Now that's sorted, I need to find a car.....

[ybt1982]

Hi again folks.

Thank you to the people who gave me advice in my last thread, here.


I now have the finance in place and need to find a car.

I do not have any specific needs, apart from the car not being Red. Ideally I would like a 450 in a shade of Blue or even better, Purple, but as I said it's not that important.

Any known cars or cars that you have seen which look good would be of great assistance, I have been in touch with my local TVRCC, I am hoping these are the right steps and 'my' car is just around the corner

Whilst I am typing, I have read plenty of things about the T5 gearbox and 'Serpentine' engine being the ones to have. Is there much truth in these claims when it comes to reliability etc?

Nick

Edited by ybt1982 on Wednesday 25th April 19:04

[JonyTVR]

Personally being the owner of an early non serp and rover box 430 I don't think there is that much in it, again depends on how they have been treated I. The past.

Only the early cars had this set up so you want a 450 this shouldn't effect you.

[Meatball]

Nick YHM

[massivesi]

Quick way to check gearbox is position of reverse gear, if it is below 5th Gear - Borg Warner T5, if it's to the left of 1st gear - then it's a rover gearbox. You won't find many rover gearboxes for the cash you're looking at...

[ybt1982]

massivesi said:

Quick way to check gearbox is position of reverse gear, if it is below 5th Gear - Borg Warner T5, if it's to the left of 1st gear - then it's a rover gearbox. You won't find many rover gearboxes for the cash you're looking at...

Nice one

Is one better than the other? I have heard talk of the Rover 'box being a bit weaker and not able to take 'spirited' driving quite so well.

[massivesi]

ybt1982 said:

Nice one

Is one better than the other? I have heard talk of the Rover 'box being a bit weaker and not able to take 'spirited' driving quite so well.

That's basically it. T5s higher power rating, supposed to last longer - but the type of car (450) you're going for will have a T5 anyway i reckon. Happy hunting.

[ybt1982]

Meatball said:

Nick YHM

Thank you Ben, you have a reply

massivesi said:

That's basically it. T5s higher power rating, supposed to last longer - but the type of car (450) you're going for will have a T5 anyway i reckon. Happy hunting.

Cheers It's fun to learn

[AJV8]

Just come across this on ebay, thought you might be interested !!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-400-CHIMAERA-19...

[ybt1982]

AJV8 said:

Just come across this on ebay, thought you might be interested !!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/STUNNING-400-CHIMAERA-19...

Nice one, that car has been advertised a few times I think, with different pictures.

The one thing that gets me though, is the classic 'lost History' line....

[ybt1982]

Ohh.... look at this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-W-TVR-CHIMAERA-/28086...

[JonyTVR]

again been for sale for while, a member on here did go to look at it and apparently its not good at all, there was a thread about it recently infact

[ybt1982]

Damnation, this isn't going to be as simple as shed hunting is it

Lucky I am a patient bloke.... just

Does anybody know much about these 2?

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3849255.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3516818.htm

[CHIMV8]

ybt1982 said:

Ohh.... look at this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-W-TVR-CHIMAERA-/28086...

Been a few threads on that car i'd be v careful.

[ybt1982]

Think I will steer clear of that one then

I have noticed there seems to be an awful lot of price difference between what looks, to me, to be the same car (spec, miles etc.).

[m4tti]

How many cars have you looked at so far?

[ybt1982]

None in person, but lost count of how many I have looked at online and emails I have sent.

Got my first proper viewing this weekend though. I decided to go alone at first, before I waste peoples time. Just so I can get a feel for what I am looking for and what I want.

Edited by ybt1982 on Friday 27th April 12:57

[v8kev]

i,d start with colour most important budget why spend 10k when you can spend 8k service history chassis mods wheels etc etc i personally prefer wooden/veneer dash to stainlees i think stainless look tacky i have an excellent wood one so i,m lucky but its personal choice, and last but not least knock them down everyone expects to get knocked down especially in a recession

[EggsBenedict]

.... and so everyone will price up accordingly!

[v8kev]

yeah i guess they will have to its a buyers market at present

Edited by v8kev on Friday 27th April 15:08

Edited by v8kev on Friday 27th April 15:08

[ybt1982]

This is one of the issues I am having. I don't know what is a good price as I've only been looking for a few weeks. Hence the constant questions..... i also wanna test exactly how friendly you TVR bunch really are