The T440r coming up for auction...

[barryswheels]

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2003-tvr-t440r-r...

[Byker28i]

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

[rossybee]

Byker28i said:

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

Will be the same car - was at Autolounge in Stonehaven

It's a known car in North East Scotland circles

[Byker28i]

The red one was up for sale in 2023? That was a nice colour

Was this the one that was crashed by a photographer and then repaired?

Link to the thread on these
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[rossybee]

Byker28i said:

The red one was up for sale in 2023? That was a nice colour

Was this the one that was crashed by a photographer and then repaired?

Link to the thread on these
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I believe this to be the case - owned by a lady whose husband had an orange Sagaris at the same time - this will be going back nearly 20 years.

Barry at TVR Ecosse has worked on this car before too.

[bennno]

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

[The Three D Mucketeer]

rossybee said:

I believe this to be the case - owned by a lady whose husband had an orange Sagaris at the same time - this will be going back nearly 20 years.

Barry at TVR Ecosse has worked on this car before too.

overseas on here

[Basil Brush]

bennno said:

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

IIRC the Tuscan S press car did 180+ when Evo tried with a few cars to crack 200.

[bennno]

Basil Brush said:

bennno said:

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

IIRC the Tuscan S press car did 180+ when Evo tried with a few cars to crack 200.

So it's probably about 190 tops with an extra 40hp.... absolutely nowhere near 215mph - that requires at least 750-800bhp minimum.

[Basil Brush]

Their line on blowing the reliability myth as it had managed to do 500 miles without an issue made me smile.

[Byker28i]

bennno said:

Basil Brush said:

bennno said:

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

IIRC the Tuscan S press car did 180+ when Evo tried with a few cars to crack 200.

So it's probably about 190 tops with an extra 40hp.... absolutely nowhere near 215mph - that requires at least 750-800bhp minimum.

So the TVR numbers come from the rolling road, no drag and the usual TVR slight exaggeration.

Bonnet rise and stability is hugely affected if you don't have the little chin spoiler. I had no problem at Bruntingthorpe with speed...

Blurry phone pic


When I got my Cerbera someone had just let theirs run on the autobahn and had 203 indicated... There was a post on here around 2005/2006

[Byker28i]

rossybee said:

Byker28i said:

The red one was up for sale in 2023? That was a nice colour

Was this the one that was crashed by a photographer and then repaired?

Link to the thread on these
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I believe this to be the case - owned by a lady whose husband had an orange Sagaris at the same time - this will be going back nearly 20 years.

Barry at TVR Ecosse has worked on this car before too.

I think Jason at Str8Six has done some on it at some point as well, but then he has his T400r racer(s)

[barryswheels]

rossybee said:

Byker28i said:

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

Will be the same car - was at Autolounge in Stonehaven

It's a known car in North East Scotland circles

Hi Ross. Hope you're well

[bennno]

Basil Brush said:

IIRC the Tuscan S press car did 180+ when Evo tried with a few cars to crack 200.

Ive a vague recollection that the roof panel came out during the attempt......

[rossybee]

barryswheels said:

rossybee said:

Byker28i said:

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

Will be the same car - was at Autolounge in Stonehaven

It's a known car in North East Scotland circles

Hi Ross. Hope you're well

Hey Barry - all good thanks! And you?

Just noticed you were the OP on this thread haha and there was me mentioning you

I'm still on the dark side with my S1 Elise......you had much experience with those?

[barryswheels]

rossybee said:

barryswheels said:

rossybee said:

Byker28i said:

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

Will be the same car - was at Autolounge in Stonehaven

It's a known car in North East Scotland circles

Hi Ross. Hope you're well

Hey Barry - all good thanks! And you?

Just noticed you were the OP on this thread haha and there was me mentioning you

I'm still on the dark side with my S1 Elise......you had much experience with those?

All good thanks. Not really sorry. You'll need to pop in with it sometime.

[porterpainter]

bennno said:

Ive a vague recollection that the roof panel came out during the attempt......

I read the Evo article recently, the front splitter came off.

[robsco]

bennno said:

Basil Brush said:

bennno said:

Theres less than zero chance of a T440 getting to 215mph with just 440 bhp. Id be surprised if it could reach 190.

To do so youd need to ignore the wiper lift and bonnet rise on most of the TVR's I had if I went over 120mph....

IIRC the Tuscan S press car did 180+ when Evo tried with a few cars to crack 200.

What’s your point?

So it's probably about 190 tops with an extra 40hp.... absolutely nowhere near 215mph - that requires at least 750-800bhp minimum.

[rossybee]

barryswheels said:

rossybee said:

barryswheels said:

rossybee said:

Byker28i said:

Wasn't the last one offered for around £225k?

Will be the same car - was at Autolounge in Stonehaven

It's a known car in North East Scotland circles

Hi Ross. Hope you're well

Hey Barry - all good thanks! And you?

Just noticed you were the OP on this thread haha and there was me mentioning you

I'm still on the dark side with my S1 Elise......you had much experience with those?

All good thanks. Not really sorry. You'll need to pop in with it sometime.

Yes I might just do that - it's a Sport 160 so quite rare (317) - not long back from a 1500 mile trip to Le Mans Classic in it

Happy to let you have a nose at the old Alfa if I'm down Carnoustie way in that too

[sixor8]

Both claiming to be the only one?

https://classicsworld.co.uk/classic-car-auctions/s...

The red one was 'unsold' in May:

https://www.iconicauctioneers.com/2002-tvr-t440r-r...