1972 TVR Vixen 2500 - Will It Run?
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- I try to get the 1972 TVR Vixen 2500 I bought at an estate sale running. Will it start? Will we hear that TVR sound?
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Really, a 1972 TVR + another TVR? Truly one of the best "forgotten" sports cars.
What a delightful little car - and what a fabulous, burbly exhaust!
The burble sound more like the exhaust is blowing or is even snapped in half.
A master mechanic’s methodical approach to sorting out the problems. I’ve always been intrigued by TVR. Excellent video!
A friend bought one of these in1971 in kit form here in the U.K.. Anything over 70 mph on a motorway and the doors started lifting away from the body which was a pain, but the straight 6 sounded glorious!
doors started lifting away from the body?? minor detail.... :D
one of the first things would be to drain the old fuel out of tank and inspect tank for rust
That car sounds awesome; just like a WWII fighter aircraft taxiing.
Bingo!
That old Triumph six banger can produce some sound!
I drove one of these cars in 1972 at a TVR/Lotus dealer. Unbelievable acceleration, turned on a dime, but very primitive. Little cabin air flow, fiberglass showing here and there, I had a '68 Fiat 124, so buying it was out of the question, but what an awesome car!
1:02 That Peugeot is fabulous! I wonder if it is for sale?
The Bristol remark got a sub from me,.a classy motor,that you rarely see these days..Respect 🇬🇧
What a glorious sound that car makes
The plug leads are leaking spark and there is gas all over the place that means it could catch fire 🔥 Did that help you understanding what I said the first time.??
This video brings back fond memories. I sold a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T with a 440 magnum to buy a new 1972 TVR Vixen 2500 (I regret selling the Charger to this day). I lived in Northern Virginia and the only east coast TVR dealer was Buzz Marcus in Pennsylvania. I drove up to PA and did a test drive. While it wasn't as fast as the Charger it could turn on a dime and had a MPG 3 times better than the Charger (9-12 MPG in traffic). I went home and sold the Charger and took the train back to the dealer to buy the car. [On the way back I stopped to pickup up a solider hitchhiking. Amazingly, it turned out that he was a friend, who just got back from Viet-Nam, and I hadn't seen in three years.] The TVR was a bronze color with a black sunroof. The funny thing about driving a TVR is you sit a little cockeyed in the seat with your feet slightly pointing towards the engine. The only problem I had with the car was when the throttle cable snapped in rush hour on I-95. I was close to home and managed to get it there by using the choke to give it gas. I sold it 4 years later for what I paid for it and also got another car as a bonus.
when you walked past a maserati and numerous other lovely cars to get to a dismembered Bristol......i subscribed..... back in the 90's Bristol had a showroom at the beginning of Kensington High Street (very posh area) I used to drive by occasionally and remember seeing the owner sat in a deck chair worth £20 surrounded by hand built machinery costing a little more....... Eccentric Brand and must be supported..... I am English and respect what you are doing 100%, what draws you to British cars?
yep i worked in chelsea in those days , tony crook was the bristol dealer ,in fact i believe he owned bristol cars ,i think they are redeveloping the site now
I have always loved Bristols and I have an AC Aceca Bristol I will be featuring in a future video. Cheers!
i look after 6 t v rs , a griffith ,tuscan v8 vixen racer ,vixen 2500 pi vixen crossflow and a 280 i
I drove a truck round London in the 90's and always enjoyed a trip past that place, he was actually quite mad in person such a character !
It's still there. It's on the corner of HSK and Holland Road. Used to drive past it everyday on the way home from work.
Fantastic TVR - I would have given anything to have been at that estate sale though. The guy obviously had a fantastic collection.
Bunch of Interceptors, a Citroen CX... even a modern(ish) Peugeot 206! I wouldn't have thought anybody in the states wanted one of those. And all those Maseratis... my god.
Best of luck with the TVR and the channel!
Two things I would do is fit an electronic ignition distributor (eradicates points ignition problems) and a spin on oil filter conversion to stop the low oil rattle on startup.
Does it have overdrive?
Thomas Wykes, both are great ideas. I have another suggestion. I’ve always replaced the Lucas electrics with Bosch replacements. Cap, rotor, points, condenser, plugs and plug wires. Also a Bosch “blue coil”. Immediately gets rid the “Lucas/English electrics dependability problems. Also a fan of replacing all of the bulbs with Osram ones. Also Bosch relays when applicable. Enjoy that bad boy!
I had one in red, what a great handling car. Damn, I wish I still had it or even afford to buy one now!
