Monday 27th October 2008

Last Ever Blackpool TVR

TVR race to the chequered flag

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Blackpool Rock

The last TVR to be built at the Bristol Avenue works in Blackpool made it’s racing debut at Brands Hatch over the weekend.

The 5000M was driven to 5^th place in the final Brands Hatch round of the Heritage GT championship, piloted by TVR’s former owner Peter Wheeler and former marketing director Ben Samuelson.

The 5000M is a brand new replica of the extremely rare 5.0 Ford V8 powered TVR conversions carried out by the Canadian TVR importer in the 1970s – TVR’s answer to the Shelby Cobra. The spectacular new replica was commissioned by Peter Wheeler from former TVR factory engineers Brian Hosfield, Jonathan Greenwood and Mike Vernon – now running their own engineering business from the factory site. Like the original cars, the new racer was built around a 1970s 3000M.

[don logan]

NOW MAKE SOME ROAD LEGAL ONES!

[lazyitus]

Read about this car in this months EVO.

Looks special.

[kennyken1988]

Liking that!

[TVR_owner]

[L100NYY]

Was there yesterday to see the car in action, awesome doesn't even come close...............

.............oh and the noise was to die for. Hats off to Mr Wheeler and his team for this

[Lensey]

Where did it finish Ben?

[Bobo W]

Hardly "TVR's answer to the Shelby Cobra". I suppose the original Griffith and Tuscan V8's were to an extent but let's not try to get too carried away.

[lazyitus]

Lensey said:

Where did it finish Ben?

5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article.

[jeremyc]

lazyitus said:

Lensey said:

Where did it finish Ben?

5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article.

Maybe they'd do better if they drove fast enough to wear the stickers off the tyres.

Edited by jeremyc on Monday 27th October 12:35

[Lensey]

lazyitus said:

Lensey said:

Where did it finish Ben?

5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article.

Woops, sorry didn't read that bit

[il-mostro]

I read about it in EVO too. I would love one of these, although i'd put some slightly more retro wheels on it instead.

[intermediate]

funny car!
just need a copy of the homologation and under bonnet pictures

[intermediate]

is PW still member of the UK club, send him the last sprint

[bigwhitewedge]

Went along on both days. The noise of the thing was fantastic, louder than everything else. Some fantastic flame spitting too. It absolutely monstered the uphill section to Druids.

[L100NYY]

Lensey said:

lazyitus said:

Lensey said:

Where did it finish Ben?

5th. And I wasn't there. And I'm not Ben. I just read the article.

Woops, sorry didn't read that bit

[GBRM]

intermediate said:

funny car!
just need a copy of the homologation and under bonnet pictures

Homologation papers? I don't think so!!

[Stevie Mojo]

It looks gorgeous in the Evo pics.

[KIRSTM]

Yey the boys all got a mention! Looks gorgeous

[rigga]

I do like the look of that..... anymore info about the car,other than the little bit that was printed in EVO?

[rude-boy]

L100NYY said:

Was there yesterday to see the car in action, awesome doesn't even come close...............

With a Lotus in Gold Leaf colours, spending most of your day at Druids and leaving just after the last FPA race?