Can't believe they let a GIRL drive my car.

[grahamw48]

This just isn't right. :bigcry:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEp0K5UtsBg

[grahamw48]

Getting ready to show off...typical of me. :D

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http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/18/400drag.jpg

[grahamw48]

Shopping for one of these now....to further annoy the neighbours. :icon_lol:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J03EeXqGmE&feature=related

[fred]

History, dictates that woman are not capable of racing an F1 car. But history is wrong. Women can fly airliners and they could fly fast fighter jets too, if they didn't have wombs, which tend to come off in high ‘g' turns. I'm not making that up.

http://www.topgear.com/au/jeremy-clarkson/clarkson-women-2009-10

[tanga]

Nice set of wheels. Visited the TVR factory in Blackpool once. The owner at the time,Martin Lilley took me out in his Taimar.
A British icon. Are they still being made or has production transferred to China?

[grahamw48]

A clueless Russian bought the company and bankrupted it in 2006. :cwm23:

I met Martin Lilley at our car club meeting in Blackpool...2009. Nice Fella. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

Here's a photo I took. He is pictured here....on the right in beige top and trousers....presenting prizes. :)

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http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/4978/bbwf2009011.jpg

[grahamw48]

With my latest weapon...:)

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http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2137/withmytvr390se.jpg

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http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/2527/mytvr390se.jpg

[Terpe]

Remember this lady:-

http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/SaxoPress/AD20111112784119-10-The%20British%20rac.jpg


http://www.historicgrandprix.com/images/_MEX0583.jpg

[Terpe]

Here's another super-speedy lady:-

http://www.linternaute.com/sport/auto-moto/pilotes-de-formule-1/image/lella-lombardi-592654.jpg


http://www.asag.sk/n/lombardi7_74gbr208b.jpg

[grahamw48]

Yes, there have been some very good lady drivers (remember Pat Moss too ?)

Then of course there's....Vicki Butler-Henderson. :Cuckoo:

Here driving my model of car, a few mins into the video. :)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itCWV-f88pc&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLD5FB4EB81844DE40

[tanga]

Great post Graham. Pangs of nostalgia.I had a series of Triumphs, a Stag and 2 Sprints. Used to enjoy Sunday afternoons touring round the empty byways of the Fylde coast. Ah memories. Drive a diesel Landcruiser now and stuck in traffic most of the time

I remember Martin Lilley's Taimar was a convertible with no windscreen just two small aero screens,certainly got the wind in your hair

[grahamw48]

Ah, another petrolhead. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

I've had sports cars of one sort or another since my early twenties. :)

Peter Wheeler bought TVR from Martin Lilley and ushered in the era of 'Wedges' (280i - 450 SEAC), of which I've now owned 5 different versions.

Peter died a couple of years ago, but shortly before that he was racing a brute of a 'M' Series car with a Nascar type Ford V8 in it.

Here's a video I shot when they were sound-testing it at our club meet in Blackpool:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmWhsdLrrL8

This one is me leaving a friend's house in my 400SE...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8pByU4LWFI

....Getting one of these next...:D . I like my V8s.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hETK27bIwg&feature=endscreen&NR=1

[tanga]

TVR had a test driver,I recall he was an amateur rally driver, Tony Brunskill
Just googled him. he wont be doing any test driving for a while

Sat next to a guy a few years ago on Emirates from Manila to Gatwick
Played a few games of chess to while the hours away
He had a TVR Cerberra 3 litre. Had photos of club meets
I recall he had the reg C300 OCC spaced as C 3000CC
Interesting chat, that journey passed like a 2 hour hour bus run

[grahamw48]

If it was a Cerbera it would have been either a 4.2 (AJP) flat plane V8, a later 4.5 version of that engine, or 4 litre 'Speed 6' version...minimum 360bhp....max 420bhp.

The only TVRs that came with a 3 litre (Ford 'Essex' V6) were the Taimars, 'M' series and 3000S, which were all 1970s cars.

