LHD-conversion

[tvrbelgium]

Hi eveybody, finally able to buy my first TVR, I'm facing the following problem; as I live in Belgium, chims or griffs are about 30 to 40% more expensive here than in the U.K....not even mentionned the condition! A '94 griff with 60k miles will cost me about 23.000...
One solution I had in mind is to buy one in the U.K. and then to converse it to a LHD, but I've been told that would totally mess up the cars stability, electrics, etc, etc.....any suggestions? Thanks!

[tvrinbfg]

Chims are harder to convert than Griffs, but we would do it for circa £4k for a Griff and £5k for a Chim.

However, I suggest you buy a RHD car and try it for a few months. You don't need LHD and you will meet a number of people in the Dutch TVR Car Club with RHD cars. We have sold about a 100 new cars to Brits living on mainland Europe and the majority bought RHD.

If you want a car, we'd supply you with all the paperwork you would need to import it into another EEC country with no tax to pay.

Regards

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[raceboy]

I remember when I was looking for my standard RHD car a dealer (Non TVR) had a LHD Chimarea in stock and because it was LHD over here (UK) it was cheaper than a RHD car so UK Top Marques/Auto Trader website is always worth a try you never know whats out there until you start looking

[thefarmer]

There is a LHD Chimaera for sale in the UK Autotrader.

Forgot to say, that I bought a RHD Chimaera this year in the UK because there is more choice and because of the lower price. I live in The Netherlands and could not find a Dutch registered car for less than €32k (approx £21k). I never really have a problem driving a RHD car. I suggest you try a RHD car and then decide if you really need LHD.



>> Edited by thefarmer on Tuesday 16th September 11:32

[900T-R]

thefarmer - will go the same route in a year or so, would like to hear your experiences with buying, importing, RDW, etc.

TIA,
Eric

[marki]

tvrinbfg said:

Chims are harder to convert than Griffs, but we would do it for circa £4k for a Griff and £5k for a Chim. [e-mail]

Hmmmm Hello James , how long would this work take to do , and where would it be done hmmmm now let me see i feel a plan coming together

[thefarmer]

Eric
I will mail you via your profile later.
Andrew

[tvrbelgium]

getting the slightly impression that somebody has had some bad experience with a certain conversion...done by a certain "specialist"...Am I wrong?

[DXBTVR]

If you are not in a hurry then why not come and talk to me about my red LHD 500 Chim, full leather, aircon and sports exhaust.

Best regards

Marc

[tvrbelgium]

okay Marc, why not? Where do you live? And maybe you can give me some more details about the car as well. is it an original LHD or a conversion?