Vx54 OEY T350 / Sag

Vx54 OEY T350 / Sag

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Bananaface020

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8 posts

18 months

Monday 15th May 2023
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Hi all, been away a while.
I saw this for sale at a dealer in Yorkshire on the Web a while back, 2020 in fact.
Wondered where it ended up. Any ideas ?
Found it all a little odd to be honest.
Regards.

Zippee

13,582 posts

241 months

Monday 15th May 2023
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Award for most random first post from a newbie goes to....

Bananaface020

Original Poster:

8 posts

18 months

Monday 15th May 2023
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Haha, and you'd be the guy I bought my exhaust off when I owned the above car !
Not a newbie, just been a while.
6 tvrs owned. Just had some time off.
Hope your OK, seem to remember your 350c was blue ?
It sounds random, but I don't like to see people ripped off. So I wondered who bought it.

Zippee

13,582 posts

241 months

Monday 15th May 2023
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Bananaface020 said:
Haha, and you'd be the guy I bought my exhaust off when I owned the above car !
Not a newbie, just been a while.
6 tvrs owned. Just had some time off.
Hope your OK, seem to remember your 350c was blue ?
It sounds random, but I don't like to see people ripped off. So I wondered who bought it.
hehe thought I recognised the name. You bought my old standard rear box?
Sold the t350 back in 2019 and after a brief stint in an rs6 (stolen - what a surprise) I'm now in AMGs finest.

What was wrong with the one in question?

Bananaface020

Original Poster:

8 posts

18 months

Monday 15th May 2023
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Bananaface020

Original Poster:

8 posts

18 months

Monday 15th May 2023
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That ain't no sag.
Another of misinformation in the ad. Engine numbers don't match, dates of its "reclassification" are bs.

Zippee

13,582 posts

241 months

Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Bananaface020 said:
That ain't no sag.
Another of misinformation in the ad. Engine numbers don't match, dates of its "reclassification" are bs.
I vaguely remember that, most owners are now on Facebook, this site is very quiet now

plasticman

903 posts

258 months

Saturday 20th May 2023
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That is interesting . when did you own the car Mr. Bananaface ?

Bananaface020

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8 posts

18 months

Saturday 20th May 2023
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Morning Mr Plasticman.

She was written of cat c in 2012.
Bought by salvage.
I bought her 2013.
In a mess. But .. completely a t350c. No rebuild with a factory sag kit by the owner as the ad says.
The engine number is sp636. Speed 6. 3.6
Confirmed as press car on the build sheet and with a red rose 3.6.
Gasket popped at about 7k. But still a 3.6.
Dom powder coated the cam cover. So no special clues there. Jason clegg confirmed it a rr 3.6. Better for the press as they rev higher, balanced and polished.
I sold it to a guy in London about a year later. I've no idea how it ended up a sag or in Yorkshire but the story in the ad is bs.

plasticman

903 posts

258 months

Saturday 20th May 2023
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I was contacted about a T350 with rear end damage in , I guess about , 2015 . It had spun and been hit quite hard with the boot floor sheared above the diff . The customer asked if I could convert the car to a Sagaris . I fitted a Sagaris chassis and converted the body . He then had the car painted in a motorcycle candy red and the car was fantastic . The existing leather interior and 3.6 engine was great . I suspected it was a 4 litre as it was better than any speed six engine I had driven .
Some time later while driving in France the radiator split and the French police forced him to drive 8 kilometres to the next town with the expected results . It came back to me and I pulled the engine apart to try and repair it . I checked everything on the engine to find out why it had been so good but it seemed to be a standard 3.6 with standard cams and timing but running a 4 litre chip and injectors . I thought I might be able to save the block by skimming it by 1mm and the same to the pistons but it turned out they had already been milled 1mm shorter (but came up flush with the block)
and this was the only difference I ever found. From memory at this point fitting a 4 litre engine would be the easiest option . It might have been an S engine or I might have converted it I cannot remember .
There is not much left from when you owned the car but it is a car I would have liked for myself .

Bananaface020

Original Poster:

8 posts

18 months

Saturday 20th May 2023
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So same car written off twice ?
Any remember that film christine ? smile

Bananaface020

Original Poster:

8 posts

18 months

Saturday 20th May 2023
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It has always been red tho ? Formula red at the factory.
I still have the build sheet.

plasticman

903 posts

258 months

Saturday 20th May 2023
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The second time was not a right off .

dave400se

45 posts

139 months

Wednesday 24th May 2023
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I currently own VX54OEZ which is a RR Tamora

Must have been registered at very similar time, presumably a David Gerald car too