Right Hand Drive 2500s

[Mr Tiger]

A former 2500 owner has recently enquired about his old car via Peter, the TVRCC RO of Tees Valley. Ralph Pickles owned ADN 429J from 1972 to 1974.

Ralph was the second owner and bought the car from Northern Sportscars of Scorton (near Darlington) who were TVR dealers at the time but have not been around since the 80s. They were selling the car on behalf of the first owner who was a butcher from York.

This is the car in its original colour circa 1973.




The last I'd heard, the car was for sale with a dealer in Hertfordshire in 2013.

Here are some pics taken from the ad.









Peter searched the DVLA site and found the car has recently been taxed. It is now cream in colour and is registered as a 5 litre.

If anyone knows of the car, it would be great to get some more details.

Many thanks to Peter and Ralph for the info and photo.

Chris

[Monkeythree]

I have “found” RTW790K. Passed it on the road this morning in the village where I live near Saffron Walden. It is orange, Marigold I presume. Looked well. I think I know roughly where it lives. If it’s the car I think it is, it has been in the same family since the 1970’s, possibly since new.

[Mr Tiger]

Nice find! The car was indeed marigold so presumably still in its original colour. Perhaps someone on here owns RTW 790K or knows the owner. If so, It would be great to get in contact.

Thanks for replying and also for your email.

Chris

[anonymous-user]

Mr Tiger said:

A former 2500 owner has recently enquired about his old car via Peter, the TVRCC RO of Tees Valley. Ralph Pickles owned ADN 429J from 1972 to 1974.

Ralph was the second owner and bought the car from Northern Sportscars of Scorton (near Darlington) who were TVR dealers at the time but have not been around since the 80s. They were selling the car on behalf of the first owner who was a butcher from York.

This is the car in its original colour circa 1973.




The last I'd heard, the car was for sale with a dealer in Hertfordshire in 2013.

Here are some pics taken from the ad.









Peter searched the DVLA site and found the car has recently been taxed. It is now cream in colour and is registered as a 5 litre.

If anyone knows of the car, it would be great to get some more details.

Many thanks to Peter and Ralph for the info and photo.

Chris

I nearly bought that one, until contact with a previous owner revealed the chassis was twisted and body warped and he couldn’t get them together for love nor money. Be interesting to know how the buyer did it.

[Slow M]

V6 Pushfit said:

I nearly bought that one, until contact with a previous owner revealed the chassis was twisted and body warped and he couldn’t get them together for love nor money. Be interesting to know how the buyer did it.

I'm guessing time, patience, love, and money. And maybe some more money.

B

[anonymous-user]

Slow M said:

'm guessing time, patience, love, and money. And maybe some more money.

B

He’d spent a very long time trying to make it work and just couldn’t see how it could be done. I remember now it was because the body had warped due to being stored sitting on one diagonal beam.

However it may not be the same car.

[Mr Steel]

I owned MWE 71K from around 1976 to 1979 it was metallic blue then , it had a Triumph 2500 engine with twin carbs and an overdrive gearbox which worked on 2nd 3rd and 4th gear. Acceleration was incredible for the period 0-60 in 6.5 s.

[Mr Tiger]

Mr Steel said:

I owned MWE 71K from around 1976 to 1979 it was metallic blue then , it had a Triumph 2500 engine with twin carbs and an overdrive gearbox which worked on 2nd 3rd and 4th gear. Acceleration was incredible for the period 0-60 in 6.5 s.

Hi Mr Steel,

Thanks for posting and welcome to the forum. It's always great to get some more details on these cars. This one's had a few colour changes over the years. It was originally Renault Yellow, then, not necessarily in order, metallic blue, black and red. It must have had some serious mods to have achieved those acceleration figures! Do you remember what was done? Also, do you have any photos you'd be willing to share please?

Chris

[sylvester56]

Hi Chris, just found this thread. LYV 143 K belonged to a friend of mine in the early 1980's. I have photos if you are interested. Jon

[Mr Tiger]

sylvester56 said:

Hi Chris, just found this thread. LYV 143 K belonged to a friend of mine in the early 1980's. I have photos if you are interested. Jon

Hi Jon, thanks for your reply. I'd be very interested in seeing the photos. Cheers, Chris

[sylvester56]

[sylvester56]

[sylvester56]

I took these photos circa 1985/86. Do you know the whereabouts of this car now or whether it still exists?

[Mr Tiger]

Hi Jon,
Great photos! Thanks for posting. As mentioned in the TVRCC forum, the last I heard of LYV 143K it was for sale in Germany with a Rover V8 fitted. This was back in May 2015.
Chris