I keep jumping from car to car in search of new experiences.
After the Caterham Super 7, I bought a Mazdaspeed Miata Turbo. It was a nice little device and fun on boost, but just didn't stir my soul.
I recently came across a 96' TVR Chimaera. It ticks all my wish list boxes:
-British
-V8
-Rare
-Interesting
-A bit of a hooligan
Specs:
4.0 Ltr 240HP/260TQ
5 speed Borg Warner
2600 lbs
Glassfibre over steel tube frame
4 wheel independent suspension
Overall the condition is good mechanically. The previous owner imported from the UK to Canada in 2013 and then did a full RHD to LHD conversion over the winter including building a whole new dash, recovering it, new veneer and retrimming the seats.
Check out that exhaust routing. The headers shoot forward and then collect in front into that large collector/CAT and then shoot under the car to exit in two pipes. It has a great rumble and then just howls at WOT.
It could use a respray to address the off-colour touch ups and there are small areas of "dog-eared" interior bits. I lost brake vacuum on the drive home and am going to get all the bugs worked out next week. Fingers crossed this will make a fun cruiser for years to come. So far I'm at less than $20K CDN into it. I figure if I decide to sell in 5 years, it will be legal to import to the US and if all cleaned up might be worth quite a bit more
