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TVR Car Club Sprint Magazine
In this sprint

May 2013

Main Features:

A conversation with David Hives - The forgotten man | The sprinting fraternity gets underway | 12 Months on - Andy Hutcheson takes stock of his growing collection | Getting to the bottom of RV8 recurring over-fuelling | and more

 

Win a DoDo Juice home brew wax kit

 

Regular Features: Club Office/Committee Details | TVRCC News, Features, Articles, Special Offers and monthly competition | Web Site Reviews | Picture This Photo Competition (sponsored by digitalclassiccars.co.uk "big posters and canvas prints from your digital photos") | Regional Roundups | Future Events | Marketplace | Regional Organisers and meeting details

More infoWhat's in Sprint (or what was in Sprint!) - previous issues - click here

 

 

WHAT IS SPRINT?

Sprint is the official (award winning) magazine of the TVR Car Club, it is produced by members for members. Articles, stories, news and features sent in by members of the club are compiled by the Sprint editor and his team each month in a full colour professionally designed A4 publication. Each issue also includes TVRs far sale, Regional Roundups, Classifieds, Event details and a monthly photo competition amongst other items. To receive YOUR copy join the club now.join now

 

 


If you have any items, photos or articles that you think may be of interest please contact:

The TVRCC Sprint Editor - Mandy O'Neale | Tel: 01256 412633 | email:editor@tvrcc.com

 

     
GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF ARTICLES

More infoClick button opposite for guidelines for submission of articles to Sprint


PICTURE THIS!

TVRCC SPrint Photo competition winnerSprint Magazine Monthly Photo Competition

See your pride and joy in Sprint, courtesy of digitalclassiccars.co.uk and be in with a chance of winning a full colour crystal laminated (waterproof, anti-glare and scratch resistant) poster print of your photo. This will be fully personalised with your name and car model.
Poster print will be a huge A1 (841mm x 594mm) or even bigger A0 (841mm x 1189mm) depending on size of your image. Prints are in full colour and fade resistant up to 200 years!).
Check out the previous winners gallery

To enter - please send your pictures, via email to the editor of Sprint at picthis@tvrcc.com (with your name, address and membership number) who will choose the picture of the month. Please note.  The TVRCC reserves the right to use Picture This winning photos as part of their ongoing marketing/promotional literature including, but not limited to, postcards, brochures, website, Sprint, calendars and other such materials that will help to promotoe TVR and the TVRCC. Entry into the competition is implicit acceptance of this condition.

Note that the main reason for rejection of images for the competition is poor image quality. The normal acceptable minimum size of image is around 1250 pixels along the longest side at 300dpi. The image can be reduced via jpeg or similar, but not by much. An image size of around 1Mb in JPG format is about right.
if you are a bit confused by the paragraph above please feel free to phone or email the editor.
The only prerequisite is that any submission must have some connection, however vague, with TVR or the club.

 

IN PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF SPRINT

 

2012

In this sprint

April 2013

Main Features:

The 200 rebirth - everyone loves a project | Two eds' are better than one - new editors | 4,400 continental miles in 20 days in a Chimaera | The world's oldest active hillclimb | and more

 

Win a coated rocker cover courtesy of TrackvRoad

 

In this sprint

March 2013

Main Features:

Project Sagamora - just add lime | I did it my way - Trevor Wilkinsons view on TVR | The mythical Martin - TVR's ten special editions from 1976 | British Ale meets British engineering | and more

 

Win a badge refurbishment courtesy of Leven Technology

 

In this sprint

February 2013

Main Features:

Sprinting - is it for you? | Back Home 13-15 Sept | Smiles for Miles - pulling the stops out for charity | Refreshing a Sagaris interior with a difference | Living with a 500bhp Tuscan | and more

 

Win a £25 TVR Car Club Regalia Voucher

 

In this sprint

January 2013

Main Features:

Back Home 2013 booking | F1 made my TVR dream come true | Trim Technicians opens its doors | Work in progress - a granny takes shape | Bored of car shows - what are the alternatives | and more

 

Win a copy of Peter Filbys book A Passion to Succeed

 



 

2012

 

In this sprint

December 2012

Main Features:

Classic Le Mans 2012 - celebrating 50 years of TVR motorsport | BNG 2012 - the Speed 12 running | A visit to ProDrive | Home Coming - after 28 years a Taimar reunited | and more

 

Win a ChipnTrac DIY Tracker kit worth £149.95

 

In this sprint

November 2012

Main Features:

