S2 sold at Classic Car Auctions

[greymrj]

I am afraid I do not have any details but the monthly auction report in Classic and Sports Car magazine refers to the sale by Classic Car Auctions of a 1990 TVR S2 in excellent restored condition selling for £9572. (incl buyers premium) That is pretty encouraging. Wish I could find details of the actual car.

[igiveup]

This one?

http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1990-tvr-280-s...

[Deeman]

A 280 s2? With a 2.9? 184 Bhp too! Unique

[greymrj]

That certainly must be the car. OK, 280 or 2.9, the registration could be quoted as one of a number of things. If it has just had £10k spent on it then it is a pretty special car. Have I seen the registration before? I know there are a few ALD's around.

[TopVpowerRoadste]

My 1990 TVR is also an S2 with a 2.9 liter engine and the V5 mentions 280S.
Very strange, isn't it?

[greymrj]

I seem to remember Glenrobbo's car has an even more unlikely model designation, and a few others have commented about this.

[mep12345]

Would have made 15k if it had had original indicators must be where he saved money on the restoration

[glenrobbo]

greymrj said:

I seem to remember Glenrobbo's car has an even more unlikely model designation, and a few others have commented about this.

Yep, my "Austin-ELY" was registered by TVR from new as a Tasmin, at the same time as a batch of other Tasmins. It is one of the first batch of S's built, so presumably the admin staff were so used to registering Tasmins, it was a logical thing to carry on doing so.
Nobody ever bothered to change the model type on the registration document until I tried in 2011 when I purchased the car.
DVLA would only alter the model type if I could obtain a letter of verification from the manufacturer, which was a bit difficult as they had ceased to trade a few years earlier.

Many 2.9 S's are registered as 280S, even some V8Ss are registered as 280 or 290S's.
It's all a bit of a hodge podge really
Nobody knows exactly how many S's were produced, or how many remain today.
It's easier to plait fog!

[Kitchski]

Mines a TVR280S. No space, that's it. Makes using the DVLA systems fun as it doesn't come up under TVR in the drop down box.

[AndrewS2]

Another 280S 2.9V6 here

You wouldn't want it to be all 'Germanly' accurate now would you?!!

[Ceejay73]

igiveup said:

This one?

http://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/1990-tvr-280-s...

WOW!
If that it the correct car, then it has had huge money spent on the cosmetics in the cabin area, (making it look pretty) but absolutley zero detail is shown of the mechanicals!

???

[NaCl]

After all that effort made in the cabin, it's a pity just a little more dosh wasn't spent on sprucing up the hood struts (or installing nicer Chimaera ones) and fitting it with stainless nuts. Otherwise, a nice, though not too 'traditional' place to sit.

[Spathodus77]

My car also makes 185bhp - verified on two rolling roads - no special mods just a changed fuel pressure regulator and sports exhaust. I think some of them have just had better lives or were born with better engines.

Ralph