Tasmins how to determin which 1 yours is out of the 136 made

[greavesy7]

As there were only a ltd number of tvr tasmins made does that mean that the earlier ones would be more collectable say if you had 1 out of 136 made ?
is there anyway of getting history on you tasmin?

[mrzigazaga]

Not sure but i know mine was first registered in Aug 82, series1, im still considering keeping it even though its given me hell..

There must be Data out there that recorded every car manufactured by TVR..Also depends how many got wrecked by wild boys in the 80s..overseas, stolen recovered, scrapped,never found again..ever..I shudder to think..

Edited by mrzigazaga on Saturday 4th September 01:32

[hallsie]

Greavsy

I spoke to a guy called Ralph from the TVRCC a while back, he recommended that I sent my engine and chassis numbers to the enquirys people and they will pass it on to the archives.

If they have any info they will send it to you (photocopies)

Good luck

Stu

[greavesy7]

thats alot. its just i think mine is 1 of 3 that were shown at the car show when they first came out.

[blaineuk]

hallsie said:

Greavsy

I spoke to a guy called Ralph from the TVRCC a while back, he recommended that I sent my engine and chassis numbers to the enquirys people and they will pass it on to the archives.

If they have any info they will send it to you (photocopies)

Good luck

Stu

well i sent my details to them about 3 years ago, not had a reply yet, so don't hold your breath.

[Wedg1e]

The chassis number would be your starting point... the early numbering system had 4 digits starting with a 5, the rest of the digits were the sequence number. I had 5036 which was the 36th chassis; GrahamW owned 5010 for a while which was a factory demonstrator. 5014 was Peter Wheeler's own car (not seen hide or hair of it this century, I don't think).
Seem to recall someone on here claimed they'd owned 5007 a few years ago.

I was contacted by the webmaster of the AC3000ME owner's website a few weeks back for permission to use some of my ramblings on their site. They have a page that lists almost all (it may even be all) of the couple of hundred AC3000's that were built, what colour etc. and what happened to them. The first half-dozen or so were written-off during Type Approval crash tests so it's feasible (or even likely) that a few Tasmins died the same way.

I quite like the AC3000, now if it only had a Rover V8 in it...

[mrzigazaga]

Dammit..mines 5324..dont spose it matters though.

[dixiebabes]

Mine is 5617 quite a late series 1 the DH/FH stands for drop head or fixed head and the RI is rover injection not sure what it is on the V6?

Dix

[mrzigazaga]

Mine is DH at start with F1 at end..?

[dixiebabes]

F1 must mean the cologne Ford injection then

[mrzigazaga]

So mines a drop head instead of a fixed..is that good,bad or just ugly.

[hallsie]

Its a drop head if you have a flappy material thing that sits at the back of the car and dont do a lot.

Its an FHC if it has a hard top and rusted door surrounds.



stu

[mrzigazaga]

Drop head for defo then..

[80tasmin]

mrzigazaga said:

Mine is DH at start with F1 at end..?

I believe it's FI, rather than F1. Whatever the case, I have FH5023FI, built in March 1980, and sold in Canada.
Image upload isn't working for me at the moment. If at all interested, you could go here http://good-times.webshots.com/album/569772712KryA... for some older pics.
Paul

[dixiebabes]

That is a very early one!!!!

Dix

[80tasmin]

dixiebabes said:

That is a very early one!!!!

Dix

Since those pics were taken, I've made these upgrades (to highlight a few)...
1/ Car generally starts
2/ Heater matrix doesn't leak all over my garage floor

Paul

[Big Daft Lad]

Ha ha, very good 80tasmin. I need to be making those mods myself! Cracking looking car you have there by the way.

I see you car is running a carb, did the Canadian Tasmins come with those or did you convert it? What type of carb is on there?

Edited by Big Daft Lad on Friday 24th September 18:40

[grahamw48]

I believe this may be my old car....the only one I've seen without a wraparound rear bumper. Factory demonstrator.



Chassis no.10:

[hallsie]

5166

Stu

[80tasmin]

grahamw48 said:

Chassis no.10:

The answers to my questions may be buried somewhere on this forum, but

Why did you let it go? and
Have you heard from it since?

Thanks, Paul