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[SiC]

<chap from Kirkintollch> This is a much worse job than I expected! Going to cost £1000 to do this properly. If you did think of ever selling it, what was you thinking of selling it for?

[SRi05]

3 hours ago, Broadsword said:

That SLK really looks very smart!

It's in pretty decent nick for a 90's Benz. There's one small bit of paint bubbling on the drivers side front wheel arch, that's it. I gave the interior a good hoovering out and clean, used some plastic restorer stuff and some leather cleaner and it came up great. Will do the outside tomorrow, was no point doing it today 

[Jazoli]

2 hours ago, Shep Shepherd said:

Spotted this very sad-looking TVR Cerbera on an industrial estate near Chichester today. I wonder what its story is?

According to the DVLA, the car's last MOT ran out in June 2008. Poor thing.

 

The chassis is probably rotten, they were never properly rustproofed and even though they have a fibreglass body the rest is mild steel and the outriggers dissolve for fun.

Its a body off job to repair.

[Split_Pin]

41 minutes ago, SiC said:

<chap from Kirkintollch> This is a much worse job than I expected! Going to cost £1000 to do this properly. If you did think of ever selling it, what was you thinking of selling it for?

£63,150 m8

[Split_Pin]

26 minutes ago, SRi05 said:

It's in pretty decent nick for a 90's Benz. There's one small bit of paint bubbling on the drivers side front wheel arch, that's it. I gave the interior a good hoovering out and clean, used some plastic restorer stuff and some leather cleaner and it came up great. Will do the outside tomorrow, was no point doing it today 

Tidy that, I like the seats and the dash. Just the right amount of design to be fun yet still Germanic.

[richardmorris]

44 minutes ago, SiC said:

<chap from Kirkintollch> This is a much worse job than I expected! Going to cost £1000 to do this properly. If you did think of ever selling it, what was you thinking of selling it for?

Ha. I’m afraid I can’t even pronounce that in my head - how do you say it  phonetically?

[SRi05]

4 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

Ha. I’m afraid I can’t even pronounce that in my head - how do you say it  phonetically?

Just call it Kirky like the locals do. I don't recommend visiting Milngavie either ?

[spike60]

2 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Wasn’t the Cerbera the first car that they made their own engine for?  Can’t imagine it’s quite as cheap as fixing a Rover V8 .

A few years ago someone I worked with wanted a Cerbera and recruited me to help even though he was fairly clued up. After a couple of weeks we called it off alarmed by the amount cars with ads that read  " 21,000 miles, one careful owner, recent engine rebuild and clutch" or similar..... 

[HMC]

I remember then they had just come out and a city person was using one to commute into Leeds centre. It made the most amazing wailing noise  Pulling away from the lights, same pace as the other traffic but sounded incredible.

[loserone]

My old boss had one, it was slightly* amazing.  He eventually replaced it with a 1.4 Mégane.

[anonymous user]

A friend was very keen on TVRs, mainly had the Chimeras, but had one Cerbera which got vandalised. It went back to TVR for repair and upgrades, they had it for over a year, but when he flew up to Blackpool to collect it, it still hadn't been put together properly, nor had it been mot'd. He left it with them for another month. He still bought TVRs after that though. 

There is a (V6 enginied) TVR sat on a driveway a few miles from me, it failed the Mot about ten years ago, apparently the owner doesn't want to sell.

[Parky]

News - brakes were fine today, just needed bedding in.  I celebrated by eating three boiled eggs with soldiers, natch

[wuvvum]

The CEO of the company I used to work for bought a TVR Cerbera - it was a write off and he rebuilt it, partly himself and partly a friendly garage, ended up costing him a lot less than buying a decent one would have.  Rover engine too so less troublesome, although he did have some fun with the electrics.  Then he reproduced and had to get rid.

[bramz7]

When I lived in Odiham, someone local bought a Tuscan and whacked a private plate on it in presumably a fit of mid life crisis. 

To be fair, they kept it for quite a while. 

[Carlosfandango]

On Sunday morning I bid on a bug at about 6.50am as couldn’t sleep. Woke up to find bid accepted so got on my bicycle with €350 in my back pocket and drove home in this. 

Its really shit looking at the min with those absolutely hideous wheels. But, I’ve since sold them for €200 so this is turning out to be a rather cheap daily shitter and considerably better than the 116i it replaces. 

I’ve polished it to within an inch of its life and yes, Black steelies and the lowering stick are happening..

 

 

 

CFD

[Zelandeth]

A mate of mine had a few TVRs through the years - The Chimera being the one that I recall being the most ridiculously fun one to play with - but they were all universally a complete menace to work on, and had an alarming tendency to go wrong in exciting and expensive ways.

