Anyone know this car
Discussion
Aye! It came from Blackpool, Bristol Avenue in fact. Probably sometime in 1986 or maybe early '87.
It'll have been knocked-up by swarthy Blackpudlians of Lancastrian origin, ably assisted (or hindered) by a rampant gundog called Ned.
Rumour has it that the engine may have also been used by Rover in some tin-worm-riddled attempt to pamper frayed-collar middle-management. The basic unit has also moonlighted in LandRovers and Morgans, but that is a car which dare not speak its name hereabouts. That particular one was used to see if they could make an RV8 reach 8500 rpm. On the M56
The chassis, hewn from solid Unobtanium by Gordon the Grinder and Wally the Wicked Welder, when viewed with a squint through rose-tinted spectacles in the dark from 500 yards away, can be clearly seen to owe its parentage to the Maserati 'Birdcage', with a nod in the direction of Hethel for some clues as to suspension geometry.
The 'lightweight' fibreglass (more properly: GRP) shell was painstakingly tailored by sultry virgin maidens of the working clas... ah no sorry, my notes are in a muddle. It was rolled-out sharpish by Ron the Resin and Matt the Mat, 'cos there was a stripper on in the pub after that 12 o'clock finish on Friday. Any cockups ould be bodged-in on Monday morning, if you were lucky.
The registration mark was issued by a suspicious Dame Edna-like in the Wolverhampton Vehicle Office to a guy from the Brum TVR dealers called Keith, who was on a back-hander if the deal went through and they saw the back of that bloody 350 that leaked water, rattled like a Wolves fan when they were 2-1 up at Chelsea and pulled to the left under braking, no matter how any times they bled the lines and fettled the suspension. Word from Peter Wheeler was that if it came back under warranty, "Some fu**er's 'ead were gowin ter roll, ah tell thee".
Nope, never heard of that car mate...
It'll have been knocked-up by swarthy Blackpudlians of Lancastrian origin, ably assisted (or hindered) by a rampant gundog called Ned.
Rumour has it that the engine may have also been used by Rover in some tin-worm-riddled attempt to pamper frayed-collar middle-management. The basic unit has also moonlighted in LandRovers and Morgans, but that is a car which dare not speak its name hereabouts. That particular one was used to see if they could make an RV8 reach 8500 rpm. On the M56
The chassis, hewn from solid Unobtanium by Gordon the Grinder and Wally the Wicked Welder, when viewed with a squint through rose-tinted spectacles in the dark from 500 yards away, can be clearly seen to owe its parentage to the Maserati 'Birdcage', with a nod in the direction of Hethel for some clues as to suspension geometry.
The 'lightweight' fibreglass (more properly: GRP) shell was painstakingly tailored by sultry virgin maidens of the working clas... ah no sorry, my notes are in a muddle. It was rolled-out sharpish by Ron the Resin and Matt the Mat, 'cos there was a stripper on in the pub after that 12 o'clock finish on Friday. Any cockups ould be bodged-in on Monday morning, if you were lucky.
The registration mark was issued by a suspicious Dame Edna-like in the Wolverhampton Vehicle Office to a guy from the Brum TVR dealers called Keith, who was on a back-hander if the deal went through and they saw the back of that bloody 350 that leaked water, rattled like a Wolves fan when they were 2-1 up at Chelsea and pulled to the left under braking, no matter how any times they bled the lines and fettled the suspension. Word from Peter Wheeler was that if it came back under warranty, "Some fu**er's 'ead were gowin ter roll, ah tell thee".
Nope, never heard of that car mate...wedg1e said:
Aye! It came from Blackpool, Bristol Avenue in fact. Probably sometime in 1986 or maybe early '87.
It'll have been knocked-up by swarthy Blackpudlians of Lancastrian origin, ably assisted (or hindered) by a rampant gundog called Ned.
Rumour has it that the engine may have also been used by Rover in some tin-worm-riddled attempt to pamper frayed-collar middle-management. The basic unit has also moonlighted in LandRovers and Morgans, but that is a car which dare not speak its name hereabouts. That particular one was used to see if they could make an RV8 reach 8500 rpm. On the M56
The chassis, hewn from solid Unobtanium by Gordon the Grinder and Wally the Wicked Welder, when viewed with a squint through rose-tinted spectacles in the dark from 500 yards away, can be clearly seen to owe its parentage to the Maserati 'Birdcage', with a nod in the direction of Hethel for some clues as to suspension geometry.
The 'lightweight' fibreglass (more properly: GRP) shell was painstakingly tailored by sultry virgin maidens of the working clas... ah no sorry, my notes are in a muddle. It was rolled-out sharpish by Ron the Resin and Matt the Mat, 'cos there was a stripper on in the pub after that 12 o'clock finish on Friday. Any cockups ould be bodged-in on Monday morning, if you were lucky.
The registration mark was issued by a suspicious Dame Edna-like in the Wolverhampton Vehicle Office to a guy from the Brum TVR dealers called Keith, who was on a back-hander if the deal went through and they saw the back of that bloody 350 that leaked water, rattled like a Wolves fan when they were 2-1 up at Chelsea and pulled to the left under braking, no matter how any times they bled the lines and fettled the suspension. Word from Peter Wheeler was that if it came back under warranty, "Some fu**er's 'ead were gowin ter roll, ah tell thee".
Nope, never heard of that car mate...
It'll have been knocked-up by swarthy Blackpudlians of Lancastrian origin, ably assisted (or hindered) by a rampant gundog called Ned.
Rumour has it that the engine may have also been used by Rover in some tin-worm-riddled attempt to pamper frayed-collar middle-management. The basic unit has also moonlighted in LandRovers and Morgans, but that is a car which dare not speak its name hereabouts. That particular one was used to see if they could make an RV8 reach 8500 rpm. On the M56
The chassis, hewn from solid Unobtanium by Gordon the Grinder and Wally the Wicked Welder, when viewed with a squint through rose-tinted spectacles in the dark from 500 yards away, can be clearly seen to owe its parentage to the Maserati 'Birdcage', with a nod in the direction of Hethel for some clues as to suspension geometry.
The 'lightweight' fibreglass (more properly: GRP) shell was painstakingly tailored by sultry virgin maidens of the working clas... ah no sorry, my notes are in a muddle. It was rolled-out sharpish by Ron the Resin and Matt the Mat, 'cos there was a stripper on in the pub after that 12 o'clock finish on Friday. Any cockups ould be bodged-in on Monday morning, if you were lucky.
The registration mark was issued by a suspicious Dame Edna-like in the Wolverhampton Vehicle Office to a guy from the Brum TVR dealers called Keith, who was on a back-hander if the deal went through and they saw the back of that bloody 350 that leaked water, rattled like a Wolves fan when they were 2-1 up at Chelsea and pulled to the left under braking, no matter how any times they bled the lines and fettled the suspension. Word from Peter Wheeler was that if it came back under warranty, "Some fu**er's 'ead were gowin ter roll, ah tell thee".
Nope, never heard of that car mate...
Edited by beastie on Monday 12th March 16:50
wedg1e said:
Aye! It came from Blackpool, Bristol Avenue in fact. Probably sometime in 1986 or maybe early '87.
It'll have been knocked-up by swarthy Blackpudlians of Lancastrian origin, ably assisted (or hindered) by a rampant gundog called Ned.
Rumour has it that the engine may have also been used by Rover in some tin-worm-riddled attempt to pamper frayed-collar middle-management. The basic unit has also moonlighted in LandRovers and Morgans, but that is a car which dare not speak its name hereabouts. That particular one was used to see if they could make an RV8 reach 8500 rpm. On the M56
The chassis, hewn from solid Unobtanium by Gordon the Grinder and Wally the Wicked Welder, when viewed with a squint through rose-tinted spectacles in the dark from 500 yards away, can be clearly seen to owe its parentage to the Maserati 'Birdcage', with a nod in the direction of Hethel for some clues as to suspension geometry.
The 'lightweight' fibreglass (more properly: GRP) shell was painstakingly tailored by sultry virgin maidens of the working clas... ah no sorry, my notes are in a muddle. It was rolled-out sharpish by Ron the Resin and Matt the Mat, 'cos there was a stripper on in the pub after that 12 o'clock finish on Friday. Any cockups ould be bodged-in on Monday morning, if you were lucky.
The registration mark was issued by a suspicious Dame Edna-like in the Wolverhampton Vehicle Office to a guy from the Brum TVR dealers called Keith, who was on a back-hander if the deal went through and they saw the back of that bloody 350 that leaked water, rattled like a Wolves fan when they were 2-1 up at Chelsea and pulled to the left under braking, no matter how any times they bled the lines and fettled the suspension. Word from Peter Wheeler was that if it came back under warranty, "Some fu**er's 'ead were gowin ter roll, ah tell thee".
Nope, never heard of that car mate...
It'll have been knocked-up by swarthy Blackpudlians of Lancastrian origin, ably assisted (or hindered) by a rampant gundog called Ned.
Rumour has it that the engine may have also been used by Rover in some tin-worm-riddled attempt to pamper frayed-collar middle-management. The basic unit has also moonlighted in LandRovers and Morgans, but that is a car which dare not speak its name hereabouts. That particular one was used to see if they could make an RV8 reach 8500 rpm. On the M56
The chassis, hewn from solid Unobtanium by Gordon the Grinder and Wally the Wicked Welder, when viewed with a squint through rose-tinted spectacles in the dark from 500 yards away, can be clearly seen to owe its parentage to the Maserati 'Birdcage', with a nod in the direction of Hethel for some clues as to suspension geometry.
The 'lightweight' fibreglass (more properly: GRP) shell was painstakingly tailored by sultry virgin maidens of the working clas... ah no sorry, my notes are in a muddle. It was rolled-out sharpish by Ron the Resin and Matt the Mat, 'cos there was a stripper on in the pub after that 12 o'clock finish on Friday. Any cockups ould be bodged-in on Monday morning, if you were lucky.
The registration mark was issued by a suspicious Dame Edna-like in the Wolverhampton Vehicle Office to a guy from the Brum TVR dealers called Keith, who was on a back-hander if the deal went through and they saw the back of that bloody 350 that leaked water, rattled like a Wolves fan when they were 2-1 up at Chelsea and pulled to the left under braking, no matter how any times they bled the lines and fettled the suspension. Word from Peter Wheeler was that if it came back under warranty, "Some fu**er's 'ead were gowin ter roll, ah tell thee".
Nope, never heard of that car mate...I was believing the whole nine yards .. until you mentioned wolves beating Chelsea..
Still might have happened in 1986
firefox1712 said:
Seriously though, I suspect your car may have been sold by The TVR Centre at Barnet in August/September 1986. Ask them if they know anything about it - but they'll probably say they have no records.
JJ
I think all the YLP reg cars were sold by Sports and Specialist Cars - the man there was Jon Waggit or similar, a real mine of info. Not sure if they are still going though ?
Edited by chunder on Thursday 15th March 05:53
firefox1712 said:
Well, mine is D659 YLP and sold by The TVR Centre at Barnet in September 1986, and the other close numbered YLP car, the red 'Fast Lane' cover car I think was also sold by them. I can't remeber who owns that car now, but I think it may be in Suffolk.
JJ
JJ
Fair enough - not the first time I've been wrong !
Did the 3 leters actually indicate the original selling dealer at that time or was it type of vehicle or something ?
chunder said:
firefox1712 said:
Well, mine is D659 YLP and sold by The TVR Centre at Barnet in September 1986, and the other close numbered YLP car, the red 'Fast Lane' cover car I think was also sold by them. I can't remeber who owns that car now, but I think it may be in Suffolk.
JJ
JJ
Fair enough - not the first time I've been wrong !
Did the 3 leters actually indicate the original selling dealer at that time or was it type of vehicle or something ?
The 'LP' bit is the code of the issuing office. Many of the major towns used to be easy to identify from the code but the smaller offices were a bit obscure... eg Middlesbrough cars used to carry DC which seems odd but the area office was Durham County. OTOH Sunderland cars used to be GR for no reason that I can see (it's in Wearside).
The first letter of the group of 3 (Y here) is a kind of validation code and is the reason why 'TVR' only came up on number plates every few years. One year the validation letter might be A, next year N, then F etc. thus ALP, NLP, FLP. Helped to avoid counterfeiting, apparently.
Quite a few wedges still wear TVR ***S as 1978 was one of the years that the letters appeared together, and the plate would have to predate the car (in order to avoid people trying to pass it off as a more recent car). As far as I know it didn't happen again until 1987, hence quite a few E*** TVR (like my car).
The D at the start of the plate mentioned above is the prefix for cars registered between September '86 and August '87.
chunder said:
Not sure whether the rego is a misprint but I used to own a red 86 350i D652YLP ?
Greetings Bob, would you be related to Narina Jane by any chance?
D652 YLP has been residing in my garage for the last seven and a half years. I'm the 12th registered keeper!
Not sure who supplied it new but the TVR Centre at Barnet Road did all the servicing up to 30k.
D1 MAD said:
chunder said:
Not sure whether the rego is a misprint but I used to own a red 86 350i D652YLP ?
Greetings Bob, would you be related to Narina Jane by any chance?
D652 YLP has been residing in my garage for the last seven and a half years. I'm the 12th registered keeper!
Not sure who supplied it new but the TVR Centre at Barnet Road did all the servicing up to 30k.
Narina Jane was and is still the better half - I think we put the car in her name for insurance purposes !
I assumed it was a Sports and Specialist Car as the number plates had that printed on them, obviously I couldn't have looked too hard at the service history - of which there was quite a lot, one of the best documented cars I have ever come across.
Was a great car for me, had lots of fun in it and at the time it was close to being pretty much concours condition. Clutch went suddenly once but otherwise very reliable as well - I had the suspension rebushed by RT and Richard picked me up at the station in it and said it was one of the quickest 350's he had driven.
Glad to hear it's still around and in the hands of an enthusiast - most of the keepers before me had the car for one summer and I viewed that as not a bad thing because they all splashed out on it making sure it was A1. The guy who owned it before me, from Leicester area, was a mechanic / engineer who worked for Ilmoor making ancilliaries for the McLaren F1 engines and he had maintained it pretty well for a couple of years - he sold to make way for a Turbo Esprit. You must have purchased it about a year after me selling if you have had for seven years as I sold just before my now 8 yr old son was born and a year before I emigrated.
There's a bit of a murky story around how I finally sold it - let me know if you're interested and I'll send a PM.
chunder said:
There's a bit of a murky story around how I finally sold it - let me know if you're interested and I'll send a PM.
I'd be very interested to hear about any of the cars history if you can spare the time. Did it have the SE spoiler and the Avo suspension when you had it?
Cheers. Steve.
Gassing Station | Wedges | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff