Great looking “Trevor!” I got to tour the factory in Blackpool about 20 years ago, when they were building Tuscans, Griffiths, and Chimaeras. Many fond memories there!
Of all the cars I have had in my life I wish I had my 72 2500m back. It was the most exciting car I ever drove. It should be on the short list of the most beautiful cars ever made as well.
Great to see you working on the TVRs in the US. I have the younger TVR Chimaera here in the UK and these TVRs are so much fun to drive. Light and gutsy! Please keep the videos coming on these older TVRs as there are not so many videos on them.
It's so funny that when I started watching this video, I wasn't so interested when I realised it wasn't a V8. However it looks like it has plenty of power and another think, it sounds very sweet!
very cool! When I was a kid first learning to surf, a buddy and I on our way over to the great south bay decided to drop over at Griffith Ford to see the TVR 289 baby Cobra!! LoL...... still dig the car!!
This video sounds great without the background music. My brother has a TVR 3000M in a shed at my place it hasn't run for ages which is a shame. It has a lovely sounding engine when it runs.
Great work to get it going. I used to put some grease on the inside of the water hoses to make them easier to get off later and make watertight. Looking forward to an update on this car.
Hey Steve. I've just come across this little gem you filmed a year ago. I've hear of and seen TVRs on the likes of Top Gear, but I was not aware of their history prior to 1988......until now! After watching this video, I HAD to look up and read all I could find about them, because I thought the sound of that engine was such a beautiful noise and reminded me quite a lot of my Triumph 2500S saloon.....or more precisely, because it sounded like it had a mild cam in it, a TR5 or 6. Sure enough - this little 2500M is pretty much an amalgamation of Dagenham and Coventry, with parts coming from the bins of both Ford and Triumph, with Lucas providing the wiring, although TVR had their own bespoke engineering involved in areas as well as the shell. My hearing had indeed Triumphed..... (groan!) It was love at first sight for me and I was totally intoxicated by its sound, its lines and its stance. Sadly, I believe they are out of my price range and there are no early TVRs in New Zealand showing up in my searches, but I live in hope. I see a couple of other videos in your library about your collection, so I am about to watch them and salivate a little. They are a beautiful car and I'd love to know how they drive. If you have any other footage that includes time on the track or road, would you please put some up for us to watch? Many thanks for introducing to me another vehicle I wasn't aware of and that I can add to the ever-growing list of vehicles I will own when I win a lottery!
That sure looks like a TVR I had in the mid 80's! Same color and interior. I made a spacer to bring the steering wheel back toward the driver and moved the gas pedal toward the front of the car also. The original control layout was horrible with the shift lever at your elbow, the steering wheel too far forward and the gas pedal way too close. Once those things were fixed the car was a blast to drive! I have to admit that I was afraid of the reliability of the car since it was my first British car but it turned out to be the most reliable car I ever had. Everything electrical always worked! Makes me wonder if this is my car ... I sold it in '87 I think and the new owner took it to northern California or Oregon somewhere. It didn't have the Webers or Accusump. Fifteen years later it reappeared in my home town on it's way to Los Angeles and I saw it purely by accident when it was parked by my office for just three hours that day.
The bracket on the Lucas alternator looks like the one I used to wrestle with on my Alpine. I must have bought 10 of those over the few years I had my Alpine, back in the late sixties. They regularly broke until I figured that the lower bolt on the Alternator wasn’t properly tightened. Back then there were junkyards with Alpines in them. I bet you’d be hard pressed to find an Alpine in a junkyard.
I like the style of these videos, very nicely put together and, from what I've seen so far, you have excellent taste in cars. You just got a new subscriber.👍 Merry Christmas from a cold, wet, dark Scotland,🍻🎅🥂 Cheers for now, Dougie.
@@ThisWeekWithCars you work on essentially esoteric vehicles to the average US car enthusiast. While I am sure you have a reach beyond America with your YT channel, and those that follow you have passing knowledge of the mostly British cars you work on, a run down of what the car is, specific model info and known history could make your content even more interesting.
Great videos! I know this is a year later but if you still need that alternator straightened out I’m sure my local guy can figure something out he’s been rebuilding alts gens and starters since the 60s and has a lot of old stock.
I just started watching some of your videos and I think they are great. Thanks for posting such interesting and informative content. I don't know much about TVRs but it looks like it would be fun to drive, good luck with it.