The Chimera was also absolutely *lethal* in the wet.  I think that was the first car that I ever unintentionally wound up in a powerslide in.

[Ghosty]

2 hours ago, Carlosfandango said:

On Sunday morning I bid on a bug at about 6.50am as couldn’t sleep. Woke up to find bid accepted so got on my bicycle with €350 in my back pocket and drove home in this. 

Its really shit looking at the min with those absolutely hideous wheels. But, I’ve since sold them for €200 so this is turning out to be a rather cheap daily shitter and considerably better than the 116i it replaces. 

I’ve polished it to within an inch of its life and yes, Black steelies and the lowering stick are happening..

 

 

 

CFD

OZ Superleggeras, a popular wheel. You did well there. 

Enjoy your bargain basement Golf mk4 in a frock. 

[paulplom]

11 hours ago, Jazoli said:

The chassis is probably rotten, they were never properly rustproofed and even though they have a fibreglass body the rest is mild steel and the outriggers dissolve for fun.

Its a body off job to repair.

Mike and Edd did the chassis replacement on wheeler dealers.

Looked a doddle.

[cort16]

A few of these Rover V8 based tvrs seem to be getting ls engine transplants. Seems like a good idea for a swap but I imagine I’ll make the even more lethal.

[cobblers]

Ah man I love superleggeras, you gave them away at that!

[richardmorris]

More car movements again today.

[Jazoli]

Its nice to see a 959 in that colour, I remember seeing one parked up in the West End in Morecambe about 20 years ago, it was probably worth more than the whole street even back then.

[spike60]

2 hours ago, paulplom said:

Mike and Edd did the chassis replacement on wheeler dealers.

Looked a doddle.

Doesn't everything Edd does?

[richardmorris]

11 minutes ago, Jazoli said:

Its nice to see a 959 in that colour, I remember seeing one parked up in the West End in Morecambe about 20 years ago, it was probably worth more than the whole street even back then.

A black 911 turbo has just gone on the trailer- running like a pig and the smoke looked like a tamp steamer was outside. 

[barefoot]

The bloke that used to live across the road had a TVR Tuscan from new. It was a dreadful lime green thing on a K plate and he told me that it had the 3.1 litre version of the Essex V6. From the way he had to start it up each morning, it certainly had no chokes on the carburettors.

[dome]

40 minutes ago, richardmorris said:

More car movements again today.

 

Ooft. I've now got a new favourite 2 car garage.

[vulgalour]

May have found the air leak into the diesel on the BX.  Pretty sure that diesel shouldn't be coming out of the throttle spindle (or at least, the bid that holds the throttle bracket on top of the injector pump, which I assume is the throttle spindle) and you definitely shouldn't have to almost continually push the primer button to get the car to idle.  Full update later in the thread when I've more time spare to do so.

[Spurious]

Goodbye Florian. Electronica owes a massive debt. ?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/music/2020/may/06/florian-schneider-kraftwerk-co-founder-dies-aged-73

 

 

[HMC]

Had a look around to see what the list price was on this S500L. It was new  21 years ago this month but it’s still an eye watering figure even today....

[greengartside]

SMOLL UPDATE...

Dudley is still languishing at FATHA’S awaiting and MOT and sellage when all this covid shit is out of the way.

SWMBO took a leave of her senses and has actually agreed I can purchase another vehicle! I obviously went and had a look for my next victim. It has to be an estate, cheap-ish and have a bit of poke in it. So the obvious choice is this....

https://www.highline-autos.co.uk/used-cars/ford-focus-2-0-st-170-5dr-wantage-202004118922168

Rare ST170 estate, which is TEH SEX. I’ve already nicknamed it ‘The Hearse’.
 

The plan would be to possibly do a deal with my a Fiesta, as it’s still financed. The cost of paying off the Fiesta is very close to the value of the car now. It’s only worth a few hundred more than the Focus at the moment. Obviously with lockdown etc. things are a little difficult and it’s a fair distance from mine so it’s not as though I can nip round the corner. I emailed the guy and he asked about taking the Fiesta as a part exchange. I sent him some photos but I haven’t had a reply from him.

How long do I leave it before asking him again? I don’t want to come across as pestering him. It’s not as though it’ll be sold any time soon. The car has been at the garage for a long time, I think it was very overpriced (and maybe it still is) but still, just look at it. I’d be the man if I had that, for sure. Do I ask or just leave it and stop being a knob about it? Any suggestions are welcome guys.