How many 420 SEAC’s were built
Discussion
Buyers market.
Not many Tvr owners are into wheeling and dealing I reckon,
If you can’t get a decent price why bother putting yourself through the selling process (:
Most owners would rather the car than the money
It seems the last 10-12 years have seen an increase in owners sorting the cars and spending to keep the cars alive, prices broadly in line with other upwardly mobile older products to then be hit for 6 in the last few years which is seeing all this good work being undone by poor resale values,,
Like houses though, your only effected by recession if you have to sell during that time.
Anyone with a SEAC would be mad to sell at any time let alone now when your likely going to be chipped down from someone taking diabolical liberties
Not many Tvr owners are into wheeling and dealing I reckon,
If you can’t get a decent price why bother putting yourself through the selling process (:
Most owners would rather the car than the money
It seems the last 10-12 years have seen an increase in owners sorting the cars and spending to keep the cars alive, prices broadly in line with other upwardly mobile older products to then be hit for 6 in the last few years which is seeing all this good work being undone by poor resale values,,
Like houses though, your only effected by recession if you have to sell during that time.
Anyone with a SEAC would be mad to sell at any time let alone now when your likely going to be chipped down from someone taking diabolical liberties
Thanks so they are included in the 37 then
The Hatter said:
To add to Paul's note in the sausage meet thread; there's two stainless steel chassis road car SEACs about, mine and Adrian R's, (aderut on pistonheads), he may want to chime in... He bought it new and has all the history. The history of mine is known too (Barry Zee's car, appeared in Autocar magazine May 1987).
I spoke to Chiris Schirle in detail about this (and he's seen my car recently and confirmed it's heritage). The stainless chassis idea was for the racing cars to save weight and increase stiffness, two were constructed for racing and started out with trailing arm rear suspension; at least one was converted to A-arm but that car has subsequently lost it's original chassis and gone back to a mild steel one . Two 'spare' stainless race chassis were built; these were sold off as road cars when TVR pulled out of racing - these are Adrian's car and my car.
I spoke to Chiris Schirle in detail about this (and he's seen my car recently and confirmed it's heritage). The stainless chassis idea was for the racing cars to save weight and increase stiffness, two were constructed for racing and started out with trailing arm rear suspension; at least one was converted to A-arm but that car has subsequently lost it's original chassis and gone back to a mild steel one . Two 'spare' stainless race chassis were built; these were sold off as road cars when TVR pulled out of racing - these are Adrian's car and my car.
Now the question is how many of those 37 were, and still are, really 'AC' cars. Most of the early cars were built that way, but some were then re-bodied using normal fibreglass. I know mine is, you can see through unpainted areas with a light as well as the, ummm, imperfect flatness of the panels!
Englishman said:
Now the question is how many of those 37 were, and still are, really 'AC' cars. Most of the early cars were built that way, but some were then re-bodied using normal fibreglass. I know mine is, you can see through unpainted areas with a light as well as the, ummm, imperfect flatness of the panels!
Love a bit of Kevlar weave lol
From what I know there is at least 37 built 420 SEAC's and the number of 450 SEAC's seems to have gone from 18 to 20 in the last year or so.
As its been stated some of the early cars were kevlar and a few were rebodied, TVR were one of the first production companies to use carbon fiber in a road car and I would like to know how many SEAC's have CF in the body.
My car was built in 1988 and registered in December but had a lot of CF in the front nose, the side of the foot wells and across the rear from what I have seen.
Personally I would like the spoiler, bonnet and boot to be made in CF and drop off some weight.
I do think its interesting just how all our SEAC's are built slightly different 😎
As its been stated some of the early cars were kevlar and a few were rebodied, TVR were one of the first production companies to use carbon fiber in a road car and I would like to know how many SEAC's have CF in the body.
My car was built in 1988 and registered in December but had a lot of CF in the front nose, the side of the foot wells and across the rear from what I have seen.
Personally I would like the spoiler, bonnet and boot to be made in CF and drop off some weight.
I do think its interesting just how all our SEAC's are built slightly different 😎
I was led to believe the first 12 cars were full Kevlar and then after that they were a mix with later cars not having much or any Kevlar. I had a July 87 car which was towards the later end of the first 12 (I think). Jim Gamsby had a look at it and said it was originally a full Kevlar car but it had been crashed and patched with light weight glass fibre. When he pressed the bonnet it was more flexible than a glass one but not as flexible as his original Kevlar car's one. The ripple was very obvious in the front wings and around the windscreen, and you could see panels of Kevlar when you removed the rear speakers. The nose had patched when you looked underneath but it was very difficult to tell on other areas of the car.
Classic Chim said:
Buyers market.
It seems the last 10-12 years have seen an increase in owners sorting the cars and spending to keep the cars alive, prices broadly in line with other upwardly mobile older products to then be hit for 6 in the last few years which is seeing all this good work being undone by poor resale values,, ... your likely going to be chipped down from someone taking diabolical liberties
Is that true for Wedges though? I thought the 25-year rule for imports to the US has meant prices have been buoyant. Many wedges are being exported over the pond.It seems the last 10-12 years have seen an increase in owners sorting the cars and spending to keep the cars alive, prices broadly in line with other upwardly mobile older products to then be hit for 6 in the last few years which is seeing all this good work being undone by poor resale values,, ... your likely going to be chipped down from someone taking diabolical liberties
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