TVR 420 SALOON - DO YOU HAVE THIS CAR?
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Can't think where i read it, probably in one of the write ups on the White Elephant's rebuild in Sprint. Certainly the air dam is the same on both cars. will try to have a look and see if I can find more. rememebr seeing iot down at the motor show on the turntable, looked OK from one side then came the side with the door missing!
Oliver.
Oliver.
oliverb205 said:
Surely the front end was used for the white Elephant?
Although similar, the front end is not the same; just as a 350i is not the same as a 400SE. The White Elephant has different wings, bonnet, sills, spoiler, headlights... but I agree that the designs are very similar. www.rtracing.co.uk/
Im betting Crazynick might know some more about this, but I too would be deeply interested in hearing the progress if it did survive.
Although I doubt that it did as TVR created, I think, 2 or 3 Speed Eight concepts as an evolution of the Wedge and forerunner to the Griff, but they were chainsawed at the back of the factory
Isnt Nelly one of the only prototypes to make it out alive?
Although I doubt that it did as TVR created, I think, 2 or 3 Speed Eight concepts as an evolution of the Wedge and forerunner to the Griff, but they were chainsawed at the back of the factory
Isnt Nelly one of the only prototypes to make it out alive?
heightswitch said:
jellison said:
Hideous - should this not be in the Wedge Section
Tut tut. The guy at long last buys a proper TVR and becomes a classics snob. Shame on you jelly. Anyway be off with you to the american and left hand drive section
Neil.
Thing like that should just not be allowed to live - you are doing them a favour! (It is going to be RHD). In the Johnny Tipler book (I don't know how accurate it is) it says the front air dam was taken off the Saloon and put on the White Elephant and the Saloon was broken up. How true that is I don't know, I've only just found out where the TVR Tina was kept for years before Dad got it and it wasn't Blackpool!
The 420 Sports Saloon was chopped up and skipped, but the front end was kept to one side and was modified to use as the front end of the White Elephant.
You can still see the cut-outs for the 420's headlamps from within the Elephant's engine bay, although these are now redundant as the rectangular Hella lamps were installed forward of the original location points to give a different look.
Cheers - Howard
Edited to add pic showing view of OSF engine bay looking forward to show the original 420 Sports Saloon headlamp cutouts.
Instead of the headlamps popping up like a traditional wedge, the headlamps stayed where they were and the front section of the bonnet 'popped down' to reveal the headlamps located behind
You can still see the cut-outs for the 420's headlamps from within the Elephant's engine bay, although these are now redundant as the rectangular Hella lamps were installed forward of the original location points to give a different look.
Cheers - Howard
Edited to add pic showing view of OSF engine bay looking forward to show the original 420 Sports Saloon headlamp cutouts.
Instead of the headlamps popping up like a traditional wedge, the headlamps stayed where they were and the front section of the bonnet 'popped down' to reveal the headlamps located behind
Edited by wedgeman on Sunday 8th April 11:11
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