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Hi,i hope to be buying a chim on Saturday if the inspection checks out ok tomorrow at a tvr garage.Price agreed,HPI seems ok.Its a Mk 2 face lift sloping back number plate and round rear lights.It was first registered March 98,i thought the MK 2s came out later,Am I Wrong?
Cheers Mart
Cheers Mart
mart 63 said:
Hi,i hope to be buying a chim on Saturday if the inspection checks out ok tomorrow at a tvr garage.Price agreed,HPI seems ok.Its a Mk 2 face lift sloping back number plate and round rear lights.It was first registered March 98,i thought the MK 2s came out later,Am I Wrong?
Cheers Mart
Mine was first registered January '98 and does not have the sloping rear plate, or the little individual round light thingys at the rear. It does however have the front splitter, larger rear boot tail, and door openers under the mirrors. If memory serves the cars were a bit mix and match around at that time.... Cheers Mart
Chilli
Chilliman said:
Mine was first registered January '98 and does not have the sloping rear plate, or the little individual round light thingys at the rear. It does however have the front splitter, larger rear boot tail, and door openers under the mirrors. If memory serves the cars were always a bit mix and match....
Chilli
EFA...Chilli
Don't mean to steal thread, so what is the facelift 3?
Mines a 2000 w reg, so a facelift 2 I think?
Round rear lights
Sloping no plate
Longer boot lid
No hinges
Door openers under ????
Splitter in grill
Clocks etc different.
Anything else I'd love to know??
Don't know if that helps you mate, goodluck with inspection.
Mines a 2000 w reg, so a facelift 2 I think?
Round rear lights
Sloping no plate
Longer boot lid
No hinges
Door openers under ????
Splitter in grill
Clocks etc different.
Anything else I'd love to know??
Don't know if that helps you mate, goodluck with inspection.
Alun450 said:
Don't mean to steal thread, so what is the facelift 3?
Mines a 2000 w reg, so a facelift 2 I think?
Round rear lights
Sloping no plate
Longer boot lid
No hinges
Door openers under ????
Splitter in grill
Clocks etc different.
Anything else I'd love to know??
Don't know if that helps you mate, goodluck with inspection.
Thanks for the quick replies,it has all the above,not sure about the clocks,thought they were all the same.Mines a 2000 w reg, so a facelift 2 I think?
Round rear lights
Sloping no plate
Longer boot lid
No hinges
Door openers under ????
Splitter in grill
Clocks etc different.
Anything else I'd love to know??
Don't know if that helps you mate, goodluck with inspection.
Nothings ever the same on a Tvr ,, joking, yeah the clocks and Bulds are a bit different, thanks QBee I thought so.
Really hope the cars a good un and you come join the fun. Make sure it is, walk away or start adding it up, best advice by far, get a cracker that someone else has spent the money on.
You won't be disappointed.
Really hope the cars a good un and you come join the fun. Make sure it is, walk away or start adding it up, best advice by far, get a cracker that someone else has spent the money on.
You won't be disappointed.
Alun450 said:
Nothings ever the same on a Tvr ,, joking, yeah the clocks and Bulds are a bit different, thanks QBee I thought so.
Really hope the cars a good un and you come join the fun. Make sure it is, walk away or start adding it up, best advice by far, get a cracker that someone else has spent the money on.
You won't be disappointed.
Love your posts Alun. Are you going to the rolling road on Saturday?Really hope the cars a good un and you come join the fun. Make sure it is, walk away or start adding it up, best advice by far, get a cracker that someone else has spent the money on.
You won't be disappointed.
Hiya Graham, rolling road which one? Nah I'll be gutted, lol.
Mart put the weather and the shine of that car out your mind and imagine someone is going to assault you in an unimaginable way!!! Right back to terra Ferma with a bang on the head, remember these cars are a form of supercar but blokes think they can burn up in them then offload em, the best looking can be dogs, I'm sure you know your stuff or have an expert on hand so ensure it's totally pulled and shaked underneath, leaks bad, check how bad, chassis, depending on price and age but you want a good one. It's not hard to see a car that's cared for it's clean in the depths and recesses, tatty, careful.
Other than that there the business, lol. Serious theres loads of good owners with cars for sale, find a good owner.
After all that I walked up to mine, fell in love and started throwing money out everywhere! Please don't be fooled as I was, do your due diligence then you'll have a summer you'll never forget. Great cars Tvr.
Mart put the weather and the shine of that car out your mind and imagine someone is going to assault you in an unimaginable way!!! Right back to terra Ferma with a bang on the head, remember these cars are a form of supercar but blokes think they can burn up in them then offload em, the best looking can be dogs, I'm sure you know your stuff or have an expert on hand so ensure it's totally pulled and shaked underneath, leaks bad, check how bad, chassis, depending on price and age but you want a good one. It's not hard to see a car that's cared for it's clean in the depths and recesses, tatty, careful.
Other than that there the business, lol. Serious theres loads of good owners with cars for sale, find a good owner.
After all that I walked up to mine, fell in love and started throwing money out everywhere! Please don't be fooled as I was, do your due diligence then you'll have a summer you'll never forget. Great cars Tvr.
Chilliman said:
Mine was first registered January '98 and does not have the sloping rear plate, or the little individual round light thingys at the rear. It does however have the front splitter, larger rear boot tail, and door openers under the mirrors. If memory serves the cars were a bit mix and match around at that time....
Chilli
Mine was delivered in February '98, as a '97, and yet has the full Mk2 spec. (which was critical to my decision to buy it in '99).Chilli
So (unusually), Chili is correct
; there appears to have been some mixing and matching going on.I suspect, as the vast majority of cars were customer ordered / specified, that customer preference would have something to do with it in at least a few cases. TVR was very flexible regarding the specific build. I saw some absolutely horrific interior design choices in newly delivered cars about then, and some dealers would do additional work prior to delivery as well.
Don't discount the fact that many, many cars also travelled arse first into the 'weeds' in the first weeks of new ownership, and repair sections could be almost as hard to come by then as they are now.
Goaty Bill said:
I suspect, as the vast majority of cars were customer ordered / specified, that customer preference would have something to do with it in at least a few cases.
Nah, it'll have been down to TVRs eclectic approach to QA where new bits got put on top of old ones... they they got to the bottom of the parts bin and had to use old bits. Gassing Station | Chimaera | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff