Cerbera Speed Six
Discussion
I've been hooked on the TVR Speed Six engine for about 20 years now, the sound is like nothing else and despite building a Defender with a BMW petrol 6, it still didn't quite cut it.
Add to the fact that i'm about 15 years too late to the party, as I can still remember when you could get a nice T350 or Cerbera for 12k.
Obviously i've kept an eye on the classifieds, at put a few silly offers in on CAT D breakers but nothing every came of it.
Anyway, this popped up - either its got a sketchy history that I'm not aware of, its a complete basket case (which i don't think it is!) or i'm incredibly stupid.
Lets just say it was the cheapest in the country..
A weekends trip up to Scotland to look at, under and litterally crawl all over it, and put a deposit down.
Came with a wealth of history, invoice for Power's rebuild I believe, outriggers done at 1 point - Looks like a very well looked after car in its life
Its now back home with me, and due to work and holidays I haven't yet managed to drive it apart from on to the drive and left it there
I promised myself I wouldn't get balls deep into it just yet, but that lasted about 2 days to investigate squeaky belt on startup.
Thats lee to finding a cracked auxilary shaft bearing holder, which typically the bolts rounded when removing (common problem apparetntly) so having to hack away slowly and carefully.
Good bits - Colour is lovely, halcyon hebrides which is a dark green which looks almost black in most lights. Interior, a lovely dark red - I despise the cream interiors and light colours found on some of these.
Bad - Leak around steering rack - Need to invesitgate exactly whats going on..
Despite turning up with a fresh MOT, the headlights don't work and emit a loud buzzzz - I think its the balast for the HID's - There looks like an aftermarket unit in the wheelarch which is likely at fault i'd guess
Drivers door window doesn't drop on opening - I've checked all the usual failure points with this, and all seems fine so I can only assume its the door control ECU.
The seller said the heater didn't work at all - At first I agreed, but on looking around I didn't realise it was a click operation.. Still need to check fully..
Chassis - Its not terrible, but its also not fresh. The outriggers were done around 10 years ago, and obviously showing 'wear'.
Im not stupid or naive, and a chassis / body lift will need to be undertaken and somepoint in 5 years maybe - I do love a good project to get balls deep in so this doesn't scare me too much.
Couple of photos from how it sits now - I was thinking to get some spider wheels for it, but reading how fragile, flakey and heavy they are I may just stay with the team dymanics wheels and get them repainted silver.
Chatgpt'd silver wheels..
Add to the fact that i'm about 15 years too late to the party, as I can still remember when you could get a nice T350 or Cerbera for 12k.
Obviously i've kept an eye on the classifieds, at put a few silly offers in on CAT D breakers but nothing every came of it.
Anyway, this popped up - either its got a sketchy history that I'm not aware of, its a complete basket case (which i don't think it is!) or i'm incredibly stupid.
Lets just say it was the cheapest in the country..
A weekends trip up to Scotland to look at, under and litterally crawl all over it, and put a deposit down.
Came with a wealth of history, invoice for Power's rebuild I believe, outriggers done at 1 point - Looks like a very well looked after car in its life
Its now back home with me, and due to work and holidays I haven't yet managed to drive it apart from on to the drive and left it there
I promised myself I wouldn't get balls deep into it just yet, but that lasted about 2 days to investigate squeaky belt on startup.
Thats lee to finding a cracked auxilary shaft bearing holder, which typically the bolts rounded when removing (common problem apparetntly) so having to hack away slowly and carefully.
Good bits - Colour is lovely, halcyon hebrides which is a dark green which looks almost black in most lights. Interior, a lovely dark red - I despise the cream interiors and light colours found on some of these.
Bad - Leak around steering rack - Need to invesitgate exactly whats going on..
Despite turning up with a fresh MOT, the headlights don't work and emit a loud buzzzz - I think its the balast for the HID's - There looks like an aftermarket unit in the wheelarch which is likely at fault i'd guess
Drivers door window doesn't drop on opening - I've checked all the usual failure points with this, and all seems fine so I can only assume its the door control ECU.
The seller said the heater didn't work at all - At first I agreed, but on looking around I didn't realise it was a click operation.. Still need to check fully..
Chassis - Its not terrible, but its also not fresh. The outriggers were done around 10 years ago, and obviously showing 'wear'.
Im not stupid or naive, and a chassis / body lift will need to be undertaken and somepoint in 5 years maybe - I do love a good project to get balls deep in so this doesn't scare me too much.
Couple of photos from how it sits now - I was thinking to get some spider wheels for it, but reading how fragile, flakey and heavy they are I may just stay with the team dymanics wheels and get them repainted silver.
Chatgpt'd silver wheels..
I would agree on the silver wheels, much classier than the gold!
A bit of internet detectiving found this image from Reddit, which is the car from a few years ago with the same TD's, but in black.
I'm sure that plate will probably by recognised by a few TVR heads, as that chap appeared to own it for circa 16 years and spent a threw a decent chunk of cash at it!
Also, planning to definetly get a 3/4 plate on the front
A bit of internet detectiving found this image from Reddit, which is the car from a few years ago with the same TD's, but in black.
I'm sure that plate will probably by recognised by a few TVR heads, as that chap appeared to own it for circa 16 years and spent a threw a decent chunk of cash at it!
Also, planning to definetly get a 3/4 plate on the front
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