When were the first 430 Chims registered

[wuckfitracing]

Trying to find out if my 430 is an early one or not. It was registered in July 1993. How many more before this date.

[900T-R]

Mine was first registered June 11th, 1993.

[wuckfitracing]

So far we have the 2 oldest then.

[JonyTVR]

23rd of April here

[JonyTVR]

And the guy had done 1000 miles and had the run in service before the end of the month

[wuckfitracing]

Imagine in 1993 petrol was 45.9 per litre. Flash first owner eh !

[phildingle]

mine is 24th march 94.

[loud430]

mines 12 aug 93.

[pearly]

1st of April 94

[markbuck14]

1st aug 1993.

[wuckfitracing]

This is getting interesting. I knew they were a bit rarer than the 4.0 but it seems there may be fewer left than i first thought and as a new TVR owner this is a bonus. Has anyone ever tried getting a full list together.

[pearly]

wuckfitracing said:

This is getting interesting. I knew they were a bit rarer than the 4.0 but it seems there may be fewer left than i first thought and as a new TVR owner this is a bonus. Has anyone ever tried getting a full list together.

Here's the reg plates of the ones I've seen online or for sale in last two years:
L831 GYK,
L247 VLE,
K282 BOH ,
K500 RSL,
B986 TVR for sale Tony Gilberts still, he's had it at for more than six months now,
L95 WLN,
G19 TVR,
XMA 863 in Belgium I think,
K14 MRA,
L85 WRT, and I have pictures of seven others without plate details.
I dare say some of you on this post may own one of the above.
Just to explain, I kept records of the above while I was Looking for mine, including mileage and prices so I didn't get ripped off.

[wuckfitracing]

Yep mines K282 BOH now with a new reg E4T YU as of yesterday.

[RetroWheels]

The first production 4.3 was a Starmist Green car,ordered at the end of 1992 by Newtown Motors as their demo car.
The chassis number for this Chimaera ends 1131, so as far as other 4.3's are concerned ,the nearer to this build number, the earlier the car.
HTH

• ETA The early cars in build were both 4.0 and 4.3, so the build numbers between 1131 and other 4.3's include any 4.0's built as well. Hope im making sense .

Edited by RetroWheels on Thursday 14th June 08:24

[nickb134]

Chaps Mine was registered 11/04/1994 as K555TVR but is now L243JVP.

[900T-R]

K14 MRA is mine, on Dutch plates since early 2008. VIN ends with 13xx.

[phildingle]

l95wln is mine, bought it a year ago. its been spot on!

[pearly]

wuckfitracing said:

Yep mines K282 BOH now with a new reg E4T YU as of yesterday.

Colin ,did you keep the lexus lights, I know a lot of people don't like em, personally I do and have them on mine. I think they suit it better than LEDs. They may be the cheaper alternative, but whats wrong with saving 250 quid, more money for fuel

[pearly]

phildingle said:

l95wln is mine, bought it a year ago. its been spot on!

I love the colour of your motor Phil, I did consider buying that one myself

[pearly]

RetroWheels said:

The first production 4.3 was a Starmist Green car,ordered at the end of 1992 by Newtown Motors as their demo car.
The chassis number for this Chimaera ends 1131, so as far as other 4.3's are concerned ,the nearer to this build number, the earlier the car.
HTH

• ETA The early cars in build were both 4.0 and 4.3, so the build numbers between 1131 and other 4.3's include any 4.0's built as well. Hope im making sense .

That's odd as mine was registered Apr 94 and it's number is 116x, some 30 odd higher. So chassis's may not have been dished out in order of manufacture, with some sitting around for a while