280 s on fleabay

280 s on fleabay

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TJC46

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2,147 posts

205 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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I was going to email them to explain about the reg doc saying 280 s and its a 2.9 ltr...... is it not ? .................. but i could not be bothered once i read the description and looked at the pics.

I think this might be for sale for a while at the price he is asking in relation to its history and condition.

Have a look here.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-280S-convertible-/15...

The last but one line of the description is interesting....especially when you look at the engine bay photo below.



Edited by TJC46 on Monday 6th March 19:16

MisterTee

319 posts

108 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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Hmm, seen this one before methinks irked

Andy

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Barry S1

1,709 posts

188 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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Got a nice battery wink

phillpot

17,105 posts

182 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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Barry S1 said:
Got a nice battery wink
Yeah, but it's the wrong one, it's for an S4 .... wink

moffspeed

2,664 posts

206 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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To borrow from an old motor industry joke from a few years' ago (initially relating to the Land Rover Disco before they started to build them properly) :

Q : What are the 2 man-made structures that are visible from Outer Space ?

A : The Great Wall of China and the shut-lines on this TVR....

upperthong

109 posts

100 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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If the engine bay is in such a mess, got to wonder what the outriggers and trailing arms are like! The state of the speedo/rev counter clock bezels tells a story ..................

S2Andy

307 posts

212 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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MOT history makes interesting reading.

DamianS3

1,803 posts

181 months

Tuesday 7th March 2017
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A rare unrestored example wink lols anyone seen worse.. my chassis was shot but at least the engine etc still looked presentable.

She has potential at the right price

Damian S3

glenrobbo

35,077 posts

149 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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DamianS3 said:
A rare unrestored example wink lols anyone seen worse.. my chassis was shot but at least the engine etc still looked presentable.

She has potential at the right price

Damian S3
You lot are so critical!
I reckon I would easily be worth the asking price if it had about £8K spent on it first. smile

Alan Whitaker

2,054 posts

181 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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glenrobbo said:
You lot are so critical!
I reckon I would easily be worth the asking price if it had about £8K spent on it first. smile
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Kitchski

6,514 posts

230 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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glenrobbo said:
You lot are so critical!
I reckon I would easily be worth the asking price if it had about £8K spent on it first. smile
laugh

moffspeed

2,664 posts

206 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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glenrobbo said:
You lot are so critical!
I reckon I would easily be worth the asking price if it had about £8K spent on it first. smile
Joking apart that really sums it up, even if the chassis/outriggers aren't akin to a line of twiglets superglued together (a likelihood given the state of the rest of the car), there must be monumental restoration costs here. You are looking at ripping out and totally restoring the interior, sorting out that woeful engine bay and all the horrors that it will inevitably hide , fixing the electrics (see the passenger footwell), realigning the doors and bonnet, troubleshooting the "flat" engine and, of course, replacing the Kia front lenses. The MOT history (great weapon isn't it ?!) suggests the car has been neglected over many years so no good news there either. So what's that - £4K as a restoration budget, when a good sorted S is worth £7K - in which case you could argue that the asking price is double what it should sensibly be ?

I'm now ex-TVR and a Lancisti (Fulvia HF in historic rally spec) - so also had an interest in the Beta HPE that the Truste. (sic) has up on their site for £13K - once again probably double its true worth (especially as the last MOT advisory suggested buckets of underseal and sills/wheelarches that are corroded.)

Just seems odd behaviour from a bunch of car enthusiasts (spares also - fancy a 40 year old fan belt for £25 ?) who are dedicated to the preservation of classic cars on a non commercial basis...

Alan Whitaker

2,054 posts

181 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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It says it has a MOT, I do know quite a lot of testers can miss things but would they miss a rotten chassis, on the other hand if the chassis looks like the engine it could be rotten and expensive.
Interior not that bad that you would have to re do it straight away or the paint for that mater, would need to look at the chassis up in the air, master cylinder could need replacing.
At that price it would not be a car I would buy to restore.

Alan

yknot

8,956 posts

137 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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Interesting, isn't it, the differing opinions on a car for sale! Personally I wouldn't bother travelling to see this car but others see it as a viable restoration project!!smash

With a limited number of S series cars for sale, maybe there is a market for restoration projects although the number of folk interested in a TVR of whatever vintage, is going to be small (ish!)rolleyes

As has been said before, chassis condition is paramount, but that only matters if the rest of the car is viable, IMHO!!!;)

TVRees

1,080 posts

111 months

Wednesday 8th March 2017
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This could be a good restoration project, but only at half of the asking price.

My engine bay looked pretty much just like that, the G reg car had an MOT and after a more detailed inspection (and shot blasting!) the chassis was 99% OK, with just one small hole on the inside of the front nearside outrigger. Maybe, I was lucky yes