My TVR Collection from Vixen S2 to 2500M
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- Today I take all three of my TVRs out for a little sunshine. From left to right they include a 1969 TVR Vixen S2, 1972 TVR Vixen 2500, and 1972 TVR 2500M.
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This Week With Cars - Episode 0084
I was fortunate to have a great friend that was really into Griffiths. He had two of them. Very unique vehicles!
I’ve shared this with some of the TVR factory guys here in Bispham (near Blackpool, where the cars were actually made).
Great feature of your awesome TVR collection. I have loved these cars (particularly the 2500M) since I was a teen. 👍
" It wants to go faster than the speed limit will allow.." Great vid. Thanks.
Wow the 2500M sounds glorious. Thanks for sharing. I currently have a TVR Tasmin, so know how special TVRs are.
Nicely done. Enjoyed sound from drivers perspective. Thanks for sharing your tvr's
I've had my 1972 Vixen 2500 for almost 20 years love driving it and taking it to car shows it always gets plenty of attention thanks for sharing your collection...
Hi Steve, Vous avez une bien belle collection de voitures anglaises, à faire pâlir jusqu'à la Reine elle même. Continuez à ressusciter ces belles mécaniques et à nous le faire partager, c'est un véritable plaisir et pour les yeux et pour les oreilles...Thanks from France.
You have a very nice collection of English cars, to make pale the Queen herself. Continue to resuscitate these beautiful mechanics and share it with us, it's a real pleasure for the eyes and for the ears ...
Love those TVRs! I'm very envious of your collection. They look soooo cool and sound every bit as good!
Fantastic 🙂. Thanks for sharing your collection with us. Glad to see those cars being lovingly cared for in the US. Do you still keep a Griffith?
I remember seeing a TVR and a Marcos in the showroom when I was about 15.Ive always wanted one of each!! Good job keeping.them on the road.Enjoy all of your videos!!
Very nice machines.......there is nothing else like them that I know of anywhere. Beautiful. I used to have a Cosworth Vega and every time I think about it. I hate myself for selling it. I had converted the misbegotten Bendix injection to two side-draft DCOE Webers......I believe 42's. Was a great car with upgraded cams. Wound up like a chainsaw.
The 4cyl sounds great and I like the white gauges in it
Thanks for sharing that Steve. One of my favourite marques, sadly don't see too many where I am.
The M-series cars were also available with 1600cc 4-cylinder & 3000cc V6 Ford engines (there was also a Broadspeed Turbo option for the V6).
Most British home market M-series had the Ford By 3-litre "Essex".
Steve's 2500M was the early coupe export version for the US, but later cars were available as the "Taimar" liftback and a Convertible.
Roy Cousins Makes a lot of sense to send familiar certified Triumph TR6 engines to North America rather than the Essex V6.
Funny because the similar Reliant company moved from the 2.5 litre Ford straight 6 to the 2.5 then 3.0 Essex V6 with the Scimitar in the late 60s.
They attempted to send 3L Essex powered TVRs to North America but they had to have a catalytic converter system designed for them to be allowed. When they arrived in New York the cat system was not fitted yet and they were all impounded for a few years before being shipped back out of the country. None were ever allowed entry. I do have a 3L Essex powered Marcos.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful cars with the rest of us dreamers. One day maybe...
I drooled and lusted so badly when you put up the vixen for sale. I had a 72 2500m which I ultimately had to sell to pay my property taxes to keep a roof over my young family's head way back when. I'm still crying over it! Had a ton of now highly sought after Detroit muscle but none were half as exciting as that tvr. Mine was #1503. Ha ha still remember some 40 years later!
Awesome! My dad also has a Vixen S2, although it is far from standard. They are very rare nowadays, haven't ever seen another one.
I read about the TVR’s years ago. They are rare today. And, you have three. Enjoy
What size tires do you run on these?
On the original wheels I am running 195/60R15.
@@ThisWeekWithCars hi again my 76 m has 14" t slot mags was thinking 195 75 r14 your thoughts...
Thanks so much for sharing! I had a cousin who had an '85 TVR...so much fun and got a ton of attention given how rare they are.
Beautiful collection
Nice collection of TVR s, great sound.
I find all your videos fascinating, this was a brilliant addition
I liked the "Sound" of each engine Best!! Especially the 6 cylinder dual carbs. So Cool!
Thanks Steve....
As compared to my Sprites VWs and now my Mini Coopers....
Hi Steve. We also called the overhead cam' Ford the Pinto because we already had the 1500 & 1600 OHV engines. Nice trio , guess the gauges on the Pinto are not original ? Surprised you don't have the V8 which l think was originally called the Tuscan. Have never driven any TVR on the road or track......Darn!!!