I remember these cars well from the 70's . I'm still surprised that other car companies have not followed suit by using more aluminum or fiberglass in the builds . It's such a smart idea .
Those Standard Triumph engines are hard to kill. I've seen them fire right up after doing what you did after sitting for 40 years.
If memory serves me, that straight 6 was originally built for fire brigade pumpers during the blitzkrieg!
No, the 2.5 engine was from the TR6.
I think you are getting confused with the Coventry Climax, which was used as a fire pump, but that was a four.
Omg how could you not buy one of the Jensen Interceptor's?!! Those cars are Chrysler 440 big-block powered badasses....
But not as badass as a TVR Griffith... one of those little cars with Ford V8 power. total insanity.
First thing I noticed! Wow there looked to be 3 or 4 there! Where is this place?
When I bought my MGB in '77 new, I think the TVRs there previously where gone I thought they were ok but the price was a bit much like the same as a new 911 about $13.000.00 as I recall the B was about 4 grand
You probably already know this but I've had very good luck with Startron and Marvel mystery oil added to the fuel after a long time sitting. They're both really good at cleaning out the fuel system.
amazing the number of keyboard experts trying to tell a guy who does this stuff for a living what to do or point out his supposed errors
Good way to burn the car to the ground. I hope you had a fire extinguisher handy. And, seriously, I don't understand how you can buy such an expensive car and not do some preventatives. New battery, oil, brake flush, change or at least check the coolant for contamination etc. Wow. You could have broken something hard to find and expensive to replace.
One of my most favorite UK sports cars! I lusted after one of these.
Are you planning to restore them?
Thanks for video!
I love the sound of those Triumph str8 sixes. Nice looking body on that TVR.
I just found your vlog today. Great intro to your shows. Liked the Peugeot and the little Alfa in the carpark too. Well done on your purchase.
Nice coupe. Never saw one before. I have a 74 MG Midget that I mess with. Love forward to see new videos from you.
Hand made in Blackpool....
1:16. 4, (F O U R), Jensens lined up!
Yeh, saw that,love those Interceptors. Plus that first bunch of cars all had double headlights, the former owner must have liked the design, and what's not to like
Love the Peugeot and the Maserati first two cars on the left when you walk into the lot - cool - good video thanks!
With TVR's it's never a question if it will run,...it's always the question of will it burn.
You bought 2 TVRs?! Man I am jealous. 2nd favorite car brand for me
Seriously though, if you ever want to sell one. Let me know
I live in the uk wanted one of these but you just dont see them over here and if you do they cost a lot of bucks I now have a chemera 4ltr and I love it sound alone is worth the cost
being a v8 which you yanks love and we do too These cars over here have taken a lot of flak but usually from those that have never had one They are great machines and you are very
lucky to have owned one good luck my friend with getting it right it will serve you or the new owner well if looked after and they are fast !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You will always have electrical problems with cars made from fiberglass, even Corvettes can develop questionable grounds.
Greetings from Bispham (the suburb of Blackpool where we built this little beauty)!
Great looking, great sounding. Just a pleasure to see
Looks like you got yourself a nice little car there with a bit of work, even the wheels look in good condition.
Awesome video! You make it look so simple!
Nice to see a Bristol (409?). My grandfather used to build them at the factory in Filton. Too bad it's looking so rough.
Heh, something seemed familiar as soon as you got outside your shop. My mind was already anticipating the Buick by the time it entered the frame. That was a trippy experience.
I think about posing for a selfie every time I pass by that Buick.
Though the 80's & early 90's I had 4 TVR's . 2 x 2500's like you have there & 2 Taimars. That straight 6 sounded like someone has done some mods on it . I would have liked the Alfa Romeo next to the Bristol :)
I had 2 of these in the early/ mid 80's . 2 Taimars later on
All TVRs sounds good‼️
this one sounds like a leaky exhaust gasket.
Geoff Halstead I live two streets from the factory. We really miss the daily sounds as we are on the old test route. Every Trevor ever, has driven past our gate.
Great little cars....I was fortunate enough to have owned 2 , a new 1972 green, and a new 1974 in burgundy.....
Sure I saw a rare Bitter SC in your car line up. Some really awesome cars there.
I saw that a well at 0:59 . I wouldn't have been able to leave without that one!!
Wow, you don't see those at all.
That us one cool car I’ve never heard of. Perhaps the next video you could do a little history in it? Models before & after?
Google TVR ! Great story, only in G-B fashion.