The first Cerberas were produced in 1995/96. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

[tanga]

Graham,
Must have been a speed 6. would be pre 93 or 94
On reflection C400 OCC
What was the model that featured in a John Travolta movie?

[grahamw48]

No, Speed 6s were the last engines produced (TVR's own)....but not to worry. :icon_lol:

....As in these: (Silver one is a T350, and one next to it is a Sagaris....taken on our run out to Whitby)

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http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6122/whitbyrun11108003.jpg

It was probably a 3000M or similar era...unless he was full of BS of course. :D

[grahamw48]

Talking of movies... and the Speed 6 engine...

This is the ACTUAL TVR Tuscan that was featured in the car chase in the movie 'Swordfish'. Here at my friend's house. The owner had just driven it over from Belgium on his way to a big meet at Blackpool. The car now has 600bhp. :cwm24:

My friend's car is the red 2.9 litre S series, which I helped to re-build, and in the garage is his dad's TVR Chimaera 4.5. :)

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http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2158/47156435600721483501426.jpg

[tanga]

Swordfish yes that was the movie
Featured in rhd w the lancs registration also
The guy on the plane showed me a photo of his TVR
It was the reg plate and the way it was spaced that I remember
He gave me his contact details (pre email days)
Lived in Hartley Witney I recall
Great collection of snaps Graham thanks for posting
Watched a youtube series on the restoration of a TVR from Wheeler Dealers
Beats the hell out of daily coverage of the Senate Impeachment trial

[grahamw48]

I enjoy that Wheeler Dealers programme too.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

Actually the car they worked on in the programme was the same model as the one (my friend's) pictured below, with me doing a bit of 're-building'. :D In fact we re-built the whole car eventually from chassis up, along with upgrading a number of things.

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http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/7637/ss2lk.jpg

Another lovely car I owned in my younger days....:)
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http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/210/mylotus79lr.jpg

[tanga]

7GGD
old Scottish registration..Glasgow area
Is it a Lotus7?
Just checked that TVR on Autotrader vehicle check
J400OCC
TVR OTHER
GREEN

I must have a thing about reg plates!

[grahamw48]

Yes, Lotus 7...in newly re-built and concours condition (red).

Wish I'd kept it, AND the plate. :cwm3:

The present owner has contacted me concerning its history etc, so it's still being cherished. :xxgrinning--00xx3:

I like red cars. Here's my first TVR, a 280i FHC, chassis number 10 and ex TVR demonstrator....hence not registered until 3 years after it was built. I had it re-built, and also I had a red 390SE V8 model at the same time for those odd SUNNY days. :rolleyes:

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http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/4909/dsci002119dh.jpg

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[Jimbojac]

When i ws a kid i used to dream of owning a TVR but sadly the build quality was atrocious! Went the Germanic route and owned a couple of old Porsche 911's, the build quality of those being " bulletproof" but lacking in personality { what a suprise! } For 12 years i was in the Motor trade and got to drive a lot of Ferraris that my then boss dealt in but for sheer performance i loved the Nissan Skyline GTR, once had one for an afternoon, faster than the Ferrari 355 around the Nurburgring, what a machine!

[grahamw48]

The build-quality was fine on my 5 different TVRs....considering they were hand-built in small numbers, at not too big a price. All of my cars were over 20 years old too, and still delivering the goods for very low running costs.

Not many classic cars in daily use that could have that said about them. :)

The company I worked for for many years also owned a (sports and luxury) car showroom and I often went along to the 'top car' auctions and drove various vehicles back 'home'.

My best friend, a racing driver, had a string of exotic supercars, including a Ferrari 246 Dino, a Maserati Bora, De Tomaso Pantera, Ferrari 308GTB ...with factory Fibreglass body and reg No. 308GTB, plus a couple of Porsche 911 Turbos, one of which was a very special (930 ?) Flatnose in Guards Red and with major factory upgrades.

