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had a little road trip yesterday , took out the chimaera for a run, well the sun was out !
roof down up to abergavenny, brecon and back down the a470 o cardiff.
how bloody cold up on top of those mountains ?
smiled the whole way thou .
couldnt believe how busy the brecon to merthyr stretch was and bloody camera vans were out !
snow on the roads and speed camera vans ?
roof down up to abergavenny, brecon and back down the a470 o cardiff.
how bloody cold up on top of those mountains ?
smiled the whole way thou .
couldnt believe how busy the brecon to merthyr stretch was and bloody camera vans were out !
snow on the roads and speed camera vans ?
time for a tuscan i think, but i do love the v8 sound !
i have been lucky over the last 20 years to have driven all tvr models upto the t350,
i was at llandow for the tvr launch to the motoring press of the le mans cars, which was awesome.they had the road going t440 ( i think thats what it was called ). skipped work for that one.
shame they have gone to the wall !
just checked your profile....lovely 450
my second tvr was a 400 SE , reg A4 OSE , took my brother 2 weeks to persuade me to buy that car !
( he was sales manager at tvr dealer in cwmbran )
i wasnt keen on the colour....juniper pearl....but what a car to drive and 112 decibels ( officially measured at castle combe ...not allowed on track !!! )
two le mans in that car .
sold back to original owner in scotland.
i have been lucky over the last 20 years to have driven all tvr models upto the t350,
i was at llandow for the tvr launch to the motoring press of the le mans cars, which was awesome.they had the road going t440 ( i think thats what it was called ). skipped work for that one.
shame they have gone to the wall !
just checked your profile....lovely 450
my second tvr was a 400 SE , reg A4 OSE , took my brother 2 weeks to persuade me to buy that car !
( he was sales manager at tvr dealer in cwmbran )
i wasnt keen on the colour....juniper pearl....but what a car to drive and 112 decibels ( officially measured at castle combe ...not allowed on track !!! )
two le mans in that car .
sold back to original owner in scotland.
Edited by joncon on Sunday 31st January 21:52
Edited by joncon on Sunday 31st January 21:56
.... Now that's a proper TVR history. We'll have to hook up for a blast & tyre kick sometime. Are you in the SW TVRCC?
used to be involved many years ago, (christ i make me sound old !!),
but havnt done anything with them since tvr went down.
i did driving stuff for noble and now morgan.
busy petrolhead !!!
the mg has gone now...shame.
went to sweden , now with another chap in sweden, kept in touch via owners club.
special car that was....no 217 of the first 217 !
mk1 car wearing mk2 body !
i bough it unseen ... was told it was green ! turned out to be lhd, blue/green/purple flip !
arrived at dealer when i was in le mans !
but havnt done anything with them since tvr went down.
i did driving stuff for noble and now morgan.
busy petrolhead !!!
the mg has gone now...shame.
went to sweden , now with another chap in sweden, kept in touch via owners club.
special car that was....no 217 of the first 217 !
mk1 car wearing mk2 body !
i bough it unseen ... was told it was green ! turned out to be lhd, blue/green/purple flip !
arrived at dealer when i was in le mans !
Edited by joncon on Sunday 31st January 22:23
I was lucky enough to have a quick drve of one of the early 260's. Really enjoyed it, great sound, awesome in fact, but it 'felt' slower than my Pug 406 3-litre 24V saloon. Which puzzled me at the time, (2004).
Something to do with the very flat torque curve probably, as the speedo was showing some very impressive figures.
Something to do with the very flat torque curve probably, as the speedo was showing some very impressive figures.
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