Bargain or bottomless pit ?

[grahamw48]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&am...

[CHJ]

grahamw48 said:

+1

Must be worth more than that even if it needs some tlc

[350Matt]

At that price ?

A bargain

[pwd95]

I'd say both.

[grahamw48]

Now this one deserves serious consideration. A rare one too.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1987-TVR-OTHER-BRITISH-GREEN...

Pictured here at my place, in between Wedg1e's Esprit and my 390SE.

(My FHC 280i under the cover behind).

I remember it being an absolute beauty then, and very unusual.

[Brap_Brap]

I'd be curious to know how a US spec car ended up RHD.

And how does a 1987 model car get a D-reg when my '87's an E?

Is the SEAC dash and RHD a conversion I wonder?

[Mystic Slippers]

I saw a similar specced up car when i first looked at wedges-
a 280i rhd in red with oz alloys and the 400se dash etc
i rememnber something to do with an order placed with tvr for 25 cars destined for a swiss bank or something ?

[Brap_Brap]

Mystic Slippers said:

i remember something to do with an order placed with tvr for 25 cars destined for a swiss bank or something ?

25 wedges eh? At least the Swiss know how to properly spend all that hoarded Nazi loot.

[stec]

Hi this my car registered in may 87 in the days a new reg came out once a year, it was orded in american spec by a lady in scotland i was told there were only 9 in the UK true or not i dont know. when i bought the car it had huge 16" oz alloys on the back and 15" on the front replaced them when it spat me off on around about, so came with seac dash hydro clutch and all the farings are in the moulding not removable like some and different vented bonnet,and the photo was with graham and wedg1e when graham lived up this neck of the woods,car not been used for 2 years and today went out to start it to pull out of the garage to wash it, i do regulary and it cut out, Ah ran out of fuel got some more and now it wont run at all think it must be a fuel problem blockage of crap somewhere so will have to sort that before some one or if someone buys it

[Brap_Brap]

stec said:

Ah ran out of fuel got some more and now it wont run at all think it must be a fuel problem blockage of crap somewhere so will have to sort that before some one or if someone buys it

I don't think your fuel rail will self prime once the line is empty. When I changed my fuel pump no amount of cranking would get the engine to catch even though I could hear the pump whirring away. I unhooked the fuel rail inlet hose and tipped the end into a bottle, then I fired up the fuel pump dispelling any air in the fuel line. I reconnected the hose and it fired right up. Give it a try.

[stec]

cheers will give that a try in the morning, where abouts in canada are you

[Wedg1e]

Brap_Brap said:

I'd be curious to know how a US spec car ended up RHD.

And how does a 1987 model car get a D-reg when my '87's an E?

Is the SEAC dash and RHD a conversion I wonder?

At that time, UK registrations ran Spetember 1st - August 31st the next year.
So 'D' plates were issued from 01/09/86 to 31/08/87.

My car was registered 7th September '87 so wears an 'E' like yours... just to confuse the issue mine is not quite a Series 2 390SE as it has the original 'blade' front air dam rather than the 400SE style dam.

I know and can vouch for Steve's 280 being a good example. It's not a conversion, everything's kosher. Seem to remember it was something to do with a woman in the Forces in Germany, but my memory's not what it was...

[Comadis]

the blue 88 tvr looks a mess inside, and i wouldnt want to know from what quality the "recent" respray is.

ok..the price was not high....but who knows finally.

[Brap_Brap]

stec said:

cheers will give that a try in the morning, where abouts in canada are you

I'm in Calgary.