Where is the Speed 12?
Discussion
G1ABB said:
Hi,
BFV is having some finishing touches to the AM engine. After that, it's spray time, sort the brakes, air jacks and lots of bits of pieces. After that it's testing. S&D are spraying one of the doors this week to see how the colour looks. I'm going to leave the CF weave showing in places, besides filler adds weight...
W112 is per David. Engine is almost back together, steering modification to do, new batteries needed, lots of TLC from Jonny to make sure everything is A1.
Funnily enough they could well be back to life at the same time. Talk about spoilt for choice.
Some people have all the luck BFV is having some finishing touches to the AM engine. After that, it's spray time, sort the brakes, air jacks and lots of bits of pieces. After that it's testing. S&D are spraying one of the doors this week to see how the colour looks. I'm going to leave the CF weave showing in places, besides filler adds weight...
W112 is per David. Engine is almost back together, steering modification to do, new batteries needed, lots of TLC from Jonny to make sure everything is A1.
Funnily enough they could well be back to life at the same time. Talk about spoilt for choice.
Think I may have first looks on the Tuscan Turbo setup next Monday... and possibly first time my "car fleet" will be together...
Indeed, clear distinctions must be made between a Speed 12, and a Cerbera Speed 12. They are not the same car. The cars Graham owns are Cerbera Speed 12s. The original Speed 12s, which DHF photographed, are missing. One is rumoured to be in a workshop with Bluebird, the other one went to HL Gorner and disappeared, and hasn't been seen since.
richardgrace75 said:
I guess the car that I was initially curious about was W112... But now I am curious about them all! How on earth cars of such significant can go missing I can't understand.
Probably ended up in a private collection somewhere, hidden under a cover, never to be seen again...THe main cause is that Peter Wheeler wasn't all that sentimental and allowed the crushing and breaking up of some significant bits of TVR history, although some was unavaidable because of regulations eg The original 1990 Motorshow Griffith car.
All of the Tubs for the Speed12 cerberas are accounted for Graham owns four with the fifth being unassembled and accounted for.
As far as I can ascertain there were only two (at most) real speed 12s built with two show cars with plywood and steel chassis, one being the original car referred to as 'The Duck Pond' (which was crushed) and one of the two in the pictures above. I believe that one of those non runners is one of the cars referred to by King Fisher above and is the one that the owner of Bluebird 'claims' to have mislaid!!
With the HL Gorner one being a genuine car. I'm not sure if there was another Speed12 race car.
All of the Tubs for the Speed12 cerberas are accounted for Graham owns four with the fifth being unassembled and accounted for.
As far as I can ascertain there were only two (at most) real speed 12s built with two show cars with plywood and steel chassis, one being the original car referred to as 'The Duck Pond' (which was crushed) and one of the two in the pictures above. I believe that one of those non runners is one of the cars referred to by King Fisher above and is the one that the owner of Bluebird 'claims' to have mislaid!!
With the HL Gorner one being a genuine car. I'm not sure if there was another Speed12 race car.[quote=V8 GRF]THe main cause is that Peter Wheeler wasn't all that sentimental and allowed the crushing and breaking up of some significant bits of TVR history, although some was unavaidable because of regulations eg The original 1990 Motorshow Griffith car.
What regs out of interest ?
What regs out of interest ?
dhf]8 GRF said:
THe main cause is that Peter Wheeler wasn't all that sentimental and allowed the crushing and breaking up of some significant bits of TVR history, although some was unavaidable because of regulations eg The original 1990 Motorshow Griffith car.
What regs out of interest ?
The show Griffith (F596 ACK) was a pre-type approval prototype so it had to be destroyed to comply with the type approval regulations rather than be retained for future sale.What regs out of interest ?
dhf said:
V8 GRF said:
The show Griffith (F596 ACK) was a pre-type approval prototype so it had to be destroyed to comply with the type approval regulations rather than be retained for future sale.
The yellow one ?The yellow car was just a styling exercise so that would probably have been OK that one just fell under the category of 'non sentimental clear out'.
ETA ^^^^ Yep that's the one.
Mark. said:
What sort of Speed 12 was it the chap from The Prodigy had? Or is that an urban myth?
I may be muddling my TVR history, but I think one or two of the band members (Keith and/or Liam?) had 'regular' Cerbs with race engines? And/or had orders for Speed 12s which never materialised as PW pulled the plug on the project citing 'too powerful for the road' or something similar...
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