Vixen S2 For Sale - 1 Owner

[prideaux]

TVRMs said:

prideaux said:

hedgefinder said:

prideaux said:

Those where the days when you really could pick up a bargain as sellers who had a car sitting around for years in the garage who decided to sell just priced it at what they thought and thought it was worth based on what they where happy to accept however now with the internet and webb sites etc most sellers are more aware even to the point where they think its worth even more than they really are.
Andrew

so what would you value the car at then?
I feel that I really do not have enough indepth knowledge of TVRs to be 100% about what I would be getting into at anywhere near the sellers asking price...

Well 5 years ago a car in far worse state sold for £4k and the buyer who has done a fantastic restoration thought he had paid a lot but not anymore.
There have been cars in bits in the last 18months have sold for 5k plus and this car is far from that however you have seen it and have more knowledge than those of us that don't.
If its all there and requiring a full restoration its worth what someone would pay so from that point if I was looking for a car to fully restore I would pay between 7 and 8.5k however its a case of supply and demand and if the seller waits for that keen byer then he will probably achieve 9k but unlike a dealer who has a price it stands him and a margin to achieve this is not the case here.
As anyone who has done a full restoration what you pay for the car and what you spend to restore is miles apart and there is a big difference between a restoration and a refresh and many cars claiming to be restored are simply a refresh so byers beware
Andrew

But what are you restoring?

On that car its hard to say is seems like an Air Car or a car that's had a Chassis change all the story is not there
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[thegamekeeper]

hedgefinder said:

so what would you value the car at then?
I feel that I really do not have enough indepth knowledge of TVRs to be 100% about what I would be getting into at anywhere near the sellers asking price...

Just as a point of interest, given on your own admission you don't have indepth knowledge of TVRs what makes you say Roys car has an M series chassis?

[ATE399J]

thegamekeeper said:

hedgefinder said:

so what would you value the car at then?
I feel that I really do not have enough indepth knowledge of TVRs to be 100% about what I would be getting into at anywhere near the sellers asking price...

Just as a point of interest, given on your own admission you don't have indepth knowledge of TVRs what makes you say Roys car has an M series chassis?

I was wondering that.

[Mr Tiger]

TVRMs said:

hedgefinder said:

the site I took the infromation said that the first 289 x 2500s were on the vixen chassis and the rest after that were on the M chassis.
with chassis numbers from 1745/6T - 2703/T.

I beleive that the car in question has a chassis number of just under 2100.
therefore if the that information is correct the car should be on an M chassis...???

Car was registered 1970-71 before the m chassis was manufactured so something not right.

The Graham Robson book I often quote from (hope I don't owe royalties ) states

'The last of the completely old-style 2500s was Chassis Number 2237/T'

This suggests the car has a Vixen chassis but it could have been changed of course.

The advert states the car was built in late '71 and registered in January '72.

The ad also states the car is original and has a 2.6 ltr TR6 engine!

My old MG Midget was orange and the V5 stated orange.

Where's Miss Marple when you need her?

Chris

[Mr Tiger]

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Just as a point of interest, given on your own admission you don't have indepth knowledge of TVRs what makes you say Roys car has an M series chassis?
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I think we've just found Miss Marple or should I say Hercule Poirot?

As you are on first name terms with the seller Steve, would you unravel this mystery for us please?

Chris

[prideaux]

I think if your really interested in buying this car ask around with the right people there are people out there that know the car and from when it was nearly new and as the game show goes THE PRICE IS RIGHT from where they are sitting we saw this discussion when the car at wimbledon came on the market then it went to Historics Auction then was bought by a dealer who cleaned it up made it run right and put a 20k price ticket on her.
Stop speculating and get your wallets out IMOP before a Dealer does
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[oliverb205]

hedgefinder said:

the site I took the infromation said that the first 289 x 2500s were on the vixen chassis and the rest after that were on the M chassis.
with chassis numbers from 1745/6T - 2703/T.

I beleive that the car in question has a chassis number of just under 2100.
therefore if the that information is correct the car should be on an M chassis...???

Maybe just maybe the site is wrong, though I guess if is on t'internet it must be gospel. According to Graham Robson's book 96 x 2500s were built on M chassis starting from 2258T, so if this car is 21?? it should be on a Vixen chassis which would be correct for a 1971 car. Why is everyone suspicious, it had had only one family owner when I spoke to the (older) owner in 1992 when I took the photo I posted and Steve knows the car's history.

Oliver.

[hedgefinder]

thegamekeeper said:

Just as a point of interest, given on your own admission you don't have indepth knowledge of TVRs what makes you say Roys car has an M series chassis?

pretty sure I had already explained that in an earlier post, I only based that statement on the information online and the chasis number on the tag.
And I also asked the question of people with more knowledge than myslef in yet another post querying if it was correct as the chassis did seem to look vixen from pictures I have seen since..

[prideaux]

hedgefinder said:

thegamekeeper said:

Just as a point of interest, given on your own admission you don't have indepth knowledge of TVRs what makes you say Roys car has an M series chassis?

pretty sure I had already explained that in an earlier post, I only based that statement on the information online and the chasis number on the tag.
And I also asked the question of people with more knowledge than myslef in yet another post querying if it was correct as the chassis did seem to look vixen from pictures I have seen since..

If it looks Vixen thats because it is Vixen Most ladies with boobs are ladies if you want a good car from what i have been told tonight then someone should buy it as i believe its one of the most original cars around.
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[prideaux]

Sold Well Done whoever bought her

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C538179
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