Always nice to ride down to the pub with him. :)

I've lots of friends in motorsport, with TVRs, Fezzas and Porsches etc.

Here's some of them last summer showing the continental cars the way home:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=1012570&mid=0&nmt=GT+Cup+TVR+Sagaris+wins+again
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I like my TVRs (and Lotuses) because they're exclusive, BRITISH and I can tinker with them. They're also faster and better-sounding than most of the foreign mass-produced competition. :)

In their day both the racing versions of the Lotus 7 and the TVR SE were 'banned' from racing against their contemporaries because they were considered 'too fast'.

At least I haven't paid over a hundred grand to be humiliated....:D

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http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/968/bustfezzer.jpg

[tanga]

I had a Ferrari 328GTS for just over a year. The performance was unbelievable as were the running costs. It went round hairpin bends like it was on rails.
It was great fun on weekends but I was happy to pass it on whilst my driving licence was still clean

[fred]

Bump

[Arthur Little]

:olddude: ... delighted to oblige; :biggrin: always like to keep our customers happy.

[fred]

You still up Arthur??? Talk about grave yard shift!!

[Arthur Little]

You still up Arthur??? Talk about grave yard shift!!

:cwm24: ... 'Dead of night', Fred! ................ :yeahthat:

[andy222]

Nice collection of motors.:xxgrinning--00xx3:

[grahamw48]

Some old guy in red cap looking at what he can't afford...:cwm3:

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[nnomad]

and dont forget Michelle Mouton, prob most succesful woman,, world champ ( audi quatro ) if i not mistaken,,,,,,,,
she can drive my car any day,, so long as she promises to go easy !!

[Mileslotus]

Some old guy in red cap looking at what he can't afford...:cwm3:

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Graham, Please find my post in the Introduce Yourself Forum (Grahamw48 trying to contact you) also on same Introduce Yourself forum under 'Help me to help you!!! - I'm new to using forums and didn't know where to place my message. Regards, Miles

[Arthur Little]

Some old guy in red cap looking at what he can't afford...:cwm3:



:olddude: ... I have a red cap - and I'm no "spring chicken" :coolchickendance: - but it definitely wasn't me! :NoNo:

[Arthur Little]

Some old guy in red cap looking at what he can't afford...:cwm3:

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:yikes: ... just had another (closer) peer :grosyeux: at the thumbnail ... COULD the spectator you're referring to - the tall man in the red baseball cap (his camera poised at the ready) - possibly be :cwm25: ... IS it ... our own Terpe?!? :cwm24:

[Trefor]

Hey Graham, I thought I recognised your forum name from a certain other car forum. Targarama here. My toys:

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[Arthur Little]

:yikes: ... just had another (closer) peer :grosyeux: at the thumbnail ... COULD the spectator you're referring to - the tall man in the red baseball cap (his camera poised at the ready) - possibly be :cwm25: ... IS it ... our own Terpe?!? :cwm24:

:nono-1-1: ... CAN'T be, surely! Must be my imagination! Having met Peter personally, the bloke pictured, somehow looked a bit like him.

:peepwall: ... I would hasten to add, however, that Peter's still in his prime. :wink:

[grahamw48]

Arthur....it's me you dope ! :icon_lol:

[grahamw48]

Hey Graham, I thought I recognised your forum name from a certain other car forum. Targarama here. My toys:

73117312731373147315

Trefor, I'm not at all jealous. :cwm3:

Now if I hadn't got divorced...:bigcry:

[Arthur Little]

Arthur....it's me you dope ! :icon_lol:

:omg: ... so it IS, Graham! :xxparty-smiley-004:

[Arthur Little]

:icon_sorry: ... maybe it's the similar height ... mode of attire, perhaps ... ?? :Erm:

[Arthur Little]

:peepwall: ... I would hasten to add, however, that Peter's still in his prime. :wink:

[Equally hastily] ... as are you, of course! :smile:

[grahamw48]

It's my TVR Car Club cap. :smile: