What's different about a Chimaera Clubman?
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Have done a search in the forums and can not find an answer as yet. Does anyone know if there are differences between a "normal" Chimaera and a Chimaera "Clubman"?
Have done my dashboard replace and the gold letters for Chimaera Clubman on the old dashboard made me curious as to if this was any type of a departure from the standard cars, or if as in one thread seems to speculate it was just branding for the Japan cars. Anyone have any details?
Have done my dashboard replace and the gold letters for Chimaera Clubman on the old dashboard made me curious as to if this was any type of a departure from the standard cars, or if as in one thread seems to speculate it was just branding for the Japan cars. Anyone have any details?
seeby said:
Didn't they use the 1275 engine ?? 
Maybe 4 of then stitched together Mine was only badged this on the dashboard in gold lettering, Have seen others advertised where they have a decal along the sides of the cars too. No idea if all Japan cars were done like this or only a few. Just curious to find out a little more on the history of the car, especially now I've effectively removed the only markings of it on my car - original dash now stored and not scraped.
Maybe there is a difference after all, according to this http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/catalog/TVR__CHIMA... it is front wheel drive 
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.Blimey, £50k for a Chimaera 4.0 and £67k for a 500 when they were new (At 140 yen to the £) - http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/catalog/TVR__CHIMA...
Asking price for the 500 is $38,800. I presume there is VAT, purchase tax or equivalent on top.
http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/php/search/summary...
No wonder they consider them really cheap over here by comparison. Even after import taxes, it must be worth it.
Asking price for the 500 is $38,800. I presume there is VAT, purchase tax or equivalent on top.
http://www.goo-net-exchange.com/php/search/summary...
No wonder they consider them really cheap over here by comparison. Even after import taxes, it must be worth it.
Another japanese car!
This is what I started on my Griff, which has been imported from Japan back to the UK - here
Clubman was their idea of adding some British mystique to it - the Griffs were 'B' or special edition 'Blackpool' models. Mine is a 1998 B275 - so has the 4.0 HC engine, which was only put in a Griff for Japan.
This is what I started on my Griff, which has been imported from Japan back to the UK - here
Clubman was their idea of adding some British mystique to it - the Griffs were 'B' or special edition 'Blackpool' models. Mine is a 1998 B275 - so has the 4.0 HC engine, which was only put in a Griff for Japan.
Edited by andy43 on Sunday 26th October 12:48
rfisher said:
Anyone know what this went for?
Over £32k 
according to their site _ https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2021-0...I raised a thread about it just after the auction, I'd been logged on with a thought that it would go for about £15k. It had failed to get above £13k in 2019!
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It's nice to see an auctioneer actually declare the VAT on the buyers fees in the final cost. Many auctioneers don't, despite it being declared as a 'service charge' and non recoverable.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It's nice to see an auctioneer actually declare the VAT on the buyers fees in the final cost. Many auctioneers don't, despite it being declared as a 'service charge' and non recoverable.
Edited by sixor8 on Monday 9th August 07:42
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