They made a 3000M also, I think with a Ford V6 as in the Ford Granada, my next door neighbours son had one in the late 70's, I was about 15yrs old. Fibreglass body from memory, his dad had a Lotus Eclat, happy days, BTW the 3000M was really light and could shift, so this 2500M should be nifty too! They used to say TVR stands for Trouble Very Regularly and Lotus for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious so I hope yours is reliable :) Im English and live about 130 miles from Blackpool where TVR were made
Had a 1968 MGC so that British exhaust note is familiar. Not sure it has the same engine. Was told my 6-cyl. was the same engine as used in the Austin Princess. Sounds good.
Love your videos Steve! Would you consider expanding on the auction these cars are from? Saw a bitter sc, jensens and some other cool stuff in Michigan. Interested in the story.
Peter, that Bitter SC was mine from earlier days. I brought it from Vancouver to Toronto in 1998. Sold it in a Toronto car auction in 2000. Any idea where this might have gone?
Just found your channel, subscribed, Love TVR, bit of trivia, I live not to far from that cars birthplace 😁 Blackpoo,l UK... P.S did you grab yourself a Jenson Intercepter? If not go back and get one, later mk the better.
Water pump didn't sound happy at start? Maybe better after a few skids to get water through it though. Fond memories of these 2.5 P.I's. Modified for your Seppo market under Triumph. Good luck!
That Bristol. In fact nearly all of those cars in that line up at the vendors lot would tempt me. Those 504 Peugeot’s included. My iPad is covered with saliva. Thanks for that although my iPad thinks otherwise.
One of those auction cars was mine. The black Bitter SC was brought to Toronto from Vancouver by me in 1998. It sold in a major Toronto antique auction in 2000. 3.9 litre car with 5 speed standard. Any one know of its whereabouts now?
Driving style and accessory usage both effect best alternator pulley size. If you like to stay in low gears and rev your engine, and don't use much electricity while driving, then you can use a much bigger pulley than if you use lots of gadgets while cruising around in high gear.
Ohh Webbers, on a big cammed engine make as much noise as the exhaust does..Just reviewing your older videos young Steve. thanks for the videos.. Ian.. UK.
Hi , don’t waste money with those alternators, I’ve restored 2 Escorts & a Mini Moke & in Perth Australia you can buy a new one for about $130 aud & really reliable ! Try Moss USA . Cheers & enjoy .
If you have black wheels on one side and silver on the other, only your memory can tell you they don't match (or a mirror I guess), because there is no angle from which you can see the mismatch.
11:20 that "braided" hose was just a regular hose and regular clamps with a silly decorative cover. Looks stupid but technically is the right hose for the barbed fittings.
Great work getting it going. But never a good idea to connect a car battery straight after it has been charged. High risk of explosion! Especially when you have an immediate drain on it as you did. Was unable to see just how much Teflon tape you put on in the high speed part. Don't forget the sender unit must make contact with the head to work.
No way is that grand dads old triumph 2.5 . With a bit of running it should run a lot cleaner . It would be interesting to know what TVR did with regards to the head and cam. One thing you should do is grab the crank pulley and see how much end play is evident. They are hard on the thrust bearings and will wear the crank if ignored.
The British used to make the most enjoyable sporty cars in every price range. The Midget and the Sprite at one extreme and the Rolls, Jaguars, Astin Martins at the other extreme with MGBs and TR6s and Alpines in the middle. Now there’s still the expensive range, but WTF happened to the rest? I’m
I had a 2500TC for a few years here in damp and chilly/hot and dry Cape Town and only had such a problem once - after switching off on a very hot day after driving in heavy traffic.
Been driving mine for over 15 years in all types of Spring, Summer and Fall weather and NEVER an overheating problem. It really sucks when people who know nothing about these cars, engines, etc. insist on spreading false rumors.
@@MrWayneJohn1 Just relaying what ive read on various forums over the years. I do believe there's plenty of Triumphs that have perfectly functioning cooling systems as well.
Hi @ThisWeekWithCars, what exhaust system is on your car ? Manifold, silencer (if any) and main pipe diameter ? I also have a ‘72 2500M but it doesn’t sound as good as that. Cheers
I worked at a sports car shop and was out road testing a TVR. I got passed by a soccer mom in an SUV. It was sobering to realize how weak these cars are compared to modern cars.
Great looking “Trevor!” I got to tour the factory in Blackpool about 20 years ago, when they were building Tuscans, Griffiths, and Chimaeras. Many fond memories there!
Restored and heavily modified a TVR Vixen some years back. It was an awesome car. It's now out of the country and I miss it
I started watching this on silent then turned up the volume and was amazed to find someone in America working on a TVR.
great to someone do a video on a TVR, the design of the body even on these later ones is pretty unique
Pretty cars
Of all the cars I have had in my life I wish I had my 72 2500m back. It was the most exciting car I ever drove. It should be on the short list of the most beautiful cars ever made as well.
