Tuscan Vulcan in Autocar

[GTO 2 UFO]

There is an interesting article in today's Autocar - 24 Apr 13 (pages 58 and 59) - about the TVR Tuscan which Nikolai Smolenski was developing as the way forward for TVR.....

Matt Prior's Subtitle reads "A Chevy V8-powered Tuscan was nearly the saviour of TVR".

This Tuscan Vulcan, now privately owned, should be at Chatsworth House on Sunday - to see..... and to hear !!

Best Regards, Chas at Str8six (Interest Declared !).

(As its not "For Sale", think this is a justifiable post.....?)

[B17NNS]

All Smolenski did was fill in the bonnet vents on the Sagaris and fk the staff, the brand and the company.

[glow worm]

You would have thought that as the owner of TVR Smolenski would have used a new car and not one that was 5 years old bought second hand from the Piston Heads classified .

The DVLA still think its a Red 4 litre car.

Edited by glow worm on Thursday 25th April 13:29

[Walford]

[DonkeyApple]

It should really be called Hephaestus.

[K4TRV]

DonkeyApple said:

It should really be called Hephaestus.

Hephaestus: A dark haired man who has difficulty walking due to misformed feet. Some accounts make him small in stature; this may be associated with the hunched-over appearance of mine workers.

A wise choice of "God"? At least he married well; to Aphrodite and father to Pandora, now there's a box-of-frogs 8-))


Would his "feet" be linked to bump-steer ?

[DonkeyApple]

K4TRV said:

DonkeyApple said:

It should really be called Hephaestus.

Hephaestus: A dark haired man who has difficulty walking due to misformed feet. Some accounts make him small in stature; this may be associated with the hunched-over appearance of mine workers.

A wise choice of "God"? At least he married well; to Aphrodite and father to Pandora, now there's a box-of-frogs 8-))


Would his "feet" be linked to bump-steer ?

Hmmm, short, mis-shapen, but married well. Sounds like an accountant.

Tivs were named after Greek gods rather than the more pie key Roman ones which any student of the Classics knows are just copies.

[glow worm]

Not a God ... But maybe should have been "The Phoenix" risen from the ashes of TVR but only to die again .

[DonkeyApple]

glow worm said:

Not a God ... But maybe should have been "The Phoenix" risen from the ashes of TVR but only to die again .

Although, I thought this car was a second hand Tuscan that Power fitted an LS into? Not sure if Dom or Jason christened it.

Does anyone know the real details?

[V8 GRF]

I thought it had been converted before it arrived at Dom's?

[clive f]

as far as I`m aware it was all done by Jason.............I think

[V8 GRF]

clive f said:

as far as I`m aware it was all done by Jason.............I think

No the engine was in before Jason acquired it. All the recent work bringing it up to a decent standard has been done by Jason

[DonkeyApple]

V8 GRF said:

I thought it had been converted before it arrived at Dom's?

So done in Austria or something?

[V8 GRF]

DonkeyApple said:

V8 GRF said:

I thought it had been converted before it arrived at Dom's?

So done in Austria or something?

I've asked around but people either don't know or aren't telling.

[glow worm]

Dom told me his men worked on the project, but on an hourly rate basis for Smolenski , not as a Power project .

[DonkeyApple]

clive f said:

as far as I`m aware it was all done by Jason.............I think

Chas said it was a dogs dinner and they had to completely redo it to be a suitable standard.

[tvrtuscans]

V8 GRF said:

clive f said:

as far as I`m aware it was all done by Jason.............I think

No the engine was in before Jason acquired it. All the recent work bringing it up to a decent standard has been done by Jason

Agreed, Chas showed me the car before Jason started to breath on it....saw the 'before'....looking forward to seeing the 'after' at Chatsworth

[Walford]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArqUhr5Nwk

is it this car,

[glow worm]

Walford said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArqUhr5Nwk

is it this car,

No , thats a targa not a convertible. Mk2 with a baboons bum dash I think.
Try this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOOSQE8cT0Q

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUgWHhbcbZ0

Edited by glow worm on Thursday 25th April 20:52

[tvrtuscans]

glow worm said:

Walford said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArqUhr5Nwk

is it this car,

No , thats a targa not a convertible. Mk2 with a baboons bum dash I think.
Try this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOOSQE8cT0Q

or this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUgWHhbcbZ0

Edited by glow worm on Thursday 25th April 20:52

Awesome