Nayone ever own a Brit TVR

[jhynesrockmtn]

I have a good friend with a "rough" Marcos race car, Volvo powered. There is another gent that sometimes shows at our vintage race events with a much more beautifully finished Marcos. Yes, they are plywood chassis. Some of the TVR models look similar. There is one on BAT right now that looks the business. I think some of them are gorgeous.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1974-tvr-2500m-7/

[Reiver]

Originally Posted by gary1101

Here is some TVR info in a book I have

I wonder what number those options are.....seems the way to do it aye?

[dafischer]

Originally Posted by Reiver

I have not pulled the trigger yet but probably will...I am more concerned with parts...I know the lump DT is GT6 based but the odds n ends sourced from whatever car company in England at the time is a pita....but, on the good side the only thing not replaced in the car was the window regulators...everything else is new.

The engine and drive train are TR6 based, and a totally different animal than the GT6 bits. Parts availability is actually very good, and not overly spendy.

Edit: Hadn't seen those options before, but I likey.

[Alan A]

The TVR club has a cross reference guide for members.

TVR Car Club of North America

Had a 2500M for a while. A 73.
Also had a TR6, as well as a bunch of other Brit stuff.
Parts availability for the 6 is very good, so drivetrain you'll be fine.

190hp is really stout.
How's driveability from cold and idle?

[Reiver]

Follow up....I did not but the TVR...I just couldn't pop for 1960's era tech....been there...
However, it got me on a Brit buying jag and I did but a 2005 Lotus Elise.

What a unique and very Brit car...quirky in a good way. Fast and light much like my Porsche but very different too...it has less frills if you can believe that...basically a race car for the street.
It is only 42 in high so must really drive defensively...but the handling/speed/go cart feel is a hoot.

[Tobra]

Drive like you are on a scoot. An Elise is like a Miata, practically invisible.

[Reiver]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Drive like you are on a scoot. An Elise is like a Miata, practically invisible.

Oh boy...a GT40 is 40 in high....my Elise is 42....Miata is 48.6 in high

[SCadaddle]

Originally Posted by Reiver

Follow up....I did not but the TVR...I just couldn't pop for 1960's era tech....been there...
However, it got me on a Brit buying jag and I did but a 2005 Lotus Elise.

What a unique and very Brit car...quirky in a good way. Fast and light much like my Porsche but very different too...it has less frills if you can believe that...basically a race car for the street.
It is only 42 in high so must really drive defensively...but the handling/speed/go cart feel is a hoot.

Put your finger on your upper front tooth and repeat after me:

RRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

[manbridge 74]

Be careful who you let lift it. Tying the front down to the lift is mandatory.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Reason #627 why I do all my own work...

[petrolhead611]

TVR no race history Huh, check your facts; TVR's have been raced since the first iones were built back in the 1950's. The 2500M was really aimed at the US market, hence the puny detoxed detuned TR6 engine; 2500M was one of the lowest performers in the range(there was a Ford 4cylinder 1600M below it), Europe got the Ford V6 with 138BHP in the 3000M with the weight better distributed due to the V rather than straight 6 motor.
TVR didnt handle as well as the quite a bit more expensive and better looking Marcos cars, but they were certainly better than anything made in the USA.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by Taz's Master

Lived there myself, but we drank Busch. Saw my first TVR at the Applefest car show in Franklin.

Have not visited this thread in a month. Just put out feelers on the Applefest car show with my life long Franklin residence pal.

I could buy a case of 16 oz Genny Cream Ales at 18 years of age on route 321, leaving Franklin, just across the Allegheny River heading towards Seneca.

[Reiver]

Originally Posted by manbridge 74

Be careful who you let lift it. Tying the front down to the lift is mandatory.

Well, at least they put a plastic cover over the front seat.....

[Bill Douglas]

Sorry, I should have taken note of the name. But one of the car mags at the newsagents right now has an article on TVR Grifilth cars.

[Reiver]

Follow thru...
The Lotus Elise is the most fun I've ever had behind the wheel...light, precise, and raw...no doodads. Redline at 8k rpm and a really nice 6 speed.

Honestly, it makes my euro lightened and fresh 911 SC feel like an SUV....and, that makes me sad in some ways.

[astrochex]

Congrats on the automotive happiness.

[petrolhead611]

Hi, if you have bought a series 1, you risk having leak soft top roof seals but worse, is the potential failure of glued bodyshell joints/ corroded floor panels.The roof is no big deal, the other matters are serious, so hopefully they are not present on your car.

[Reiver]

2005 series 2......who would buy the series one when the 2 is so much better......

[petrolhead611]

Funnily enough, it is the series 1 that is the collectors item here.