How to fit a Hornet Maxx1 car alarm to a Chimaera | LCD dash degrade - don't worry, DIY answer | Have a purple TVR Christmas | and more

 

Win a Dodo Juice home brew wax kit worth £39.95

 

In this sprint

October 2012

Main Features:

Silverstone Classic - A firm favourite for next year | Christmas gifts galore | TVR Knights in shining armour come to the rescue again | and more

 

Win a copy of the Sagaris Speed Six bible

 

In this sprint

September 2012

Main Features:

Olympic Gold - all wrapped up | The middle of nowhere - over the sea to Shetland | 2 ex TVR workers go Stateside to the Griffith gathering | Keeping Trim - Tricks of the trade for your interior | and more

 

Win a coated rocker cover courtsey of TrackVRoad

 

In this sprint

August 2012

Main Features:

Low flying at RAF Wittering families day | What do you think you know about the M Series | Speed six power in a Chim - that would be silly wouldn't it? | and more

 

Win tickets for 4 people and a vehicle, plus a picnic backpack for Guards Polo at Windsor

 

In this sprint

July 2012

Main Features:

Giving an old girl a new lease of life | DTEC at BRands - all TVR lineup | 40 years of the M series celebrated in the Lakes | Cold, wet and windy but the TVR spirit shone at Chatsworth | and more

 

Win one of 2 CG-locks for your seatbelt.

 

In this sprint

June 2012

Main Features:

Turbo time for Rover V8s - a wolf in sheeps clothing | A blow by blow account of TVR forced induction | Sprinting at Goodwood | Tales of nostalgia with Hawthorns Motorsport | one2one with Oliver Winterbottom | and more

 

Win a Tough Technologies exterior valeting car care kit

 

In this sprint

May 2012

Main Features:

6.2 litres and 480bhp ...playing with the devil | No chickens at Lydden - just Masala Chims | Standing out in a crowd - Porsche riviera style | Don't forget to stop - replacing that old brake servo | and more

 

Win a voucher for £85 from D&C trim

 

In this sprint April 2012

Main Features:

Obsession Overload; 5 Car Shuffle - one man and his toys | Old Skool Racing at Oulton | Michelin Men and Sprinters | A hamster drives the Racing Green Tuscan | and more


Win a 1:43 scale TVR Griffith from Automodello


In this sprint March 2012

Main Features:

40 Years of the M Series | Do you know this SEAC - with a stainless steel chassis? | Strapping the beast down - engine mounts | A pink Landrover and an ex-tuscan racer | and more

Win a £50 servicing voucher from Mole Valley TVR

 

 

In this sprintFebruary 2012 Features: One2One with Lawrence Tomlinson | We make a show of ourselves at the NEC | David Haughin and the wonderful SX | Carpet replacement for your TVR | and more


In this sprintJanuary 2012 Features: Welcome to 2012, what are YOU doing this year? | and more



 

2011

In this sprintDecember 2011 Features: Wolf in sheeps clothing - Cosworth Powered 2000M | Leven Technology shows us its shiny bits | DTEC close of season at Oulton Park | Bespoke Perfomance Open Day | and more

In this sprintNovember 2011 Features:
Oldtimer GP | Christmas goodies from the TVRCC | S Upgrades - New car, same old problems | DTEC comes to Donnington | BB(WET)F | and more

In this sprintOctober 2011 Features:
Origin of the Species - AJP Speed6 | Griffiths gather stateside in Ohio | DTEC hits Brands Hatch | 25 Years on - S Club celebrates the birth of the S | and more

In this sprintSeptember 2011 Features:
TVRs in HSCC | Only supercar collectors need apply... the only T440R goes up for sale | Celtic Gathering 2011 | 12 TVRs tour Spain and end up at Guadix | and more

In this sprintAugust 2011 Features: TAG11 - Goodwood event reports | An old flame called Taimar | The car without a hole | DTec at Snetterton - the madness begins | and more

In this sprint
July 2011 Features:
Tuscan V6 Restoration | GT Cup Round 2 - It's payback time | Last used 1967 - Grantura | Ticky or Tappy - we look into the Speed 6 with RND Engineering | and more

In this sprint
June 2011 Features:
Vixen - 40 years and one owner, it's part of the family | 100,000 mile speed six rebuild | Back2Back - Tuscan and Chimaera | Scruitineers; friend or foe | and more

In this sprint
May 2011 Features:
TAG11 team interview Str8six | Sprinting boys and girls at Lydden Hill | Coming to a circuit near you | Get ready for the Nurburgring Oldtimer GP | TAG11 event timetable | and more

