Wedgers in purgatory
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Sorry for a down beat one guys. 
Met Doug Ellwood at Autosport (David Gerald Ltd. - they own all the pre-Wedge jigs and parts business, and are now a main dealer). At very short notice he was asked to bid for the Wedge and 'S' spares last summer. He didn't get the bits and says the factory will not be supporting either models for spares in the future. Says at the turn of the year all the parts were in containers at the factory site UNPACKED and nobody knows who owns them. As someone who came into TVR via an 'S' I think you guys and the 'S Club - however many' need to campiagn to via the TVRCC and directly to get TVR to tell us what's happening. How can any owner of a discontinued model have confidence in the set up when this kind of c*** is going on (A Cerbera owner ie up next for dissing with the Griff/Chim bunch.
They are still treating us all like mushrooms - you know in the dark and under the sh1t!
Met Doug Ellwood at Autosport (David Gerald Ltd. - they own all the pre-Wedge jigs and parts business, and are now a main dealer). At very short notice he was asked to bid for the Wedge and 'S' spares last summer. He didn't get the bits and says the factory will not be supporting either models for spares in the future. Says at the turn of the year all the parts were in containers at the factory site UNPACKED and nobody knows who owns them. As someone who came into TVR via an 'S' I think you guys and the 'S Club - however many' need to campiagn to via the TVRCC and directly to get TVR to tell us what's happening. How can any owner of a discontinued model have confidence in the set up when this kind of c*** is going on (A Cerbera owner ie up next for dissing with the Griff/Chim bunch.
They are still treating us all like mushrooms - you know in the dark and under the sh1t!
I can't understand why TVR would want to undermine the ongoing preservation and restoration of older models. Surely our cars are a great advert for the quality and longevity of the product. Maybe the new owner of all the spares is busy going through and cataloguing all the bits befroe they offer them to us but I'm sure that with the contacts and skills within the TiV community, we can probably source or manufacture just about anything we need in the meantime. 
I have it on Very Good Authority the Wedge and S stuff is "safe".
I do know they are NOT at the factory, and indeed have been transported to another location.
They HAVE been sold, but I have been asked to keep my mouth shut for the time being. (Before anyone puts 2 and 2 together and gets 5, ITS NOT PENINSULA either)
Edited to add, I spoke at length to one of the new owners of the parts, and, they are currently busy auditing all the moulds, jigs and other parts that were part of the "Job Lot".
They estimate it could take up to 6 weeks to get through all the parts, and will make it public what is happening after that.
Suffice to say, Dont sweat, there WILL be parts for the Wedges and S's available in the future
>> Edited by jvaughan on Tuesday 18th January 11:18
I do know they are NOT at the factory, and indeed have been transported to another location.
They HAVE been sold, but I have been asked to keep my mouth shut for the time being. (Before anyone puts 2 and 2 together and gets 5, ITS NOT PENINSULA either)
Edited to add, I spoke at length to one of the new owners of the parts, and, they are currently busy auditing all the moulds, jigs and other parts that were part of the "Job Lot".
They estimate it could take up to 6 weeks to get through all the parts, and will make it public what is happening after that.
Suffice to say, Dont sweat, there WILL be parts for the Wedges and S's available in the future
>> Edited by jvaughan on Tuesday 18th January 11:18
I think the problem is they are too busy looking towards the future, looking at their "New Car Sales forcasts" they donot see support for older models as being key to the future of TVR.
They just sell the moulds as a "going Concern", and recoup moneys spent on tooling / R&D
Better to get rid of all the parts... clean sheet as it were, and concentrate on the moneymakers .. ie the new cars
They just sell the moulds as a "going Concern", and recoup moneys spent on tooling / R&D
Better to get rid of all the parts... clean sheet as it were, and concentrate on the moneymakers .. ie the new cars
jvaughan said:
I think the problem is they are too busy looking towards the future, looking at their "New Car Sales forcasts" they donot see support for older models as being key to the future of TVR.
They just sell the moulds as a "going Concern", and recoup moneys spent on tooling / R&D
Better to get rid of all the parts... clean sheet as it were, and concentrate on the moneymakers .. ie the new cars
But it's the idiots like us who are the market for the new cars, now they have permanently scared off the 0-30mph London Porsche crowd!
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