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Hello 
Got a bit of a jolt when I saw my numberplate on Pistonheads.
It is mine
and very nice it is too.
It now has over 40,000 miles on the clock and has been to France and Germany.
Will write further when I have more time (and try to post pictures) but always suspected that it came from a good home!
Got a bit of a jolt when I saw my numberplate on Pistonheads.
It is mine
and very nice it is too. It now has over 40,000 miles on the clock and has been to France and Germany.
Will write further when I have more time (and try to post pictures) but always suspected that it came from a good home!
Jev,
I'm glad you are happy. My wife, my son and I all cried when Simon from Fernhurst drove it away! I had a quick look at your posts, and I saw you did 145 on the autobahn. Did you put a new front splitter on? I crunched the original in the Nurburgring car park (yes - its done the Nordschleif). I think we went to 135 but without the splitter!!!!
I asked the question because I'm about to (hopefully) go back to TVR ownership. My wife wants me to re-purchase R987RBV, but I'm going for a Cerbera so the whole family can enjoy the fun.
See the links for some old pics. If you are ever in Scotland with the Chim, you MUST visit us!!!!
Cheers
Keith
www.indexcomputers.co.uk/Gallery/European_Tour/european_tour.html
ps James - you were the original owner, and thanks for passing on a very well sorted Chim. Noel Flannery looked after it for me when he went from Brandon to starting his own specialist TVR servicing business. We were his first customers!
I'm glad you are happy. My wife, my son and I all cried when Simon from Fernhurst drove it away! I had a quick look at your posts, and I saw you did 145 on the autobahn. Did you put a new front splitter on? I crunched the original in the Nurburgring car park (yes - its done the Nordschleif). I think we went to 135 but without the splitter!!!!
I asked the question because I'm about to (hopefully) go back to TVR ownership. My wife wants me to re-purchase R987RBV, but I'm going for a Cerbera so the whole family can enjoy the fun.
See the links for some old pics. If you are ever in Scotland with the Chim, you MUST visit us!!!!
Cheers
Keith
www.indexcomputers.co.uk/Gallery/European_Tour/european_tour.html
ps James - you were the original owner, and thanks for passing on a very well sorted Chim. Noel Flannery looked after it for me when he went from Brandon to starting his own specialist TVR servicing business. We were his first customers!
Forgive the ancient thread revival, and perhaps nobody will ever see this, but hey ho.
Idly pondering cars previously owned, I put the number plate of my old TVR into Google wondering whether anything would come up and lo and behold, a thread!
In short - my brother and I bought R987 RBV in July 2010 from a chap in Epsom. We were the fifth recorded owners.
It had the Estoril alloys from the 500 / Griffith, and had done (if memory serves) approx 60k. It was in pretty good nick other than a botched (and leaking) repair to the rear screen.
We were both between various stages of university (aged 25 and 22!) and jobs and so took it on a European jaunt - we crammed camping gear, enough clothes for a couple of weeks and a hefty selection of tools into the very generously proportioned boot and hit the road. We took in France (D996 route), Switzerland (around Lake Geneva), France, northern Italy (via Mont Blanc tunnel), France (coast-road traffic jam followed by a couple of runs of the Col du Turini, coastal Italy, Austria (via the Stelvio Pass), Germany (Nurburgring), Holland, Belgium, France and then back to the UK. We covered ~4,000 miles in the space of a couple of weeks.
The car did suffer from the hot-start issue that TVR owners will all know about and which we hadn't properly researched beforehand, and sat outside the 'Ring between laps wouldn't start at all (it turned out that one of the battery leads had come off the terminal - possibly the origin of the hot-start issue?). One day around Toulon / Nice / Monte Carlo, with temperatures in the mid-thirties, we didn't turn the car off all day for fear of not getting it started again - it must have endured about 12 hours of mostly crawling traffic, without even a stutter. Otherwise, aside from the exhaust bracket having been set too low and so grounding everywhere, the car ran perfectly. What a holiday.
We sold it only a couple of months after buying it (at a small profit, would you believe) and haven't seen it since. I deeply regret selling it (though that was the sensible thing to do at the time) not least because prices have only gone up since then - but it was a great car at any price.
Idly pondering cars previously owned, I put the number plate of my old TVR into Google wondering whether anything would come up and lo and behold, a thread!
In short - my brother and I bought R987 RBV in July 2010 from a chap in Epsom. We were the fifth recorded owners.
It had the Estoril alloys from the 500 / Griffith, and had done (if memory serves) approx 60k. It was in pretty good nick other than a botched (and leaking) repair to the rear screen.
We were both between various stages of university (aged 25 and 22!) and jobs and so took it on a European jaunt - we crammed camping gear, enough clothes for a couple of weeks and a hefty selection of tools into the very generously proportioned boot and hit the road. We took in France (D996 route), Switzerland (around Lake Geneva), France, northern Italy (via Mont Blanc tunnel), France (coast-road traffic jam followed by a couple of runs of the Col du Turini, coastal Italy, Austria (via the Stelvio Pass), Germany (Nurburgring), Holland, Belgium, France and then back to the UK. We covered ~4,000 miles in the space of a couple of weeks.
