What Happened To....
Discussion
mikee said:
actually I'm not sure that's correct, I bought a Griff from Team Central in Birmingham in 1994 and I'm sure the then owner (forget his name) had one of the speed 8s which had been Peter Wheelers personal transport...
I know Howard Bryan has the White Elephant that Wheeler used as his personal runabout and I think a Cerbera was also used...I wasnt aware that the Speed Eight Wedge made it onto the road!
A glimmer of hope maybe
JR said:
jagdpanther said:
I wasnt aware that the Speed Eight Wedge made it onto the road!
A glimmer of hope maybe.
A glimmer of hope maybe.
No, sadly you are correct. As a footnote the Speed Eights were not pre-Griff they were contemporaries.
What a shame
I knew they weren't a pre-griff, just the best way to describe them
If you type Speed Eight into google it comes up with Cerbs, Griffs, Chims and Speed Sixes?
rusty pipes said:
dont know about the speed eight but one Xante exists stored on the roof of the spray bay/composites oven Hope this is of interest
OK, interested, but what is it (I assume TVR bearing in mind the various things seen around the place from time to time)? Anyone got any pictures of what one looks like? Description / age / what is left of this one? History is history and if there is something in there worth saving, let's make it clear to Receivers that someone may be interested. Even ugly as sin cars show what a company went through to get to the good ones.
That's interesting, we were just wondering what happened to the one and only Zante at the West Yorks meeting yesterday. Let's hope it gets saved, even 36 years late. It's the second best looking TVR Wedge, after the Trident.
Oliver.
(Watch the emails come in from the wedge boys now....)
Oliver.
(Watch the emails come in from the wedge boys now....)
I took a photo of Martin Liley standing next to the Zante shell, very recently. Unfortunately, someone may lose their job if I said where and when it was taken or published it. So it must remain as that, an unfounded PH rumour.
I may, however, be able to publish it after Friday 23 February
I may, however, be able to publish it after Friday 23 February
I thought the Zante was a cracking looking car, given the era it came from!
Reminded me of a Scimitar on drugs
It is such a shame that the Speed Eights were seemabley scrapped...that was one of the best looking cars (yes Rich, I whole heartedly agree!) ever to come out of Blackpool.
Funny thing is, when you look back at the photos, Maserati are still making cars that look like the Speed Eight so it could've easily succeeded
Reminded me of a Scimitar on drugs
It is such a shame that the Speed Eights were seemabley scrapped...that was one of the best looking cars (yes Rich, I whole heartedly agree!) ever to come out of Blackpool.
Funny thing is, when you look back at the photos, Maserati are still making cars that look like the Speed Eight so it could've easily succeeded
The 1990 speed 8 show car was cut up in front of me by development.
I managed to prize the chassis out of Peter's hands for a mate to build a kit car on, lost contact of mate cos I moved away, but he lives in Moreton on the Wirral, - I assume he still has the chassis. - the body is in body heaven or hell depending on if you think it was good or bad.
NC
I managed to prize the chassis out of Peter's hands for a mate to build a kit car on, lost contact of mate cos I moved away, but he lives in Moreton on the Wirral, - I assume he still has the chassis. - the body is in body heaven or hell depending on if you think it was good or bad.
NC
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