Monday 27th October 2008
Last Ever Blackpool TVR
TVR race to the chequered flag
Blackpool Rock
The last TVR to be built at the Bristol Avenue works in Blackpool made it’s racing debut at Brands Hatch over the weekend.
The 5000M was driven to 5th place in the final Brands Hatch round of the Heritage GT championship, piloted by TVR’s former owner Peter Wheeler and former marketing director Ben Samuelson.
The 5000M is a brand new replica of the extremely rare 5.0 Ford V8 powered TVR conversions carried out by the Canadian TVR importer in the 1970s – TVR’s answer to the Shelby Cobra. The spectacular new replica was commissioned by Peter Wheeler from former TVR factory engineers Brian Hosfield, Jonathan Greenwood and Mike Vernon – now running their own engineering business from the factory site. Like the original cars, the new racer was built around a 1970s 3000M.
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don logan
Original Poster
872 posts
92 months
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NOW MAKE SOME ROAD LEGAL ONES!
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lazyitus
18,954 posts
136 months
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Read about this car in this months EVO. Looks special. 
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kennyken1988
31 posts
67 months
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TVR_owner
3,317 posts
61 months
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L100NYY
26,805 posts
113 months
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Was there yesterday to see the car in action, awesome doesn't even come close............... .............oh and the noise was to die for. Hats off to Mr Wheeler and his team for this 
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Lensey
2,380 posts
153 months
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Bobo W
362 posts
122 months
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Hardly "TVR's answer to the Shelby Cobra". I suppose the original Griffith and Tuscan V8's were to an extent but let's not try to get too carried away.
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lazyitus
18,954 posts
136 months
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Lensey said: Where did it finish Ben? 5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article. 
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jeremyc
9,856 posts
154 months
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lazyitus said: Lensey said: Where did it finish Ben? 5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article. Maybe they'd do better if they drove fast enough to wear the stickers off the tyres.
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Lensey
2,380 posts
153 months
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lazyitus said: Lensey said: Where did it finish Ben? 5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article. Woops, sorry didn't read that bit 
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il-mostro
125 posts
83 months
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I read about it in EVO too. I would love one of these, although i'd put some slightly more retro wheels on it instead.
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intermediate
154 posts
95 months
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funny car!
just need a copy of the homologation and under bonnet pictures
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intermediate
154 posts
95 months
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is PW still member of the UK club, send him the last sprint
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bigwhitewedge
15 posts
148 months
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Went along on both days. The noise of the thing was fantastic, louder than everything else. Some fantastic flame spitting too. It absolutely monstered the uphill section to Druids.
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L100NYY
26,805 posts
113 months
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Lensey said: lazyitus said: Lensey said: Where did it finish Ben? 5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article. Woops, sorry didn't read that bit 
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GBRM
920 posts
98 months
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intermediate said: funny car!
just need a copy of the homologation and under bonnet pictures Homologation papers? I don't think so!!
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Stevie Mojo
1,441 posts
107 months
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It looks gorgeous in the Evo pics.
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KIRSTM
2,376 posts
106 months
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Yey  the boys all got a mention! Looks gorgeous 
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rigga
3,223 posts
71 months
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I do like the look of that..... anymore info about the car,other than the little bit that was printed in EVO?
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rude-boy
15,651 posts
103 months
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L100NYY said: Was there yesterday to see the car in action, awesome doesn't even come close............... With a Lotus in Gold Leaf colours, spending most of your day at Druids and leaving just after the last FPA race?
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