TVR S1 for sale
Discussion
This just showed up not too far from me. I can't imagine why someone bothered shipping this to the States when it appears to need significant chassis repair. Penny wise, pound foolish. I hope he can sell it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-TVR-S-Converti...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-TVR-S-Converti...
I am really struggling to make out exactly what area of the chassis it is that photo no.8 is showing. It looks like a split in some chassis member to the left of the lifting arm pad, but where??? Or is it an optical illusion?
To be honest, the condition otherwise doesn't look too bad, just needs a good clean up. I've seen much worse!
Buying an S blind is always a gamble, unless it's very cheap.
At least this one is the best colour, and a very early one as well, judging by the digital clock and the speedo & tacho gauges.
I wouldn't worry too much about the expert's advice to renew & reset the points though.
To be honest, the condition otherwise doesn't look too bad, just needs a good clean up. I've seen much worse!
Buying an S blind is always a gamble, unless it's very cheap.
At least this one is the best colour, and a very early one as well, judging by the digital clock and the speedo & tacho gauges.
I wouldn't worry too much about the expert's advice to renew & reset the points though.
glenrobbo said:
I am really struggling to make out exactly what area of the chassis it is that photo no.8 is showing. It looks like a split in some chassis member to the left of the lifting arm pad, but where??? Or is it an optical illusion?
Looking from under the engine, back at the driver side sill. Outrigger goes over the lift arm, you can see it behind along with the seat mount bolts through the floor. Front footwall body mounting bolt in the centre of the photo. You can just see the cross-brace coming down from the top right of the photo. Although it's (coincidentally?) the crappiest photo of them all, it looks like the body mounting plate has been re-welded (badly - I am rubbish at welding, but better than that...) Also the chassis in that photo looks wet (or newly coated?) but dry in all the rest.
The expert report says it's the LF frame (left-front?) that's cracked - that would be the last photo - it looks like that body mount plate might be tearing off.
Thanks Andrew, I've grasped it now.
The left front triangular plate looks quite sound, but I agree the right one looks dodgy. Perhaps the expert got confused, with them driving on the wrong side over there across the pond.
The expert also said the RF fog light bulb needs replacing. That could be a problem.....
Instrument lights: has he tried turning them on, I wonder?
Wiper mechanism: I would guess that the spindles have seized in their bushes and the whole assembly is trying to tear the bodyshell to bits in the scuttle area.
I had that problem with Austin when I first bought him. I posted on here about how to repair the early S1 wiper spindles.
Sounds like the heater matrix is goosed & needs replacing/recoring.
What was this sourced from originally?
The left front triangular plate looks quite sound, but I agree the right one looks dodgy. Perhaps the expert got confused, with them driving on the wrong side over there across the pond.
The expert also said the RF fog light bulb needs replacing. That could be a problem.....Instrument lights: has he tried turning them on, I wonder?
Wiper mechanism: I would guess that the spindles have seized in their bushes and the whole assembly is trying to tear the bodyshell to bits in the scuttle area.
I had that problem with Austin when I first bought him. I posted on here about how to repair the early S1 wiper spindles.
Sounds like the heater matrix is goosed & needs replacing/recoring.
What was this sourced from originally?
Kieron75 said:
is the electrical schematic for the S1 the same as the S2?
S1 (2.8 engine) wiring diagrams are available..........
Heater matrix may be unique to the S, but quite possibly uses a standard size core? ?
Any competent radiator repair shop should be able to sort it I'd have thought.
It got to $6900 but didn't sell. I'll keep it and have chatted with my mech about staging the important stuff first and then revisiting other items over the winter (when it snows here). I'll link a video of my driving it here in the Northern Michigan countryside within the next few weeks. It has been re-registered in Michigan with the plate IZ NIBS.
For anyone else in the US interested, I got it shipped door to door for just a shade under $4k (with import taxes and fees etc - the actual RORO from LeHavre to Baltimore was just $1800, but the transport to my home and port fees is what increases it).
K
For anyone else in the US interested, I got it shipped door to door for just a shade under $4k (with import taxes and fees etc - the actual RORO from LeHavre to Baltimore was just $1800, but the transport to my home and port fees is what increases it).
K
Gassing Station | S Series | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff