Found a link to some sad tvr factory pics

[stecozz]

http://passionford.com/forum/general-car-related-d...

Was on passionford when i found these..

[cerb4.5lee]

Thanks for sharing! it's such a shame & indeed it makes you feel sad.

[V8 GRF]

Most of those Sagaris shells were the lightweight bodies built for the race series that didn't happen but the positive thing is that the majority of them are now in use on race cars like the GTFs.

[der1]

Sad pictures them, is it still like that shells laying around etc?

[V8 GRF]

der1 said:

Sad pictures them, is it still like that shells laying around etc?

No all the shells & everything else went a long time ago. Most of the factory has now been demolished but the brickbuilt buildings facing Bristol Avenue are still there and are home to several TVR centric businesses run by former TVR workers, Lawfield Engineering, JGR Race preperation, Surface and Design, Mike Vernon Automotive and D&C Trim.

Not all bad news.

[der1]

Forgive me for being naive but what would of became of the shells and all the other stuff?

[macdeb]

Without wanting to open a can of worms, a Crying bloody shame.

[gizmo67]

The Sagaris boyshell's were the very first body's made and were fitted to chassis and sat on the production line ready to be built. Then someone higher up decided that they were not going to use them and made changes to the body mould's and fitted the later spec mould's to the chassis. The first spec body can be easily recognised due to the slashes still being cut out and the early fuel filler and the extra rear panel under the number plate. The old discarded body's were then removed and left out on the waste ground in the centre of the factory and later sold off when the factory was closing.

[V8 GRF]

As I mentioned on another thread the bulk of those Sagaris bodies ended up being sold to race car projects with the others mostly being scrap or sold for panels I believe.

[gizmo67]

But they wern't made as a light weight special for racing. They were just scrap part's being used to make something else as was the usual TVR way.