The Triumph six started life as a four cylinder and still has some of the things the four suffered from,such as weak thrust bearings. Grab the front pulley and see if you can move it back and forth. A worn thrust bearing makes it hard to change gear because the whole crank moves instead of the clutch disengaging. if it were my TVR (winners of this years lemans) i would be adding a 2.5 PI set up,modified to Megasquirt.
Such a beautiful car
Lovely to see - I had an even earler version with a 1600cc Ford Crossflow engine. Some said it was a better drive as the engine was lighter and did not make the Vixen oversteer .... but I dunno - never having driven the 2.5 Ltr model. I DID later get a TVR 3000 S Conveterable with the Ford 3 Ltr V6 ... much faster...but on the twistys I think the Vixen could have won!!
Here are all of my TVR: ua-cam.com/video/wngn3L_vw1I/v-deo.html I also have a Marcos with the Ford 3L V6: ua-cam.com/video/9rLd79BYrOQ/v-deo.html
Liked the fire fly the TVR attracted.
The Triumph engine was used because it already passed emissions for the TR6 which helped TVR get through US regulations, beyond that it was a poor choice being heavy and low powered and didn't even have the fuel injection available in the UK which made the engines a little more potent. Still a fantastic car though.
It wasn't really the fuel injection that made the UK cars "more potent" but the cam and compression. USA cars can easily attain 150 hp with just a cam and skimming the head for 9:1 compression. 150 hp in a 1600 lb car (Vixen) is pushing muscle car acceleration.
@@johncahill3644 My friend had a Triumph 2500 PI in the mid 70's which was the sedan with the TR6 fuel injected engine, they were pretty potent for the day, when he took his to Lucas in Birmingham to have the fuel injection set up, they said his was the most powerful one they'd ever seen, for some reason we didn't understand other than a PO had seemingly done some modifications including a free flowing exhaust. My understanding is that he problem for those considering removing the fuel injection on those cars, if it wasn't working, was that it was hard to get a carb setup that could work with the PI cam/head setup. The PI (Petrol injection - as it was called in the UK) presented a reliability issue Triumph didn't want to deal with in the US, as I believe the mechanical injection suffered issues in high temperatures, outside of the UK's moderate climate. The PI engines were phased out in the UK eventually being replaced by the 2500TC that ran twin SU carbs, because they couldn't get the PI to be reliable, a step back in terms of technology and a drop in HP which gave it the same output as the US carbed TR6 at around 106hp. I presume if Triumph could have go the same HP and torque at the same rpms as the PI, with carbs they would have, but while I know carbed engines can achieve 150hp I don't believe it would be as tractable and suitable for general road use as the PI engine was (especially in the big sedan vs the TR6) and perhaps also couldn't satisfy emissions requirements while doing so. Ultimately it was an old engine first used in 2000 form in 1960 and so without the fuel injection it was very heavy for the power it could produce and also likely not as fuel and emissions friendly. As stated before TVR used the engine because it was emissions compliant in the US already, but for performance and weight there were many better options available in European vehicles at the time, but of course most were not sold in the US and didn't have the needed emissions compliance.
Love TVR's I had a Cerbera 4.5, so cool. The trouble is TVR stands for; Tow Vehicle Required! you know you love your car when you can't get angry at its poor reliability
trouble very regularly is another lol
I don’t know what TVR did to these things, but whatever they did do. Wow.
Hi nice methodology....... regards Ron from Blighty
What on earth are those single-choke side-draught Webers? I think they must be really rare birds, I've never seen a single-choke performance Weber before. (Weber may have made odd little carbs for obscure Fiats or the like, I wouldn't know, but not the sort of thing you'd put on a TVR).
So badass! You got really lucky with this girl.
WELL, THE CAR IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A "MUSTIE" ON IT.
Fiberglass body? Probably best to check the chassis for holes.
more video's of this car please !!! Just subbed
No air filters? Looks like a beautiful car, nice.
Wow what a beautiful car.
Two thoughts; first, modern fuel can be incompatible with old fuel systems, (thank you, EPA, for subsidising corn farmers), second, until you're sure of the brakes, treat an old car like a loaded gun; don't point it at anything you don't want to hit. (Clutches can stick and brakes not.) :-)*
Yes, I thought that could have gone badly.
I don't think they put electric fans on them from the factory. I had one, also a 72, and it had the old school belt driven fan. Also sounds like you got an exhaust manifold leak.
SPRING little cobra! Great vid.
