Been chim hunting again....

[that daddy]

Oh well saw another shed yesterday,looking for a chim for me brother,hows this for faults deep breath,leaking rocker cover gaskets,blowing exhaust manifold gaskets,shot front tyres,knackered back brakes,power steering rack weeping fluid from pinion seal,worn shock top bushes,weeping radiator bottom corner, leaking clutch master cylinder,Now for the serious stuff,inlet manifold valley gasket leaking at rear(lots),rotten engine mounts x2,wow thats enough no its not,take for road test and.....................back axle singing like a bird(ouch)58000 with history yea right,hand written invoices as this car had a rough time or wot.major service in january this year.......................sure it did.must admit getting fed up looking at poor cars,again.

[grum101]

go visit the boys at fernhurst tvr they r awesome and gr8 tvrs for sale. good hunting

[neal1980]

One in my local garage, had a look around looked v.nice...

2000-W TVR CHIMAERA 4.5 2dr Convertible £14,999

Features:
48000 miles, Blue, Petrol, Manual, 2dr, ABS, Alarm / Immobiliser, Alloy Wheels, CD Player, Central Locking, Electric Windows and Mirrors, Leather Upholstery, PAS, Full Service History, Two owners from new. supplied with full service history. 6 stack cd stereo system.

01564 822 877

[neal1980]

Just saw in advert....ABS...dont think so. Maybe stay away then they dont know what there are selling.....lol

[paulathome]

Keep looking That-daddy, I spent around 7 months looking for my car.
Looked at 12 cars before I bought mine. (privately)
Got sick of being told the car was "immaculate" and on arrival saw a heap of SH++T.
Saw alot with Poor body work, chips and scratches in all sorts of funny places.
Loads with really grotty insides and dodgy history.
Be patient and you shall be rewarded.
Paul.

[SiH]

Mine's just having the suspension sorted before it goes on the market. Not wishing to use this forum as the classifieds but it's had several things done to it that will hopefully make it appealing to a potential buyer:
GAZ shocks all round
Front end respray ( <1000 miles ago)
New discs + pads all round
Sleeved exhaust
Mark Adams Tornado chip
ACT Carbon fibre trumpets in the plenum
New starter motor
New battery
Magnecor ignition leads
It's a 98 R 4.0 that's done 56 and a bit thousand miles, in Monza red with a magnolia and black half hide interior.
The shocks are going on on Tuesday/Wednesday and hopefully it'll be ready for a nice new home soon after. I was in the same predicament when I bought it (3 years ago) in that the ones I saw were either a bit shabby or owned by people who didn't seem to have a clue. (e.g. one guy told me it was a 'good British V12' and gave me a look as though I'd questioned his parentage when I asked him if he was sure it wasn't a V8!) I ended up doing a 600 mile round trip to see the one I ended up buying, was worth it in the end though.
Happy hunting, Simon

[jasandjules]

Well, there are more dogs than princes out there that is for sure. But as with anything like this, it is worth the time and trouble searching for one.

I do admit it is a pain travelling for 3 hours to see a "mint" car to discover it is anything but. Sadly what some people consider saleable condition is rather optimistic in my book.

[bga]

jasandjules said:

Well, there are more dogs than princes out there that is for sure. But as with anything like this, it is worth the time and trouble searching for one.

I agree - I saw a few awful ones until I viewed one belonging to a PHer & it ticked all the boxes for my budget.

The most bizarre one had a perfect chassis - looked virtually brand new (apparently it was original one) but the rest of the car was as rough as a badgers arris.