My First TVR - Exporting a 450 to Australia

[Aussiechim]

Got the itch to own a car I'd loved in my early 20's and this was further prompted by my new neighbour owning a Chimaera. The problem was I live in Australia and they are very rare and hardly come up for sale.

So I decided to pursue the export path and bought an excellent 450 from James Agger which has had a full engine rebuild by Powers and chassis off refurb.

10 long weeks went by as I tracked the ship across the world, but it landed a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't be happier. Small issue with a window motor which James was kind enough to ship out a replacement part.

Few things to do to pass Australian compliance rules later this month but the love affair has begun!

Edited by Aussiechim on Monday 13th January 06:48

Edited by Aussiechim on Monday 13th January 06:51

[porterpainter]

Looks great. Plenty of sunny days in your part of the world to enjoy some roof off motoring!

[sixor8]

Bit of a coincidence, a very recent thread in this area was asking about the issue of imports regarding asbestos. Perhaps you can advise a fellow aussie?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=21...

[Aussiechim]

sixor8 said:

Bit of a coincidence, a very recent thread in this area was asking about the issue of imports regarding asbestos. Perhaps you can advise a fellow aussie?

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=21...

Yes have contacted the OP regarding Abestos.

[Alan.M]

Yep thanks. For some reason, most of the time I'm not able to post on this forum. Apparently I'm spam.

[mk1fan]

Hello Spam

Funny username 'Alan'.

[tonyjam]

Your 450 is an absolutely gorgeous looking car. I’m keen to hear how you got on with getting it complianced. I would like to bring in a Mk2 Cerbera and hoping you would be so kind to share some advice please.