In the video while reviewing the other cars, there was a 1985 Bitter, the second car after the Bristol. I believe that was my car owned in Vancouver Canada during the 1990s. It was sold in a Toronto classic car auction in 1999 or 2000. It was a 3.9 liter 5speed car. Does anyone know where it might have gone following this video?
No this car has an automatic transmission and is a 1984.
been to the original TVR garage in Inkberrow Green UK. David Gerald cars
Nice car! Looks like it has good bones for a restoration. When and where are you selling the car?
Better than I deserve, Lee
I did not buy it with the intention of selling it but I just might some day.
Beautiful car
Leaded petrol? You might have to look into that for a car that age. It might have had the changes needed. Nice car 😀
Dont ever use starting fluid . Use a little bit of gas . Works just as well and it wont dry up cylinders . It wont blow your head gasket r blow the heads off .
What a cool looking car.
checks oil but neglects to check coolant b4 starting and uses years-old gas tank dregs.
why does coolant matter when you are just seeing if it runs?
Nice wheels, great looking car. Gymkhana anyone???
Looks like you got lucky with this one. Good for you.i enjoyed watching you tinker with it. Cool little car, but not sure I’d want to own one.
Brake master cylinder looked familiar. As with the engine, also appears to be from Triumph TR5/6.
It is. The brake master is likely the same as the TR6.
What a sound.
did any see the fire fly at 13:31
Yes, I was scrolling through the comments section to look if somebody saw it too :-)
I'm not sure I can abide with the spraying of fuel all over the engine compartment while checking the pump.
Awe cut him a break.
How's a guy supposed to set fire to his shop, when you're spouting common sense from the sidelines?
@@marshalllhiepler fair point. you obviously have a better feel for what would make this channel go viral.
lets test the fuel pump by covering the engine and exhaust in petrol......
Excellent really interesting thank you
Cool video; I'll check out the rest of your channel!
Where in Michigan is that?
They are beautiful cars, ESPECIALLY the ford V8 conversions.
Pretty cool car 👍👍
a very rare Bitter SC in the line up of cars
Spraying gas near a hot exhaust - kinky, but I like it!
Alpha Romeo next to the Bristol??
Nice looking ride
TVR=TREVOR
TVR. Totally Vile Reliability.
that i totally agree with the 2000 motor was sweet the 2.5 was a damn good boat anchor , all the triumph motors were poorly engineered, the crankshaft thrusts were a night mare , any tri motor first thing to do is get someone to push the clutch in , while you watch the crankshaft ,if it moves run as fast as you can away from it as it will cost a fortune to repair
Great find! 😃😍
lots of cool cars in the lot
What was the deal with the 3 Jensen Interceptors?
Good ...! Your trouble-shoot * to start the engine soo easy ...! And its * LOGIC * bcoz first you check the flow of the electric flow n supply , 2nd the gas @ petrol n 3rd the water for coolant system ...! * THE CONCLUTION GOT CURRENT , GAS , WATER , N AIR , OSO BRAKE AND CLUTCH FLUID ...* JUST SIMILAR LIKE MY MORRIS MARINA USING MINI COOPER ENGINE BY FORD MOTORS ASSEMBLER * S 1275 GT SPORT ..., T.Q 4 THE INFO GOOD FOR THE YOUNGSTERS KNOW HOW TO CHECK N TAKE CARE OF THEIR MACHINE ...! regards from kuala lumpur ...! Formly im use 2 b at southampton , leeds , n the subway tunnel in 1990s , he he take care broo ...! Bye
Great looking lil car
Nice wee car.
Please, please replace all the old fuel hoses with modern 30R9 Ethanol proof hoses!
gee , he probably never would have thought of that
Dang, that was a Bitter SC at 0:59 !!!!
Jensen intercepter 🤪🤩🥰
you should buy one next
Interesting. Thanks.
Pull the wire off the fan, it will drag the voltage down. Those engines make a nice sound but couldn’t pull your hat off.
Buddy your plug leads are leaking gas everywhere didn't check for cracks in the cap. Nice car wish I had one or two.
Plug leads are leaking gas? WTF😂
Arewethereyet, I think he meant to say that the spark plug wires (leads) were arcing, and he’s spraying gas all over the place. Simply put, an accident waiting to happen. A ham and egger at best, definitely not a mechanic/technician.
Phil Teves I know, but at least read it before and after posting.
Arewethereyet not sure I understand your point?
Phil Teves Really? I thought it was pretty straightforward. People should read what they’ve written prior to and also after posting to prevent erroneous grammar and punctuation.
I see one Peugeot 504 coupe? This is a great car