How Late Is this Cerbera?
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I am looking to narrow down the exact production sequence and history of my Cerbera.- I know it had to be near the end of the production run - the question is how late?
The car was purchased brand new in Belfast in September 2004. It was originally registered in Belfast, Northern Ireland as YCZ 3957 - It then came back to the UK under reg R333MPH
The factory VIN is SDLCA11A74B001181.Given the late September 2004 registration date and the sequential chassis number ending in 1181, I am trying to establish exactly how close this car was to the absolute end of the factory Cerberas - I am guessing - it has to be last ten - but I am just seeing if I can narrow this down further.
Does anyone have access to the final registry archives to see where chassis 1181 sits numerically in the final run? Or even able to provide a more educated answer than my guessing.
Any insights from the local historians or registrars here would be greatly appreciated!
The car was purchased brand new in Belfast in September 2004. It was originally registered in Belfast, Northern Ireland as YCZ 3957 - It then came back to the UK under reg R333MPH
The factory VIN is SDLCA11A74B001181.Given the late September 2004 registration date and the sequential chassis number ending in 1181, I am trying to establish exactly how close this car was to the absolute end of the factory Cerberas - I am guessing - it has to be last ten - but I am just seeing if I can narrow this down further.
Does anyone have access to the final registry archives to see where chassis 1181 sits numerically in the final run? Or even able to provide a more educated answer than my guessing.
Any insights from the local historians or registrars here would be greatly appreciated!
The last 4 digits of the Chassis/ VIN (The Build Number) is allocated when the car is ordered, so the date it went into/completed build will be even later. TVR would have been creating a fair number in VINs in 2004 with the release of SAGs and Tuscan 2s so the 181 st car of 2004 was probably quite early in the year. I ordered mine in Jan'06 and it was the 61st 
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There should be an engine number on it (I assume Speed Six) on the water pump (IIRC).. which gives you the date the engine was built ... also the window screen washer motor used to have a dated label which may also be a clue.
.There should be an engine number on it (I assume Speed Six) on the water pump (IIRC).. which gives you the date the engine was built ... also the window screen washer motor used to have a dated label which may also be a clue.
TVRnutcase said:
The engine number was 0426P4203841 - Originally a 4.2 - but upgraded to a 4.7 by Str8six a few years ago.
Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.
Cars could sit in dealers for months and years ... I know some Tuscans built in 2005 but not registered till 2007.Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.
Often depends if it was built off a customer spec or a dealers spec as a dem.
TVRnutcase said:
Silver - Black interior if i recall - but I retrimmed to a black-portland grey combination
A friend of mine had this one, bought 2004 and he lives on outskirts of Belfast. He said it came up as as silver in car tax checks. However he has no photos with the original reg plate on and can't remember it for the life of him, he has personal regs now on his cars so old ones are long forgotten. He also commented at the time it was one of the last off the production line. Edited by carguy45 on Friday 25th September 12:36
The Three D Mucketeer said:
TVRnutcase said:
The engine number was 0426P4203841 - Originally a 4.2 - but upgraded to a 4.7 by Str8six a few years ago.
Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.
Cars could sit in dealers for months and years ... I know some Tuscans built in 2005 but not registered till 2007.Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.
Often depends if it was built off a customer spec or a dealers spec as a dem.
Regards
Simon
TVRnutcase said:
The engine number was 0426P4203841 - Originally a 4.2 - but upgraded to a 4.7 by Str8six a few years ago.
Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.
Engine was made week 26 in 2004. Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.
Is 1377 actually 3B001377, while 1181 is 4B001181?
The Three D Mucketeer said:
The last 4 digits of the Chassis/ VIN (The Build Number) is allocated when the car is ordered, so the date it went into/completed build will be even later.
Erm - my 1997 VIN ends with 1547, engine number 474With the Vin number, taking into the year code, you know 1000 off the last 4 digits to know the sequential build number for the Year, so mine was the 547th built in 1997
For anyone else wanting to decipher their VIN
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 29th September 13:52
carguy45 said:
A friend of mine had this one, bought 2004 and he lives on outskirts of Belfast. He said it came up as as silver in car tax checks. However he has no photos with the original reg plate on and can't remember it for the life of him, he has personal regs now on his cars so old ones are long forgotten. He also commented at the time it was one of the last off the production line.
If your friend was Garth - then - yes - that is now mine - you can let him know it is safe here in New Zealand with a couple of other TVRs to talk to for compnay in the garage.Edited by carguy45 on Friday 25th September 12:36
TVRnutcase said:
If your friend was Garth - then - yes - that is now mine - you can let him know it is safe here in New Zealand with a couple of other TVRs to talk to for compnay in the garage.
Small world!I believe Garth (based in Hillsborough, about 12 miles from Belfast) was the first owner from new, then he sold the car to my friend who lives on the edge of Belfast. He had it for a little while then sold it on again. He's a TVR nut though so (many years later) now has another Cerbera in the garage, as well as a Tuscan and Sagaris.
Glad to hear it's still going strong. Whereabouts in New Zealand are you? Great country, I have family in the North Island near Whangaroa harbour
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