Hi John, the 1500 cc pre crossflow and 1600 cc crossflow engines are called KENT engines, but there was a small very strong pre crossflow 5 main bearing 1300 engine used for only a few years but being shorter stroke would rev very well if built as a race engine, as I used one for a while.
The tuscan was a V6 ford. Quite rare now. Griffith very rare.
Hugh I look forward to you restoring the Bristol Car on this channel
Thanks for sharing these cool TVR's! I had a '74 Mercury Capri with the same 2 Liter engine. I realize people refer to this engine as the "Pinto" engine, but if it makes you feel better, you could call it the Capri engine ;-). I rebuilt mine in high school - it's a good, durable engine.
Nice Trio of TVRs. Must be difficult deciding which one to drive.
Very very jealous of your collection. Love the Tvrs and the cooper S
Nice! I know very little about TVRs other than they are cool and relatively rare. I just learned a lot about them. Thanks!
They are all lovely but the red one sounds immense.
Those cars were built within a 250 yard walk from one of my former homes in Bispham.
OMG TVR heaven!
I wish I could hang out with you cuz I don't know these cars but you do and I'd like to learn some more
My friend who’s 41 just bought a brand new Honda Type R. We went out for a test drive and I’m 66 the Type R was great. My friend says to me “ I bet you wish there was something l this 50 years ago?” I said “hold on we didn’t have the Type R but we did have the TVR!”
I would compare the TVR more to the Jaguar F-Type R, I would compare the classic Mini Cooper to the Honda Type R. I bet your friend would be surprised how fast some vintage cars feel.
TWWC it’s funny you should mention that. We became friends at work back in 2002. He then had just bought a 2003 Accura 2 door sports coupe we went for a test drive during our break. I have a 1996 Impala SS on the way home he lived near me we came to a stoplight it was late at night few folks on the road. I rolled down the window and called out to him “Let’s go on green!” We did and the SS roared and took of like a shot. It was a quarter mile to the next light he was behind me most of the way perhaps he didn’t think I was serious. He did get to the next light almost as I did. The next day at work he said something to the effect “I didn’t think anything that big could move or stop that fast.” So that was his first taste of what an older could do. Sent him your video and he was like damn someone built this 50 years ago? We may not have come as far automotively as I thought. Had a smile on my face when I heard that.
You seem to have a *HUGE* collection Steve, especially for such a young man. How many vehicles do you own and where do you store them? Must be the size of a warehouse.😁
You have great taste and you've managed to accumulate some rare vehicles - including the set of TVRs.👌👍
love em
All nice
I had 2 2500M's and 2 Taimars. Fantastic cars, but could bite in the wet :)
The pinto block will accept a Cosworth head if I’m not mistaken.
I’m sure there are people who have fitted a Cosworth BDA into their TVR.
That would be the hot ticket in my opinion.
The Cosworth BDA was based on the original Kent pushrod engine of 1500cc’s. The Pinto is of course overhead cam and it’s Cosworth conversion is the YB series as used in the Sierra. Both block accept the Cosworth heads but the conversion is so much more than just a head that its not really considered a conversion but building a new engine where you happen to use a heavily modified Kent 1500 or 2.0 Liter Pinto block.
Love your tvrs all best form UK I love my tvr chimaera 4 litre 1993
It must really go with a 4L !
@@ThisWeekWithCars hi it has 280bhp and top speed is 157mph
From what I've been told those pinto four cylinders well blow the doors off a V8 if you put a turbo on it and it was in the turbo 4-cylinder Thunderbird which was a much heavier car
Love it - thanks!!!
wasn't the pinto engine a 2.0 ohc engine? i think the 1600 vixen has the kent ohv engine. please excuse me if i've got this wrong.
It’s been years since I’ve seen a pair of split Weber’s, or are those the rare single barrel side draft Weber’s? It was a bit hard to tell but as I’ve never seen the single barrel Weber I assume yours are the split barrel versions.
At 6'2", I was really disappointed when shopping for a Lotus or a TVR. Didn't have a problem with my MGA.
I would like to know a bit more about your Vixen 2500. In looking under the bonnet it appears like it has the standard round frame of the normal Vixen and not the M frame. I thought all the 1972 cars had the M frames.
Wonder why it ended up with a pinto rather than the crossflow? Really like the earlier cars, especially the first gen M. I have a '69 Vixen S2 & a '78 M series which are very similar but somehow very different (1960s cute vs 1970s brutalism!). Great if somewhat flawed cars!
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By any chance, do you have a VW beetle in your collection?By the way,you have an amazing Collection of classics..
You are one lucky son of a gun to have even one! let alone three - Very jealous!
Great.
You've no-doubt heard the expression "a face only a mother could love" well how about "TVR, a car only Steve could love"...
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