Original T350C Press Car!

[SPS]

Hi all - this is NOT a wind up!

I was at a specialist garage today and was told by the owner that he was thinking of selling a rather special T car.
He took me to his large car storage area and there was the Chameleon Green T350C Press Car as seen in the mags and the now famous "Stig" moment etc.
Then he dropped the bomb shell that he was thinking very seriously of selling the car as he just needed the space and he had not driven the car since the end of 2005!!
The car has all of the provenance as well. If I had the room and money I would have no problem making a bid myself but one T350C in the family is all I could get away with lol!
Now I have no connection at all with this company other than as a customer.
I just thought that it was interesting - one to see the actual car and then to find out that it may be up for sale.
Cheers
SPS

[alphaone]

My pal had the silver press car that was on 5th gear, Im sure it had a 4lt engine in it LOl

[crimbo]

Nice, the one with the blue interior. Would love to have it, I used to have a poster of it in my art folder for school lol

[tvrtuscans]

SPS said:

Hi all - this is NOT a wind up!

I was at a specialist garage today and was told by the owner that he was thinking of selling a rather special T car.
He took me to his large car storage area and there was the Chameleon Green T350C Press Car as seen in the mags and the now famous "Stig" moment etc.
Then he dropped the bomb shell that he was thinking very seriously of selling the car as he just needed the space and he had not driven the car since the end of 2005!!
The car has all of the provenance as well. If I had the room and money I would have no problem making a bid myself but one T350C in the family is all I could get away with lol!
Now I have no connection at all with this company other than as a customer.
I just thought that it was interesting - one to see the actual car and then to find out that it may be up for sale.
Cheers
SPS

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[konrad.holl]

alphaone said:

My pal had the silver press car that was on 5th gear, Im sure it had a 4lt engine in it LOl

You mean 4 ltr like in "3.6 PRESS ENGINE" ?

[alphaone]

[quote=konrad.holl]
You mean 4 ltr like in "3.6 PRESS ENGINE" ?

Exactly

[MPoxon]

[alex_gray255]

JohnM's car?

[konrad.holl]

alex_gray255 said:

JohnM's car?

Acutally, it's mine - None of the previous owner's name matches John M. ...

[alex_gray255]

Ah, hmm... Must be thinking about another T350 press car then...

[alphaone]

The one my pal had was Silver, he got it off James Agger, reg number PN03 FNS

[konrad.holl]

alphaone said:

The one my pal had was Silver, he got it off James Agger, reg number PN03 FNS

Mine was FJ03 FJN - on German plates (for more than six years) now

[kmpowell]

SPS said:

He took me to his large car storage area and there was the Chameleon Green T350C Press Car as seen in the mags and the now famous "Stig" moment etc.

PJ52 FKX is the 'Top Gear' car you talk about, and was used for all the first pictures. It was a pre-production T350.

The first 'Press' T350C was silver, as used in the TG test by Richard Hammond and also Vicki Butler-Henderson on 5th gear. The Press T350T was yellow.