Back in May, My father and I took a trip to Carlisle, PA for the Carlisle Import and Kit show. We arrived Thursday night. We woke early and started down to the Carlise fairgrounds in our 2003 Toyota Tundra. (exciting car, huh?) My first impression was, wow, not many cars here. (i would be proved wrong) we immediately headed for the show field. cars were still just arriving so we went to the vending area. The first stop was a tent with all Datsun (Nissan) parts. We were at Carlisle to ponder a car purchase at the event. At the top of our list was the Datsun 280ZX T-top. We ventured around there for a while. and the day went on as we ventured through the fairgrounds.
the next day there were so many cars i could not even begin to count. I was in heaven. The only car we saw that we liked was a 1974 TVR 2500M. (i had to explain to my dad what TVR was.) A while later we were sitting down watching cars STILL rolling in, when we saw another 2500M roll in on a trailer. It was Orange with a Black racing stripe. We then went to see if it was for sale. It was. You can probably see where this is going.
So now most of you are wondering, well, what the heck is a TVR and more so the 2500M. Well, TVR was founded around 1948 by Trevor Wilkinson. The name TVR derives from his name. TreVoR. His small company started out making kit cars. Then, in the 50's, the Grantura became their first production car. Then came the Griffith and the Vixen and so on until in the late 60's, the 2000M came out to start the M series. In 1971, the 2500M came out. Our 2500M is a 1977, the last year of the 2500M until the more powerful 3000M came out.
Here are some statistics:
around 110HP (our car has dual SU Carburetors which boost that number to around 150
top speed: 110 MPH (see above)
0-60: 9.2 s
Triumph TR-6 In line 6 engine
Weighs 2500lbs
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