The car did suffer from the hot-start issue that TVR owners will all know about and which we hadn't properly researched beforehand, and sat outside the 'Ring between laps wouldn't start at all (it turned out that one of the battery leads had come off the terminal - possibly the origin of the hot-start issue?). One day around Toulon / Nice / Monte Carlo, with temperatures in the mid-thirties, we didn't turn the car off all day for fear of not getting it started again - it must have endured about 12 hours of mostly crawling traffic, without even a stutter. Otherwise, aside from the exhaust bracket having been set too low and so grounding everywhere, the car ran perfectly. What a holiday.
We sold it only a couple of months after buying it (at a small profit, would you believe) and haven't seen it since. I deeply regret selling it (though that was the sensible thing to do at the time) not least because prices have only gone up since then - but it was a great car at any price.
What a great post this is ^^^^^^
Sadly I don't know the car but your story is something we Tvr owners still do with joy,
I did a more conservative run through France last year so your story fills me with that thrill you must have felt when having that great adventure back then.
Great cars or what.
In many ways the 90's Tvr's are supported more now and owners have a massive pool of information to make the cars even better( faster ) etc,
Sadly I don't know the car but your story is something we Tvr owners still do with joy,
I did a more conservative run through France last year so your story fills me with that thrill you must have felt when having that great adventure back then.
Great cars or what.
In many ways the 90's Tvr's are supported more now and owners have a massive pool of information to make the cars even better( faster ) etc,
ClassiChimi said:
What a great post this is ^^^^^^
Sadly I don't know the car but your story is something we Tvr owners still do with joy,
I did a more conservative run through France last year so your story fills me with that thrill you must have felt when having that great adventure back then.
Great cars or what.
In many ways the 90's Tvr's are supported more now and owners have a massive pool of information to make the cars even better( faster ) etc,
Thanks ClassiChimi - and yes, it was quite a trip. I'm so glad we were brave and went for the TVR (initial 'it's a TVR, so it's sure to break down, let's buy an S2000 instead' thoughts were overcome): that combination of V8 / listening out for every little noise (fear of breaking down!) / exclusivity (people not knowing what it was) / being on a Top Gear holiday in a ridiculous car with my equally petrol-head bro was unbeatable.Sadly I don't know the car but your story is something we Tvr owners still do with joy,
I did a more conservative run through France last year so your story fills me with that thrill you must have felt when having that great adventure back then.
Great cars or what.
In many ways the 90's Tvr's are supported more now and owners have a massive pool of information to make the cars even better( faster ) etc,
ChilliWhizz said:
Great story... brilliant....
And off topic... Al sell me your bike, I need it... like really need it.... I have dosh..... And I will love it like I gave birth to it... please please please...
You'll never regret it....
I love you man...
Chilli
It's still for sale, could do you a nice deal including leathers gloves boots and Bullet helmet thrown in.And off topic... Al sell me your bike, I need it... like really need it.... I have dosh..... And I will love it like I gave birth to it... please please please...
You'll never regret it....
I love you man...
Chilli
The day I got home from France Richard, those leathers would fit you a treat
I suppose you've spent your money on the AM instead.
Gaaaah...... Noooo.... It's too late 
Oh Al, 48 hours earlier and you would've changed the course of history..
The garage is now completely full... although the bike would fit in the lounge...
Al, I can't mate, there's only just enough left in the toy fund to put a bowl of soup on the table at Christmas..
Appreciate you thinking of me though, I still have to scratch the old British bike itch at some point ...
Oh Al, 48 hours earlier and you would've changed the course of history..
The garage is now completely full... although the bike would fit in the lounge...
Al, I can't mate, there's only just enough left in the toy fund to put a bowl of soup on the table at Christmas..
Appreciate you thinking of me though, I still have to scratch the old British bike itch at some point ...
Hi Richard, I found this thread last night and realised I'd not replied back, months ago
As a matter of interest, the leathers are modelled on a famous American rider in the 70's I vaguely remembered him
Steve Baker No 32 he was mates with Sheenie and the like there basically brand new, I've been wanting to keep them but if the bike sells I'll never use them again so sod it they might as well go to a good home.
No worries mate, I've only just now advertised the bike which is totally the wrong time of year to sell but hey, the bike takes pride of place in my mates showroom so at least it's being seen rather than sat in my conservatory which is something of a shame.
A great modern bike like this does give me faith in Britian's ability to make things well, I just hope Tvr can do the same
Regards Al
As a matter of interest, the leathers are modelled on a famous American rider in the 70's I vaguely remembered him
Steve Baker No 32 he was mates with Sheenie and the like
there basically brand new, I've been wanting to keep them but if the bike sells I'll never use them again so sod it they might as well go to a good home. No worries mate, I've only just now advertised the bike which is totally the wrong time of year to sell but hey, the bike takes pride of place in my mates showroom so at least it's being seen rather than sat in my conservatory which is something of a shame.
A great modern bike like this does give me faith in Britian's ability to make things well, I just hope Tvr can do the same
Regards Al
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