Competition Win

[stepej]

Had this delivered this morning from Bridge Classic Cars



There is a wadge of information with the car that i'll be trawling through in good time.
That being said i wondered if anyone on here knew the car?

I'm also after some recommendations for a garage in the West Midlands (i'm in Stafford) that could give the car the once over for me as this is a little older than the Chimaera i had
Sold that around 13 years ago after owing it for 9 or so years (a decision i immediately regreted), so i'm not new to the foibles of TVR ownership

Thanks in advance

[plasticpig1972]

Very nice, what year is it.
Alan

[sixor8]

Us old 'uns tend to know plate registrations suffixes, it's a '76 or '77. Nice looking car.

ETA: This was the competition - https://bridgeclassiccars.co.uk/win-a-tvr-2500m/

Edited by sixor8 on Wednesday 27th September 16:19

[stepej]

plasticpig1972 said:

Very nice, what year is it.
Alan

'76 1st registered in Feb '77

Some of the paperwork with it suggests it's a TVR show car from the 1976 Motor Show

[plasticpig1972]

I remember the plate letters upto 73/74.
Maybe i'm a bit older i am 74.
You could be a young whipper snapper lol
Alan
Ps. My 3000M is March 76 Bronze with Cream vinyl roof.

Edited by plasticpig1972 on Wednesday 27th September 16:34

[sixor8]

Apologies, I'd presumed you were younger than me. It's a bit of a thing for me since I was a kid, many folk have no real idea of the age of a car by looking at the plate, my mother for one, even though it's more obvious for the last 20 years.

[Zeb74]

Nice! I played but obviously I was not the winner, congrats!

[5.0ltr]

Congratulations.
Sure Ian will help you out.
https://www.sportmotive.com/

[plasticpig1972]

No problem sixor8.
I still like tinkering with my 3000M , 3000S and an Elan Sprint.
I count myself lucky to be able to do it and as far as i know still not lost my marbles. Or at least others just let me talk to myself lol
Alan

[aureliusTVR]

Very nice car. I always think BRG or similar is one the best colours for the M series

[GAjon]

That’s very nice, well done!

And in keeping with the age of the car -

“You jammy git “

[sixor8]

In the West Midlands, there's TVR Central - https://www.centraltvr.co.uk/ or a few miles away, Andy Nicholas at SSC (he was the head mechanic at TVR Central for many years before starting up on his own post COVID) - https://www.facebook.com/SpecialistSportsCars/

You'll need to ask them if they have much experience with TVRs of that vintage

There's also DG Sports in Redditch (inherited the David Gerald name) - https://www.dgsportscars.com/services/tvr/ with fixed menu servicing for that car but I've not had anything done there myself.

[Mark and Gonzo]

You lucky b......

[Classic Chim]

How fantastic it is to win a car like that. She looks a cracker from here too. Beauty.

I see you’ve got the power thing covered with your Supra.
I have access to one with over 750 Bhp and similar torque figures.. it’s completely insane but brilliant too.

Well done.

[TR4man]

You lucky so and so!

This was one of the few competitions I have taken part in. I didn’t go as far to watch the draw live but I was tempted to do so.

Another recommendation for Sportmotive just up the A34 from you.

[stepej]

Thanks for the replies all

I'll chase up the garage suggestions

[lancepar]

Here is the web site for Andy at SSC if peeps don't do FB.

I can see my car.



https://specialist-sports-cars.business.site/

[GTRene]

stepej said:

Had this delivered this morning from Bridge Classic Cars



There is a wadge of information with the car that i'll be trawling through in good time.
That being said i wondered if anyone on here knew the car?

I'm also after some recommendations for a garage in the West Midlands (i'm in Stafford) that could give the car the once over for me as this is a little older than the Chimaera i had
Sold that around 13 years ago after owing it for 9 or so years (a decision i immediately regreted), so i'm not new to the foibles of TVR ownership

Thanks in advance

looks lovely in that colour combo, I don't know why...

[alphaone]

Congratulations. Car looks well :-)