TVR Tuscan V8 SE Long Wheelbase

The Tuscan V8 was TVR's answer to the Griffith: a Ford 289 V8 in a light fibreglass body on a tubular chassis. This is the long-wheelbase SE, with 4.5 inches more wheelbase than the first cars, bigger doors, a limited-slip differential and better high-speed stability. The TVR Car Club reckons only 26 SE LWBs were built with "LW" chassis numbers, perhaps 12 of them right-hand drive.

It has been restored from the chassis up, finished in 2022. A new tubular chassis from Keith Ticer replaced the original, which snapped in 1979 and kept the car off the road for decades. It has a crate 289 with an alloy head and Edelbrock four-barrel carburettor, plus a rebuilt Borg Warner T10 four-speed manual and Salisbury differential. The brakes, suspension, wiring and leather interior are all new or renewed. Restoration invoices exceed £60,000. The original engine (non-running) and magnesium Minilite wheels go with the car.

It was originally purple and is now in Ford Olympic Blue with a Silver Fox roof. The odometer reads 28,640 miles, with just over 1,640 covered since the restoration. The dealer lists two previous owners on the V5C and a clear history check, and a history file with photographs and old MOTs. The car has been re-registered as HMB 880F, not the plate shown in the photographs. The page also quotes FMB 880F, so the plate is uncertain.