How Late Is this Cerbera?

[TVRnutcase]

I am looking to narrow down the exact production sequence and history of my Cerbera.- I know it had to be near the end of the production run - the question is how late?

The car was purchased brand new in Belfast in September 2004. It was originally registered in Belfast, Northern Ireland as YCZ 3957 - It then came back to the UK under reg R333MPH

The factory VIN is SDLCA11A74B001181.Given the late September 2004 registration date and the sequential chassis number ending in 1181, I am trying to establish exactly how close this car was to the absolute end of the factory Cerberas - I am guessing - it has to be last ten - but I am just seeing if I can narrow this down further.

Does anyone have access to the final registry archives to see where chassis 1181 sits numerically in the final run? Or even able to provide a more educated answer than my guessing.

Any insights from the local historians or registrars here would be greatly appreciated!

[Lefty]

interesting, what's the date on the chassis?

[The Three D Mucketeer]

The last 4 digits of the Chassis/ VIN (The Build Number) is allocated when the car is ordered, so the date it went into/completed build will be even later. TVR would have been creating a fair number in VINs in 2004 with the release of SAGs and Tuscan 2s so the 181 st car of 2004 was probably quite early in the year. I ordered mine in Jan'06 and it was the 61st .
There should be an engine number on it (I assume Speed Six) on the water pump (IIRC).. which gives you the date the engine was built ... also the window screen washer motor used to have a dated label which may also be a clue.

[pmessling]

My 2004 4.5 cerb was registered march 04

9 produced in 2004 according to information ive seen.

[pmessling]

Chassis ending 1377

[TVRnutcase]

The engine number was 0426P4203841 - Originally a 4.2 - but upgraded to a 4.7 by Str8six a few years ago.

Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.

[carguy45]

Belfast here, knew a few local Cerberas back in the day but can't remember that reg. What colour was it?

[The Three D Mucketeer]

TVRnutcase said:

The engine number was 0426P4203841 - Originally a 4.2 - but upgraded to a 4.7 by Str8six a few years ago.

Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.

Cars could sit in dealers for months and years ... I know some Tuscans built in 2005 but not registered till 2007.
Often depends if it was built off a customer spec or a dealers spec as a dem.

[TVRnutcase]

carguy45 said:

Belfast here, knew a few local Cerberas back in the day but can't remember that reg. What colour was it?

Silver - Black interior if i recall - but I retrimmed to a black-portland grey combination

[carguy45]

TVRnutcase said:

Silver - Black interior if i recall - but I retrimmed to a black-portland grey combination

A friend of mine had this one, bought 2004 and he lives on outskirts of Belfast. He said it came up as as silver in car tax checks. However he has no photos with the original reg plate on and can't remember it for the life of him, he has personal regs now on his cars so old ones are long forgotten. He also commented at the time it was one of the last off the production line.

Edited by carguy45 on Friday 25th September 12:36

[SimonKD]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

TVRnutcase said:

The engine number was 0426P4203841 - Originally a 4.2 - but upgraded to a 4.7 by Str8six a few years ago.

Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.

Cars could sit in dealers for months and years ... I know some Tuscans built in 2005 but not registered till 2007.
Often depends if it was built off a customer spec or a dealers spec as a dem.

My 4.5 was registered in March 2003. My Chassis No. ends 001590. I have no idea when it was originally ordered.

Regards
Simon

[TVR-MADS]

TVRnutcase said:

The engine number was 0426P4203841 - Originally a 4.2 - but upgraded to a 4.7 by Str8six a few years ago.

Interesting 1377 was registered March 2004 and 1181 was registered September 2004.

Engine was made week 26 in 2004.
Is 1377 actually 3B001377, while 1181 is 4B001181?

[Byker28i]

The Three D Mucketeer said:

The last 4 digits of the Chassis/ VIN (The Build Number) is allocated when the car is ordered, so the date it went into/completed build will be even later.

Erm - my 1997 VIN ends with 1547, engine number 474
With the Vin number, taking into the year code, you know 1000 off the last 4 digits to know the sequential build number for the Year, so mine was the 547th built in 1997


For anyone else wanting to decipher their VIN
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 29th September 13:52