k miles.

Seems to have been abroad before, perhaps N. Ireland? It only has 2 electronic MoT records at DVLA for March 2020 and Jan 2021! No export marker yet either so paperwork pending?

[S11Steve]

sixor8 said:

First impression is that it's a good one. Very clean inside. Shaky video but seems to be 35k miles.

Seems to have been abroad before, perhaps N. Ireland? It only has 2 electronic MoT records at DVLA for March 2020 and Jan 2021! No export marker yet either so paperwork pending?

Previous regs between 1997 to 2019 were P100CAE and 561EJW and iit s on the Cerb 4.2 register page - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=71...

[camel_landy]

That's Aaron Forrester's car.

He has been quite active on the Facebook Cerbera group, with a lot of info there.

M

[catfishdb]

Dodgey_Rog said:

I've only ever seen one TVR in the US in the flesh, a Tuscan on Rodeo Drive in LA some years back. Made me double take and made me homesick! I did some digging and seem to recall that it was imported illegally at the time so didn't last long over here.

I quite fancy a left hand drive Griffith if one ever exists, but then its finding someone mad enought to even attempt to work on it.

Well.......you're in luck. 2002 Grifith 500 Left Hand Drive for sale in Ontario, Canada.

https://www.gentrylane.com/s/import-inventory/1993...

Arthur

[sixor8]

The ad says it is a 1993 model; the nosecone suggests that it is. I'm intrigued that it has a sloping rear number plate recess, probably an export necessity. so why weren't UK models ever supplied with this? It would make rear number plates cheaper.

[porterpainter]

Don’t think anyone has posted this up yet :

https://youtu.be/W6vSoYfN9jA

Next stop on the Carisma world tour… you’d think someone might have taught him how to pronounce the name of the car

[Byker28i]

porterpainter said:

Don’t think anyone has posted this up yet :

https://youtu.be/W6vSoYfN9jA

Next stop on the Carisma world tour… you’d think someone might have taught him how to pronounce the name of the car

So it was imported for the show, thrashed whilst running poorly and sold on, to now be fixed and running properly?
For all it's marmite looks, I hope it's looked after properly

[porterpainter]

Byker28i said:

So it was imported for the show, thrashed whilst running poorly and sold on, to now be fixed and running properly?
For all it's marmite looks, I hope it's looked after properly

As I mentioned in a previous post, the Cerbera appeared to be running ok before being shipped, and has been running properly since that Car Trek show.

As Car Trek was sponsored by a company that lists/sells imported cars (that are already stateside) me thinks they have deliberately messed up the Cerbera, and the other DIY import cars, in order to show joe public what a ‘bad’ idea importing your own car is.

[Downward]

It lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6rw4ipa17I

Not sure why it’s got 2 buckets on the back

Edited by Downward on Monday 1st May 22:55