What a sweet car - and lovely burbley exhaust note... some lovely cars at that car lot: Alfa, Jensen Interceptor, Bristol... yum
and a nice old Peugeot soft top....
Great to see you working on the TVRs in the US. I have the younger TVR Chimaera here in the UK and these TVRs are so much fun to drive. Light and gutsy!
Please keep the videos coming on these older TVRs as there are not so many videos on them.
Love the crackling exhaust note the exhaust and triple Webber's give it. That will be a bunch of fun on some twisty roads.
Thanks for the blogs Steve, cheers.
What a fabulous sound that car has, I love it 👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
It's so funny that when I started watching this video, I wasn't so interested when I realised it wasn't a V8. However it looks like it has plenty of power and another think, it sounds very sweet!
Got to love the sound of a 6 pot. I drive a Rover V8 but I really miss my straight 6's! Nice tidy car again.
Love the look of these old TVR's, Mk2 Cortina tail lights too!
Dude what a great video. I watched your other one too. Thank you! Owning a TVR is my dream so I appreciate the great content.
Loving the Bitter ( 1:09 ) and the Jensens ! (1:22 )
A whole row of Interceptors.
Excellent.. love the way the exhaust saturated the mic !
very cool! When I was a kid first learning to surf, a buddy and I on our way over to the great south bay decided to drop over at Griffith Ford to see the TVR 289 baby Cobra!! LoL...... still dig the car!!
This video sounds great without the background music. My brother has a TVR 3000M in a shed at my place it hasn't run for ages which is a shame. It has a lovely sounding engine when it runs.
Is this car in the video fiberglass or steel do you know?
@@jiveturkey9993 fibreglass
Great work to get it going. I used to put some grease on the inside of the water hoses to make them easier to get off later and make watertight. Looking forward to an update on this car.
Hey Steve. I've just come across this little gem you filmed a year ago. I've hear of and seen TVRs on the likes of Top Gear, but I was not aware of their history prior to 1988......until now! After watching this video, I HAD to look up and read all I could find about them, because I thought the sound of that engine was such a beautiful noise and reminded me quite a lot of my Triumph 2500S saloon.....or more precisely, because it sounded like it had a mild cam in it, a TR5 or 6. Sure enough - this little 2500M is pretty much an amalgamation of Dagenham and Coventry, with parts coming from the bins of both Ford and Triumph, with Lucas providing the wiring, although TVR had their own bespoke engineering involved in areas as well as the shell. My hearing had indeed Triumphed..... (groan!)
It was love at first sight for me and I was totally intoxicated by its sound, its lines and its stance. Sadly, I believe they are out of my price range and there are no early TVRs in New Zealand showing up in my searches, but I live in hope. I see a couple of other videos in your library about your collection, so I am about to watch them and salivate a little. They are a beautiful car and I'd love to know how they drive. If you have any other footage that includes time on the track or road, would you please put some up for us to watch? Many thanks for introducing to me another vehicle I wasn't aware of and that I can add to the ever-growing list of vehicles I will own when I win a lottery!
They made some pretty cool little sports cars in England back in the 50's, 60's, & 70's.
That is one sweet project you have there!
Love that in-line 6! Beautiful looking car. Thank you for uploading this video!!
love it when he hooks up the battery.
That sure looks like a TVR I had in the mid 80's! Same color and interior. I made a spacer to bring the steering wheel back toward the driver and moved the gas pedal toward the front of the car also. The original control layout was horrible with the shift lever at your elbow, the steering wheel too far forward and the gas pedal way too close. Once those things were fixed the car was a blast to drive! I have to admit that I was afraid of the reliability of the car since it was my first British car but it turned out to be the most reliable car I ever had. Everything electrical always worked! Makes me wonder if this is my car ... I sold it in '87 I think and the new owner took it to northern California or Oregon somewhere. It didn't have the Webers or Accusump. Fifteen years later it reappeared in my home town on it's way to Los Angeles and I saw it purely by accident when it was parked by my office for just three hours that day.
The bracket on the Lucas alternator looks like the one I used to wrestle with on my Alpine. I must have bought 10 of those over the few years I had my Alpine, back in the late sixties. They regularly broke until I figured that the lower bolt on the Alternator wasn’t properly tightened. Back then there were junkyards with Alpines in them. I bet you’d be hard pressed to find an Alpine in a junkyard.
