Racing Tuscar Body

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bunghole

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11 posts

292 months

Monday 1st January 2001
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Does any one know of a Tuscan racer body for sale or where the best place to look is !!!! What price should i be looking to pay

richb

52,827 posts

292 months

Tuesday 2nd January 2001
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Does any one know of a Tuscan racer body for sale or where the best place to look is !!!
What's this then - looking to modify the V8S you are looking for already? Rich...

James

1,362 posts

292 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2001
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I was looking for the same thing a year or so ago. There are plenty around, but most are pretty crappy, and they aren't cheap. Expect to pay anything from £17k - £29k, bepending on age, condition and spec. If you're looking at a relatively recent one, you'll need to find an engine. If you find one of the Rover engined cars, you'll probably still have a reasonable amount to do to it, as the engine (if original) will be pretty old. A good place to start is Autosport, CCC, or Motoring News. James
Wednesday 3rd January 2001
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Try ringing Steve Howard - Thames Valley Racing in Hurst. He seems to have loads everytime I'm there. He also conversted one for road use.

chepstow

159 posts

290 months

Thursday 4th January 2001
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Steve's currently converting one for me.

Graham

16,369 posts

292 months

Thursday 4th January 2001
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Which engine? rover v8 or AJP....

chepstow

159 posts

290 months

Thursday 4th January 2001
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Rover V8, 435 bhp on the dyno

craigw

12,248 posts

290 months

Thursday 4th January 2001
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can I ask, why Chepstow?

James

1,362 posts

292 months

Thursday 4th January 2001
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Good choice. Did you manage to get hold of an original Tuscan race engine, or is it a new one you've had built? What's the history of the car? James

chepstow

159 posts

290 months

Thursday 4th January 2001
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craigw you asked this on the general tvr/tvr m turbo,answer is there!

chepstow

159 posts

290 months

Thursday 4th January 2001
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Engine is an Original Tuscan one. Car was originally a fusion factory car (1995) Just changed nickname from chepstow to ianw Edited by ianw on Thursday 4th January 15:35

jamesc

2,820 posts

292 months

Monday 8th January 2001
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Steve Howard's roadgoing Tuscans have AJP8s as the race cars. There seems to be a few Cerberas being broken for spares. Universal Salvage supplied 2 badly damaged ones. The Tuscan Steve did for a customer was the ex James Crofts car driven by J C-W. This car was featured in EVO, CCC and CAR magazines. The total cost was under £30,000. When last speaking to Steve, he says he could do one for a lot less.