please enter the speed 12!!!

[ccharlie6]

reading about this euro GT series, the series is for GT1,2 and 3 racers they dont have to be FIA homologated and the best thing is in the top GT1 class the cars are allowed to be completely UNRESTRICTED!!!!!! no staw sized restrictors stopping that 7.7L V12 anymore. if the racer is still around please let it be entered in this and show what 900+bhp is like against bloody porsche GT2's

[SXS]

How about getting the speed 12 down to Vixpys (Charlies) joint down in surrey for a Pistonheads Speed 12 public rolling road event to plot the 900bhp graph!!!!!???? I want one in a frame to hang up next to my Speed 12 memorabilia!!!

[Baldy67]

How many Speed 12's were made or sold in the first place and how many are left?

[sprintmp]

Baldy67 said:

How many Speed 12's were made or sold in the first place and how many are left?

Rumours of 3 or 4. 2 racing, 1 road and 1 built specially for a Japanese gentleman and exported over there (Unconfirmed). None were ever sold to the public - apart from the single road version - now rebuilt I believe that TVR did take some orders though.

Ignoring the Japanese one, IIRC only the rebuilt road one is left. I think the other racing bodies were cut up, although I may be mistaken.

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[Baldy67]

Cheers, i had been wondering. The only ones i've seen a white one on Top Gear a while ago but they wouldn't let him drive it and pictures of a red one at a show somewhere last year.

[V8 Archie]

sprintmp said:

I think the other racing bodies were cut up, although I may be mistaken. P

The remains of the racing Speed12s were cannabalised for the current one.

There's at least one intact body (minus and engine), it was at the London TVR (King's Cross) opening.

[c6erb]

Baldy67 said:

Cheers, i had been wondering. The only ones i've seen a white one on Top Gear a while ago but they wouldn't let him drive it and pictures of a red one at a show somewhere last year.

I saw the red one at Castle TVR in Stansted.

[c6erb]

There's also a silver one...







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[gemini]

The body of one is at the back of HL Gorners !

[c6erb]

And the blue Scania sponsored one...





>> Edited by c6erb on Friday 10th February 10:09

[c6erb]

There was also one in purple (my favourite)...




>> Edited by c6erb on Friday 10th February 11:37

[ahonen]

c6erb said:

There was also one in purple (my favourite)...

There was also a paint shop at TVR...

[c6erb]

Apparently this one raced at Rockingham...



...and Thruxton...



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[F.M]

It remains the jewel of TVR`s crown and I would welcome any further efforts to see it race!

[Plotloss]

The silver road car W312BFV is now the privately owned red one, I believe.

>> Edited by Plotloss on Friday 10th February 12:51

[sprintmp]

I think that some of these are the same car.

I also think the Silver one is now Red and is in private hands - and beutiful it is to!

The Blue Scania one may the the purple one (they have the same racing number on the door)

I have seen the two Black ones, one of which may have been be the blue/purple one.



P

[c6erb]

This one is owned by one of the members (lucky so and so!)...

[Cerbera Speed 12]

c6erb said:

This one is owned by one of the members (lucky so and so!)...

I have to admit that (i) she does look nice and (ii) I am a lucky so and so (been called worse!). When I have time, I'll get to the Post Office and finally get the car its Road Fund Licence for some fun down my "local" roads.

[Cerbera Speed 12]

F.M said:

It remains the jewel of TVR`s crown and I would welcome any further efforts to see it race!

We are trying to see if there is a "Standard" road car class!!!!!!!!!

[c6erb]

I hope it's at the Goodwood FoS this year.