I like the style of these videos, very nicely put together and, from what I've seen so far, you have excellent taste in cars. You just got a new subscriber.👍
Merry Christmas from a cold, wet, dark Scotland,🍻🎅🥂
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
Your videos are always on point. Might I suggest a rundown of what these cars are would be interesting as well.
Could you explain that further I am not sure what you are asking to see.
@@ThisWeekWithCars you work on essentially esoteric vehicles to the average US car enthusiast. While I am sure you have a reach beyond America with your YT channel, and those that follow you have passing knowledge of the mostly British cars you work on, a run down of what the car is, specific model info and known history could make your content even more interesting.
Hello Steve.Good work on the TVR it has been a while since i ve seen someone work on that type of car.
TVR 250M, one of my all-time favourites. Add a Daimler Dart (SP250) and I'm a happy man.
that's a sweet sweet ride, I could see how it becomes a fan favorite
Love the TVR sound. Great channel. Subscribed. More please.
Great film, more TVR please
Great videos! I know this is a year later but if you still need that alternator straightened out I’m sure my local guy can figure something out he’s been rebuilding alts gens and starters since the 60s and has a lot of old stock.
Absolutely love these cars! Gorgeous bodies and that exhaust/engine note! Oh man!!!! Id love to get one of these!!!!!! :)
That thing sounds amazing.
I wonder if that old hose leaking was what did in the alternator? Wow, that runs great!
I just started watching some of your videos and I think they are great. Thanks for posting such interesting and informative content. I don't know much about TVRs but it looks like it would be fun to drive, good luck with it.
The TVR sounds awesome great car
They made a 3000M also, I think with a Ford V6 as in the Ford Granada, my next door neighbours son had one in the late 70's, I was about 15yrs old. Fibreglass body from memory, his dad had a Lotus Eclat, happy days, BTW the 3000M was really light and could shift, so this 2500M should be nifty too! They used to say TVR stands for Trouble Very Regularly and Lotus for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious so I hope yours is reliable :) Im English and live about 130 miles from Blackpool where TVR were made
those side vents are from a ford zodiac mk4 c piller
Great work mate
Had a 1968 MGC so that British exhaust note is familiar. Not sure it has the same engine. Was told my 6-cyl. was the same engine as used in the Austin Princess. Sounds good.
The MGC is a great car and used the same engine as the Austin Healey 3000! This is a Triumph motor same as used in a TR6.
A man called Trevor started the TVR business in Blackpool, UK. TVR is taken from his name: TreVoR
Cool car! Sounds pretty sassy. I get a kick out of watching you trouble shoot. I really like your videos.
Love your videos Steve! Would you consider expanding on the auction these cars are from? Saw a bitter sc, jensens and some other cool stuff in Michigan. Interested in the story.
Peter, that Bitter SC was mine from earlier days. I brought it from Vancouver to Toronto in 1998. Sold it in a Toronto car auction in 2000. Any idea where this might have gone?
May the GIRTH be with you and a nice private room!
Just found your channel, subscribed, Love TVR, bit of trivia, I live not to far from that cars birthplace 😁 Blackpoo,l UK... P.S did you grab yourself a Jenson Intercepter? If not go back and get one, later mk the better.
Water pump didn't sound happy at start? Maybe better after a few skids to get water through it though. Fond memories of these 2.5 P.I's. Modified for your Seppo market under Triumph. Good luck!
It sounds fabulous. Excellent British 'boutique' sports car.
That is a keeper!!
That Bristol. In fact nearly all of those cars in that line up at the vendors lot would tempt me. Those 504 Peugeot’s included. My iPad is covered with saliva. Thanks for that although my iPad thinks otherwise.
One of those auction cars was mine. The black Bitter SC was brought to Toronto from Vancouver by me in 1998. It sold in a major Toronto antique auction in 2000. 3.9 litre car with 5 speed standard. Any one know of its whereabouts now?
Driving style and accessory usage both effect best alternator pulley size. If you like to stay in low gears and rev your engine, and don't use much electricity while driving, then you can use a much bigger pulley than if you use lots of gadgets while cruising around in high gear.
yes,i want to see more vids like this.
thanks&merry xmas(oh no)
I had 2 x 2500m's and 2 x Taimar's (V6 3ltr & opening back window) in the early - mid 80's . Great cars.
Would you be interested in selling that one ?
how good does that engine sound and it fired up straight away.
That thing sounds mint!
