TYPH 007

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rpa.janwell

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1,653 posts

244 months

Friday 17th November 2006
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Can't wait. The T440 and the Typhon are fantastic drives and looks, this will really make the grade.

M4000

200 posts

235 months

Friday 29th December 2006
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Hi Richard

Saw your "new" steed at HHC Hexham today
Very nice bow

Gary




rpa.janwell

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244 months

Friday 29th December 2006
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Glad to hear someone else thinks so too!!

Jane and I stuffed with Flu at the moment - so may be there for a couple more days.

anonymous-user

61 months

Saturday 30th December 2006
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Richard - When you said you were off to TVR to talk about a Typhon I thought you were talking about the infamous £120K car they were talking about in the future - didn't realise you meant Nick's one!!!

BCA

8,651 posts

264 months

Saturday 30th December 2006
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Im confused here?? What exactly are you buying/ have you bought?? I thought you had a T440R already? (lnt's road car?)

I love these things, if only they'd made enough of them to depreciate...

rpa.janwell

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Saturday 30th December 2006
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The T440R is in strip down and rebuild with LNT, which will take some months before it is back on the road, the Typhon will be picked up on Tuesday.

ccharlie6

773 posts

247 months

Saturday 30th December 2006
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which typhon is this? is this the one in reflex charcoal or the orange one? either way i take it that it's non sc and not sequential boxed

rpa.janwell

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Saturday 30th December 2006
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Reflex Charcoal, one of two produced. Non sc, non Sq box.

BCA

8,651 posts

264 months

Saturday 30th December 2006
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So you'll have both a T440R and a Typhon soon??

As well as a Sagaris? and a Chim?

Im not jealous at all... really... not in the slightest.

Mustang Baz

1,637 posts

241 months

Wednesday 3rd January 2007
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rpa.janwell said:
Reflex Charcoal, one of two produced. Non sc, non Sq box.


Richard - am assuming this one was the "Smolenski" car, which was proudly on show during Back Home? Amazing car indeed and I had the chance to sit in a car which felt very special indeed. Seem to remember the guide stating that the factory retained all the moulds for the model and the real issue as to preventing larger numbers of production was the bespoke interior parts?

rpa.janwell

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Wednesday 3rd January 2007
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Mustang Baz said:
rpa.janwell said:
Reflex Charcoal, one of two produced. Non sc, non Sq box.


Richard - am assuming this one was the "Smolenski" car, which was proudly on show during Back Home? Amazing car indeed and I had the chance to sit in a car which felt very special indeed. Seem to remember the guide stating that the factory retained all the moulds for the model and the real issue as to preventing larger numbers of production was the bespoke interior parts?

Craig,
Same car. Cannot comment re production - but I am pretty damn sure that if 60 had been produced that they would have sold immediately - as all who have seen the Typhon or T440R have commented, they are simply stunning. The drive is how you would expect it to be - visceral, to say the least. Start up clears the woods of pigeons and crows alike!!

rpa.janwell

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Wednesday 3rd January 2007
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The name badge, design...
SC and Sq box were options. Neither of the Typhon's has them.
The T400R is quite a different beast, as evidenced by any of the photos on the forum let alone the raison d'etre.
The 440 is 4.2 S6, the Typhon a 4.0.


Edited by rpa.janwell on Wednesday 3rd January 21:09

gazzab

21,228 posts

289 months

Thursday 4th January 2007
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rpa.janwell said:
The name badge, design...
SC and Sq box were options. Neither of the Typhon's has them.
The T400R is quite a different beast, as evidenced by any of the photos on the forum let alone the raison d'etre.
The 440 is 4.2 S6, the Typhon a 4.0.


Edited by rpa.janwell on Wednesday 3rd January 21:09

Get the phts up then of the new beast!

DJC

23,563 posts

243 months

Thursday 4th January 2007
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You know what you want me to do to one of them dont you Richard?

*evil smiley face*

rpa.janwell

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Friday 5th January 2007
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gazzab

21,228 posts

289 months

Friday 5th January 2007
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I'm in love.
More please.

oggs

8,814 posts

261 months

Friday 5th January 2007
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rusty pipes

31 posts

215 months

Friday 5th January 2007
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Clarification of Tvr Tuscan R Range
Fact.
Only the Orange Development Prototype Had " the Beech Box" TVR 6 Speed synchro gearbox sequential fitted for evaluation and it spent more time out than in.
The racecars had Hollinger and Hewland boxes
All Cars in R Range had same shape body work and trim

The T400-- Powered by the Tuscan S engine

The T440-- Breathed upon Tuscan S engine With upper airbox injectors as per race car spec

The TYPHON --- Breathed upon Tuscan S engine With upper airbox injectors as per race car spec with Vortech Supercharger and big Brakes pack, Only one was made "The Orange one"
The engine was removed and is sat in the "Social club" Engine Dev orange car now has standard S engine in but no gearbox as they didnt have one!

All these cars were built under the PW regime, Ns and Do had nothing to do with them
Then NS/DO stopped production

The Typhoon has only ever existed as drawings and rapid prototype 1/16 scale model
That the facts and we know because we built them!
Hope that sets the record straight !
Just glad to see that the Reflex charcoal car has gone to somebody who understands the nature of the car and will look after it

Be interested to know who they paid your money to as they owe me my last months wage!!!!!!

Cheers John stanton
TVR Composites Dept Manager
Tuscan R production assembly






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Edited by rusty pipes on Friday 5th January 18:31

gazzab

21,228 posts

289 months

Friday 5th January 2007
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So the grey one is a T400 then?

rpa.janwell

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Friday 5th January 2007
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gazzab said:
So the grey one is a T400 then?


No, T440R.