Cheers Mr C, despite what it might read like i am a huge fan of the cerbera!

I am sorry just look at any Collectors car, Classic car or vintage car! In original condition they will get the best price against a modified non-original car!

The early cars are now 16 years old and will sone be come a collectors car! So yes if you want to mod your car by changing the lights, the engine, interiors etc, in the collectors market and then the classic market a original car will always get the best price!

Yes a Cerbera is for driving and so are things like a e-type etc! But if people want to keep the as a collector's item they can! They will be the people who will benfit when it comes to asking top price when or if they ever sell!

My cars all get used but there milage is keeped low because of that! So to keep them in original condition is not hard and I will be the winner should I wish to sell!

Andy

Hi
As I said every one to there own preference!

But when somebody says I am naive about what I prefere does get to me, especialy when the facts speak for them selves!

The thing is Cerbies are getting rare, and the rate that they and all TVR's are getting written off any original car keeped that way will allways be a sort after car! (I don't have any intentetions of selling any of my collection)

I love to use all my cars (Just can't at present) and when I can use them again they will be keeped on the road (Not trailer queens) and shown to other car enthusiasts, so they can see how special TVR's are!

In fact I intend to take my whole collection (8 TVR's) with the help of good friends and faimly to the Bishop Stortford Motor Show, on Sunday the 16th of September!
If any fellow Cerbie owner wants to come to a good show and see some great cars of all ages and types then come along!

Andy

P.S. The best bit was I was basically agreeing with some of his original statement!

I think there are mods and then there are mods.

I don't think anyone would baulk at a car which had been fitted with better pieces of kit like suspension etc.

However, as these cars get into a certain age territory buyers will be more keen for cars which have a continuous history of maintenance by a specialist than being home maintained as it gives a peace of mind, whether actually correct or not.

Or they will look to buy a shed and have it restored.

Many future buyers will be looking to pay for the peace of mind that something hidden hasn't been botched or key parts neglected.

That's really the standard next part of the cycle that occurs after the period of prices hitting rock bottom and bad episodes of cheap maintenance etc.

At a certain level, buyers just won't pay for someone's private fettling/maintenance. And it is this cost elevation that starts to be factored into prices and triggering the eventual rise in values.

At a final stage you get the anal buyers who demand total originality and will bore people witless with their immensely dull conversations but in reality I can never see Tivs reaching this area.

Hows this relationship blooming..? I just saw the ad in Classifeds.. Reminded me.

I don't think Cerberas are old enough yet to have originality as more desirable but, in time, people will seek those cars out and have to pay a little more for them because demand will be greater than what's available. Original spec. doesn't mean that it's a better car to drive or live with but for the owner, they have something in period condition as intended when it rolled off the production line.

The extent of originality and what is deamed acceptable is a bit of a grey area. A couple of odd examples are: 1930s Riley straight six engines which are absolutely impossible to get so a remanufactured one is OK because there is no other choice. Also, a change by choice, for a Daimler SP250 is to put rack and pinion steering in, which is OK. Then there is updating a cars cooling rads and fans so it doesn't overheat in todays traffic jams, and what about swapping a Ford 4 speed for a Ford 5 speed for todays faster roads.

In future some mods for the Cerb will be perfectly OK and then will come the grey area until the modification will be too extreme, beyond original. Like running a Chevy LSx engine, Ahem!, like mine. My car has spent most of it's life not being original before I owned it so when the engine needed a re-build I opted to go LSx. I still have the original engine and g/box which I will keep with the car so it will still be possible to return it, with not toooo much effort.

I have said before that it is in the nature of the TVR owner to 'modify' and upgrade the car but this is often a result of the temperamental nature of the car itself.

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What was the original post? We seem to have modified that a bit! Oh yes. Well done OP with your Cerbera and the way you jumped right in with the right attitude. You'll do well, even if shouting cupid stunt WORK! or STOP IT! at the car happens with frequent regularity. However, we all forgive our Trouble Very Regular when it decides to reward us for our understanding and patience. Enjoy the pain and pleasure/pleasure and pain.

It's a kinky relationship.

Don't worry, she's doing very well indeed! Off to TVR Central end of October for a full respray ( paints destroyed ) and some other bits.

More detail to follow when the time comes.

For the record, i'm going down the original route unless the original part was crap... for instance MK1 headlights but with HID's as i like being able to see where i'm going!

Out of interest and crass-ness.. 'Ow much gov'nor?

And yes original unless the replacement offers better function. Blended in lights look amazing, but i'd rather have a later Cerb with those from the factory.. etc.