Some great cars 👍👍
The air vents in the front fenders are from a Ford Capri UK
Ohh Webbers, on a big cammed engine make as much noise as the exhaust does..Just reviewing your older videos young Steve. thanks for the videos.. Ian.. UK.
same alternator as Triumph TR6 I would imagine, these are readily available
TVR's used nearly ALL Triumph TR6 mechanicals - engine, trans, alternator, brake components, etc.
@@MrWayneJohn1 I was going to say I recognise that motor as the same as my Tr6😉
MKII Cortina rear lights. Such a shame they went to the wall. They made some classic and brutal sports cars
Very nice sound - like a rotary
They are Beautiful cars.
Good presentation... TVR
if you're limber enough to fit in it
Teflon tape on the CTS is a bad idea as the sensor grounds threw the threads
A great video on tvr
Hi , don’t waste money with those alternators, I’ve restored 2 Escorts & a Mini Moke & in Perth Australia you can buy a new one for about $130 aud & really reliable ! Try Moss USA . Cheers & enjoy .
Same heater valve as my Land Rover series 3!
Would love to know what the circumstances were of all the cars being sold. It looked like a seriously exotic collection of some very interesting cars.
If you have black wheels on one side and silver on the other, only your memory can tell you they don't match (or a mirror I guess), because there is no angle from which you can see the mismatch.
Great video, engine sounds as an easy reving one, do you know what more have been done to the engine beside the weber carburators?
Wauw Dude, a nest of Peugeots??? VERY cool!!!
The tvr sounds amazing wot engine is in it
The same as the Triumph TR6
Triumph I6 is the perfect mill for that car
Love the sound! awesome car!
Sweet!!! THNX!
Nice car ..
11:20 that "braided" hose was just a regular hose and regular clamps with a silly decorative cover. Looks stupid but technically is the right hose for the barbed fittings.
Hi Steve, will you be doing a channel intro or have I missed it?
Great work getting it going. But never a good idea to connect a car battery straight after it has been charged. High risk of explosion! Especially when you have an immediate drain on it as you did. Was unable to see just how much Teflon tape you put on in the high speed part. Don't forget the sender unit must make contact with the head to work.
Jensen Interceptors a lot easier to source in US .Cheers Addam
I love it
You've got a good sense of humour :)
what kind of fittings and hose SHOULD I use? I agree I hate fake stuff on a car like that
AN fittings when possible.
Oh man I love it, that looks like a Triumph motor ?
Triumph TR6 engine
This Week With Cars Agh right cool thanks.
I have a 73 TR6 and a 73 GT6 I’m pretty impressed with how it pulled your TVR.
nice car Steve! do you use spacers on te front wheels ?
Four Jensen Interceptors!!!!!
What is this place in MI that has all those cars? Love your vids!
Oh, I miss my Chimera
Frank the Cerbera......🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
great car
No way is that grand dads old triumph 2.5 . With a bit of running it should run a lot cleaner . It would be interesting to know what TVR did with regards to the head and cam. One thing you should do is grab the crank pulley and see how much end play is evident. They are hard on the thrust bearings and will wear the crank if ignored.
TVR sold the car with a stock 106 HP TR-6 motor. I took it to another level when I rebuilt the entire car in 1983-84
A Busso V6 would be great in a TVR.
what was the engine in TVR?
The British used to make the most enjoyable sporty cars in every price range. The Midget and the Sprite at one extreme and the Rolls, Jaguars, Astin Martins at the other extreme with MGBs and TR6s and Alpines in the middle. Now there’s still the expensive range, but WTF happened to the rest? I’m
That looks like the strait 6 in my TR6... Is it a 2.5 6L?
It is indeed!
Ive always heard the 2.5l triumph engines has a tendency to overheat in traffic.
An electric fan fixes that
I had a 2500TC for a few years here in damp and chilly/hot and dry Cape Town and only had such a problem once - after switching off on a very hot day after driving in heavy traffic.
Been driving mine for over 15 years in all types of Spring, Summer and Fall weather and NEVER an overheating problem. It really sucks when people who know nothing about these cars, engines, etc. insist on spreading false rumors.
@@MrWayneJohn1 Just relaying what ive read on various forums over the years. I do believe there's plenty of Triumphs that have perfectly functioning cooling systems as well.
Hi @ThisWeekWithCars, what exhaust system is on your car ? Manifold, silencer (if any) and main pipe diameter ? I also have a ‘72 2500M but it doesn’t sound as good as that. Cheers
I will have to put it on the lift and give a tour around it sometime.
I worked at a sports car shop and was out road testing a TVR. I got passed by a soccer mom in an SUV. It was sobering to realize how weak these cars are compared to modern cars.
Can’t have been a modern TVR then.