Count down to the arrival of another prototype

Count down to the arrival of another prototype

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tvrtuscans

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Friday 11th April 2014
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Six day's and counting before the arrival of another pre-production prototype to sit alonside this somewhat shrinking violet .... smile.... watch this space...


tvrtuscans

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Friday 11th April 2014
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It'll be teaser campaign...one clue each day Andy smile

tvrtuscans

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Monday 14th April 2014
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No you most certainly can't have a go at guessing Matt! smile...no attempts to bribe Matt either folks!!...or Clive...or Longers....!!

Clue No:1

When it was built it was a coupe - then it was'nt

Clue No: 2

It's the progenitor of some 521 other TVR's


tvrtuscans

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Monday 14th April 2014
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Clue No 3:

There was a huge poster of the car in the reception at Blackpool

Clue No 4:

It became a factory car for three years and was one of Peter Wheeler's personal favourites

tvrtuscans

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Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Clue 5: It has a carbon fibre roof

......won't be picking it up til next week....someone on this thread is getting warm..... smile

tvrtuscans

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Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Clue 6: It has a Vynilester body...just like the Sagaris RT Prototype

Yup I will be heading north to collect it....

tvrtuscans

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Thursday 17th April 2014
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Clue 7: It was a poster child big time

Clue 8: A photo of it is in issue 460 of Sprint....infact there are two photo's of it in different adverts.......side by side.........

tvrtuscans

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Friday 18th April 2014
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Moycie said:
scratchchin only one I can find...



and then it became a Targa....possibly....




Edited by Moycie on Thursday 17th April 21:04
Well done all smilesmile ...yup its this car..... T350 Pre-Production Prototype and Press Car...initially built as a Coupe...then converted to a Targa....fabulous history to the car...

tvrtuscans

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Friday 18th April 2014
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steveT350C said:
slimtater said:
Been a long time coming as well!
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=129...
:-)
Good find! I think the secret is out...
Quite right smile

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Wednesday 30th April 2014
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Moycie said:
scratchchin only one I can find...



and then it became a Targa....possibly....




Edited by Moycie on Thursday 17th April 21:04
I am collecting the car on Friday. Have been doing some cheeky research...the first of these shots is def my car when it was still a T350c.....you can just see the blue interior. The second shot is of the first T350t customer car.....delivered towards the end of July 2003 to a dealer in Yorkshire.

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Thursday 1st May 2014
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Moycie said:
Awesome. I bet you can't wait to get it now.

Love the colour. Trying to work out, is it Chameleon Blue?
Chameleon Green ...and yup...always exciting in the run up to picking up a new car hehe