RE: Pic Of The Week: TVR-tastic

[robsco]

TVR threads like this always upset me. The 90s seem so far away now, when TVR could do no wrong. When people my age were looking up to David Beckham, I was looking up to Peter Wheeler. Its quite emotional listening to some of the stories on here. We lost a national treasure in losing them.

TVR is dead. Long live TVR.

[Sline]

To be fair Becks had a Cerb lol

[The real Apache]

A desk draw? really?

[atco]

If I recall correctly the black speed 12 image is a little bit of a fraud. They wanted a moving picture of the car but it hadn’t been finished it. So they built the car up and took a static picture then Photoshop the picture.

I also have disc but I think mine is an earlier one as it has the white Speed 12 on it and not the Cerbera speed 12

[manek]

Graham said:

Stu - B said:

louismchuge said:

FWDRacer said:

So there was some development test work after all...!!!

That bloke is about to say, 'yeah it's fked, take a pic though'

He is a druid blessing a car covered in icing sugar with his magic stick.

Blind faith and prayer were preferred over real testing.

LOL no danger of that Chim starting, you'd never get in it. On mie the locks would always freeze, if you did manage to open the door with the help of some de-icer the lock would instantly re-freeze and you had to spent the first 10 miles holding the door shut...

The number of times I resorted to taking the roof off and climbing over the door to get to work... Ahh those were the days.. lets all party like its 1999 ( for it was) Poor old chim living outside at the side of the road, and being thrashed to within an inch of its life every day.... never missed a beat other than frozen door locks... 2 months as a garage queen years later and the diff died !!!

You've got me feeling quite nostalgic for my old Chim...

[frank206gti]

yes

[pinchmeimdreamin]

frank206gti said:

yes

What an insightfull and well thought through response....

[Cotty]

robsco said:

Aah, the glory days. The Cerbera with the single headlamp looks divine.

I much prefer the with single headlamps.

[VPower]

Cotty said:

robsco said:

Aah, the glory days. The Cerbera with the single headlamp looks divine.

I much prefer the with single headlamps.

I much prefer to see where I'm going.


ETA smile

Edited by VPower on Saturday 8th January 17:41

[Henry 101]

With all considered, what could be more fun, more interesting and please a true car enthusiast's needs more than a TVR.

[Garlick]

The real Apache said:

A desk draw? really?

Did Riggers really say that! He won't be pleased....

[robsco]

VPower said:

Cotty said:

robsco said:

Aah, the glory days. The Cerbera with the single headlamp looks divine.

I much prefer the with single headlamps.

I much prefer to see where I'm going.


ETA smile

Edited by VPower on Saturday 8th January 17:41

So I take it the single headlamps were rubbish? They just suit the simple lines of the car so much better IMHO than the fussy Tuscan style lights. Not like I'm overly bothered, of course.

[tdr]

single head lamps for the Cerbera of course, a modern classic
and Tuscan lights for the Tuscan, a classic of the future!

I am really missing those TVR threads of "old". More drawer checking please!

[VPower]

robsco said:

VPower said:

Cotty said:

robsco said:

Aah, the glory days. The Cerbera with the single headlamp looks divine.

I much prefer the with single headlamps.

I much prefer to see where I'm going.


ETA smile

Edited by VPower on Saturday 8th January 17:41

So I take it the single headlamps were rubbish? They just suit the simple lines of the car so much better IMHO than the fussy Tuscan style lights. Not like I'm overly bothered, of course.

Yes your are!

Standard are pretty good if the reflectors are are not corroded to be honest.
With modern "Super Brilliant" bulbs very effective.

I have projectors with HID mains and it's like daylight!
I prefer the projector "Tuscan" style, just a personal thing.


I just wish my A4 and previous A8 were as reliable as my TVR!

[EdT]

TimmmyT said:

I miss that car, I'm now wondering why I sold it!

ditto. But times two

[EdT]

What finish is the Speed 12 bodywork here? Didnt think the factory ever made a carbon Fibre one.

[edwardtjones]

atco said:

If I recall correctly the black speed 12 image is a little bit of a fraud. They wanted a moving picture of the car but it hadn’t been finished it. So they built the car up and took a static picture then Photoshop the picture.

I also have disc but I think mine is an earlier one as it has the white Speed 12 on it and not the Cerbera speed 12

Ah, so there's a difference between the Speed 12 and the Cerbera Speed 12? What ever happened the Speed 12, was it raced? The Cerbera Speed 12 with the Carbon Fibre bodywork in the Pic of the Week is literally theUltimate Car - is W112 BHG that car painted?

[Riggers]

The real Apache said:

A desk draw? really?

Arghhhhhh!!!!! One slipped through the (admittedly hole-ridden) net. (Now changed)

[RichardR]

peteA said:

TimmmyT said:

madbadger said:

TimmmyT said:

That bring's back some very fond memories. My Griff on a warm summers evening with the roof down cruising(sometimes more) through the English countryside, nothing could touch it when it came to putting a smile on my face. Everything I've driven since hasn't come close. I miss that car, I'm now wondering why I sold it!

Shame it was so foggy that day.

Lol, once the fog had cleared!

foglights..? or main beam

The 'driving lights' on my old S3 were actually fog lights (based on the lens/beam pattern) with their own switch but were wired to operate with the main beam. God bless TVR!

nightflight said:

I was in the old TVR factory last week having some work done by the factory trimmers on my Griffith. It's nice to see the ex factory guys still working there in parts of the old factory, but also very sad when you walk round all the parts that are laying silent.

So who owns the factory now? Didn't Peter Wheeler keep the freehold when he sold the business to Smolenski?