400SE G731RRN

[ric p]

Was sorting through old photos and found this. Can’t remember where it was taken but it is my old mica red 400SE. I had it back around 2005 ish, swapping a 4.3 Chimaera with a chap in Glasgow.



It was sold to get a blue Ferrari 328 GTS. However my then 4yo son and I had great fun for a few years and it did a couple o& LM trips without issue.

I see it is still MOT-ed. Hope it is still being enjoyed as I still have a soft spot for the late Wedges.

Edited by ric p on Wednesday 6th October 19:53

Edited by ric p on Wednesday 6th October 19:54

[chj]

Hi. I'm pretty sure this was mine in about 2011 ish. I bought it from a guy near Halifax called Richard. He had put a new (John Eales) engine in. I kept it for about a year and had a repaint in that time and I sold it (to pay for a SEAC) to a chap called Simon ... he changed the plate to G8RWL ...

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-carpool/tvr-40...

Simon sold it not that long ago from memory and is now back on the G731RRN plate ... there was a post on one of the facebook wedge pages a few months about it being at DG Sports Cars I think.

[Snow Mole]

Hi
I bought this from Ric P - it was a cracking car.
The day I collected it we were living in Durham, so got a flight from Newcastle to Bristol, Train to somewhere in deepest Somerset and then Ric collected me and my 10 year old son to his home.

The drive back was uneventful - all 365 miles! Did a couple of Classic Le Mans and then I blew the engine. Decided to take it to JEMS Race engineering as Jon worked with TVR on a number of projects. We fitted a "Special" engine from John Eales which improved the performance.

We moved to Sheffield and it was looked after by Richard Thorpe - a great guy who I whiled away the hours discussing all things TVR

After a back injury I sold it to Chris who took it to the next level and I think that it is still on the road.

Richard

[Gozz]

Just seen this post. I bought this from Nick at DG Sportscars (Redditch) in Dec 2021. They had it there in the workshop for a while completing a refurb for me. I can confirm that the John Eales engine is still going very well and performs extremely well. I still have some jobs to complete such as new roof, seat refurb and a few other items but it is a lovely car that never ceases to put a smile. If you have any other history or information I would really sourcing it. (Steve)

[chj]

Gozz said:

Just seen this post. I bought this from Nick at DG Sportscars (Redditch) in Dec 2021. They had it there in the workshop for a while completing a refurb for me. I can confirm that the John Eales engine is still going very well and performs extremely well. I still have some jobs to complete such as new roof, seat refurb and a few other items but it is a lovely car that never ceases to put a smile. If you have any other history or information I would really sourcing it. (Steve)

Nice one. I am pleased it is still going very well ... funnily enough I very recently posted a picture of it from 10 years ago on the facebook "friendly TVR wedge group". I think there was a pretty thick invoice file with it when I had it. Snowmole did loads of work to it including chassis refurb and the new engine. I had it resprayed to sort out paint blemishes, and only sold it as I was able to buy a 420seac and couldn't keep both.

[Gozz]

It’s still got a good thick history file fortunately. Thanks to you for posting as it’s nice to hear from a couple of previous owners