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Bluebottle said:
JR said:
v8sag said:
If you have a 400 and 400hc Chim, I guess there should be a 500hc Chim and Griff?
That's an easy trap to fall into. The 400 and 400HC were different models, the differences posted a few times on here, eg double valve springs. There is no 500HC model of either car; all 500 cars were HC and so TVR say no need to label them that way but some owners wanted an HC badge...JR said:
Bluebottle said:
JR said:
v8sag said:
If you have a 400 and 400hc Chim, I guess there should be a 500hc Chim and Griff?
That's an easy trap to fall into. The 400 and 400HC were different models, the differences posted a few times on here, eg double valve springs. There is no 500HC model of either car; all 500 cars were HC and so TVR say no need to label them that way but some owners wanted an HC badge...made a answer in the wedge-part as i'm not following this forum, but i bought a black wedge 280 turbo a couple of years back. it cane with a letter from the factory (to a previous owner) stating it was a rilling prototype/test bed
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
When you say,
"tuscan 2s convert ... never a Mk1 so never a 2 convert just a convertible"
Surely the convertible is a convertible version of the Mk2 Tuscan as in being a Tuscan Mk2 Convertible.
Same body etc., OK wavey dash but some of the Mk2's (Mk3?) also had the wavey dash.
Thanks,
Tony.
"tuscan 2s convert ... never a Mk1 so never a 2 convert just a convertible"
Surely the convertible is a convertible version of the Mk2 Tuscan as in being a Tuscan Mk2 Convertible.
Same body etc., OK wavey dash but some of the Mk2's (Mk3?) also had the wavey dash.
Thanks,
Tony.
so called said:
When you say,
"tuscan 2s convert ... never a Mk1 so never a 2 convert just a convertible"
Surely the convertible is a convertible version of the Mk2 Tuscan as in being a Tuscan Mk2 Convertible.
Same body etc., OK wavey dash but some of the Mk2's (Mk3?) also had the wavey dash.
Thanks,
Tony.
Tony: Nice to see you are still with us and putting your 2 cents into some of the subjects that I read. I know you sent me a list of different models of cars that were built each year but like normal this unorginized Colonist misplaced it before printing it. Could you e-mail it again to me so I can misplace it once more but this time after I have printed it. What would be even better is a list of cars built per year with a break down of how many were RHD and how many were LHD. I keep wanting to send an e-mail to TVRCC asking this question but they probably have the same records that the factory had and from what I have been told to date "Not very well organized records on amount of cars built let alone how many were LHD." Any help that can be passed along to me from any PH members would be greatly appreciated. A Greek friend of ours did find a 1998 (legal to import and register in Canada in just 23 more months) but they found some Swiss cheese in the outriggers when they put the car on a hoist for me. Talk to you later."tuscan 2s convert ... never a Mk1 so never a 2 convert just a convertible"
Surely the convertible is a convertible version of the Mk2 Tuscan as in being a Tuscan Mk2 Convertible.
Same body etc., OK wavey dash but some of the Mk2's (Mk3?) also had the wavey dash.
Thanks,
Tony.
Wayne/Sherry and the girls.
I think a Tuscan would look Real nice in my driveway if you know what I mean and that one in Fl. does have some problems of some sort as this is not the first time that they have tried to sell that car and IF they have legit registration for road use I think people all over North America would be fighting to buy it at that price...... Something fishy there.
Edited by V8TVR1978 on Tuesday 25th January 00:19
Although you have a lot of Tasmin 280's models, are these all manual gearboxes? I saw an auto convertible (red with black hood) at the Yeovil 'Festival of Transport' show (I think) back in the early 2000's, on the TVR stand next to mine, is this an additional type for you?
The owner had a auto box due to back/leg health issues. It's the only auto TVR I've ever seen.
Met again with a Griff owner and his wife 2 years later from this show, at the Carrefour at Le Mans, small world!
The owner had a auto box due to back/leg health issues. It's the only auto TVR I've ever seen.
Met again with a Griff owner and his wife 2 years later from this show, at the Carrefour at Le Mans, small world!
Bluebottle said:
I was told that the 500HC originally came about when TVR recieved a batch of 500 heads from Rover that were over machined giving 11:1 or 12:1 compression ratio and instead of returning them they got them at a discounted price and then sold them on to us punters as HC engines. but later carried on using the HC badges when they no longer had stock of these heads.?
Another Mythish,i visited TVR POWER with a mates 289 Cobra replica to price up an engine in the 90's, mid wedge era anyway and i remember the engine builder saying that all the engines they got from Rover were rejects from the factory for various reasons,he pointed to one and said,take that one for example,came the whole way down the assembly line and it wasn't until they would have fired it up to drive it off that they found the engine wouldn't start,when he opened it up at Power he found the pistons had never been fitted ! Fair to assume that TVR/Power were getting the engines at heavily discounted prices as rejects from RoverThis one will run and run as there's no definite number for anything other than really short production stuff like the Typhon and T440.
Also just updated the Griffith SE numbers to the actual production number suggested to me by an ex-worker to illustrate the point, even cars with numbers aren't as they seem
Also just updated the Griffith SE numbers to the actual production number suggested to me by an ex-worker to illustrate the point, even cars with numbers aren't as they seem
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