car check needed near hemel Hampstead
car check needed near hemel Hampstead
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taximan480

Original Poster:

34 posts

128 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Hi guys
Any recommendations for someone to do a pre purchase check on a wedge and if needed to give me a quote on any repairs needed

Taximan 480

celcius

703 posts

278 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Give topcats tvr a call there not far , ask for warren , tell him greg sent you.
Cheers

Jasper Gilder

2,166 posts

296 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Agreed - but I live in Hemel so do I know the car?

taximan480

Original Poster:

34 posts

128 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Possibly
A 1983 white tasmin 280
With a 3 litre v6 fitted
Any information would be gratefully received
my plan is to bring it back to Ireland but it has a few jobs to be sorted so if I buy it i want to get those done before it heads to Ireland.

Taximan

Number 7

4,111 posts

285 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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I assume it's this one:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C687395

No offence intended, but it looks unloved. Those wheels are awful. And why would someone downgrade the engine - it's not as if its been tuned up, or even looks special.

Surely there are plenty of V8's out there to interest you?

taximan480

Original Poster:

34 posts

128 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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Not in any rush happy to wait for the right car
but I intend to have any car that catches my eye checked out properly by someone that knows what they are doing and to have any problems sorted before it gets on the boat. I just have a thing about the wedge either a 280 or a 350 as long as it's a good one I will enjoy having it in my garage

mrzigazaga

18,757 posts

188 months

Monday 7th December 2015
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It doesn't look that bad to be fair..Never driven an Essex V6 but Stu's Taimar is pushing out 162bhp...The 280i boasts 160bhp but is more realistically 140-150bhp...If that don't float ya boat then i think i might know where there is a 2.9i race tuned V6 from a TVR..On carbs...The wheels maketh a car definitely but thats something that can be left to personal taste..Lattice wheels can be bought that look similar to the original BBS alloys, Compomotive wheels are still trading...

Not a bad price...Delilah sold for around that and needed the interior sorting and the paint could of done with a blow over....smile

hallsie

2,185 posts

243 months

Thursday 10th December 2015
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mrzigazaga said:
It doesn't look that bad to be fair..Never driven an Essex V6 but Stu's Taimar is pushing out 162bhp...The 280i boasts 160bhp but is more realistically 140-150bhp...If that don't float ya boat then i think i might know where there is a 2.9i race tuned V6 from a TVR..On carbs...The wheels maketh a car definitely but thats something that can be left to personal taste..Lattice wheels can be bought that look similar to the original BBS alloys, Compomotive wheels are still trading...

Not a bad price...Delilah sold for around that and needed the interior sorting and the paint could of done with a blow over....smile
whistle 178 ACTUALLY!
wink

Stu