In this sprint
April 2011 Features:
Modifying - Saged 350 | The full works - body off Griff | Reminiscing - TVR Old Skool | Hilton & Moss say hello | Leather Seat Restoration | and more

In this sprintMarch 2011 Features:
Britcar Revisited | Fancy a notchback anyone? | S Bodyfitting - part 2 | Welcome to our new Cerb Ed | OEM Chassis now available | TAG 11 booking details | and more

In this sprintFebruary 2011 Features:
S Series - Partial Body Lift | Project TVR Sonitus | Santa Pod RWYB | Why take a Sagaris to Venice? to get to Corfu | TAG 11 booking details | and more

In this sprintJanuary 2011 Features:
Welcome to 2011 - events calendar | Upgrading your Sagaris | We talk to David Martin ex-TVR designer | What's happening in the GT cup | TAG 11 the place to be | and more

 


 

2010

In this sprintDecember 2010 Features: BSG Big Southern Gathering' A British Affair | Leven shiny bits - the brand lives on | S Club Euro Tour Production 2010 - 'get your skates on mate' | Curl up with a good (TVR) book | and more

In this sprintNovember 2010 Features:
BNG 'Back Home' Blackpool 2010 | TVR Christmas Gifts Galore | New TVRCC stand at the NEC | Octane Magazine Photoshoot | Sliverstone Classic | and more

In this sprintOctober 2010 Features:
An international success at Classic Le Mans | The twig dreams of his fantasy themed house | The Midlands turn back the clock at RAF Coningsby | and more

In this sprintSeptember 2010 Features:
headliners - 475bhp from 4.0 straight six? | When does a TVR become a classic | Cars in the Park at Newby Hall | and more

In this sprintAugust 2010 Features: Unleashed - Sagaris with LS7 engine | The TVR spirit - pulling out all the stops to make a dream come true | Flying the flag in Jersey... a little white Vixen | and more

In this sprint
July 2010 Features:
BNG / Back Home 2010 countdown begins | 5th Chatsworth Gathering | Out of the Woodwork 2010 USA | Is your TVR talking to you? | and more

In this sprint
June 2010 Features:
Meet the Titan | Fire in the hold... check your Anderson connector | Scandinavia - fancy something a little different in your TVR this year? | BSG - Shuttleworth | and more

In this sprint
May 2010 Features:
Giant Killer - Potentially the fastest cross-flow Vixen anywhere? | BSG - Big Southern Gathering | Celtic Gathering 2010 report | 3,500 Mile Euro Tour in a Griff | and more

In this sprintApril 2010 Features:
LS1 Supercharged Cerbera | New range of TVRCC T-shirts launches at Chatsworth | Your favourite TVR road? | 3,500 Mile Euro Tour in a Griff | and more

In this sprintMarch 2010 Features:
Griff v Zonda - David meets Goliath | "A woman driving a TVR" whatever next? - Sprinting for Girls | Win a TVR wing protector | Bloodhound SSC LSR confirmed for BNG Revisited | and more

In this sprintFebruary 2010 Features:
350 rear suspension overhaul | NEC Classic & Sportscar show 2009 | Purple Pages - the business link for TVRCC members | BNG 2010 Blackpool Booking details | and more

In this sprintJanuary 2010 Features:
AJP Griff - Wolf in sheeps clothing | Goodwood Revival - Big Healey v TVR Grantura| TIV Saver Members Privileges | Win a copy of 'TVR ever the extrovert' | and more

 


 

2009
In this sprintDecember 2009 Features:
History restored - Stunning 350i | Final round of Tuscan Challenge | TIV Saver Members Privileges | Sideways Sprinting at Castle Coombe | MSA Classic 2009 | Six Hours at Spa | and more

In this sprintNovember 2009 Features: Martin Lilley - Profile | TIV Saver - Members Benefits | 430bhp Up Shelsey Walsh | Pre 80's Extravaganza 09 | BNG 2009 | Mid Ohio Griff Gathering | and more

In this sprintOctober 2009 Features:
The Green Meanie - Tuscan | Griff Growl 2009 | Phoenix Power | The Griffith Series 5.6 | Top tips on getting the most from your track photography

In this sprintSeptember 2009 Features:
Sagaris - it's roofless | When's a veneer not a veneer? | We've got it covered - 3 different roof options | S Club 2009 | Jes Firth and the Flying Cerbera | and more

In this sprintAugust 2009 Features:
Peter Wheeler 1945 - 2009
Supercar Sunday - Gaydon | Waddington International Airshow | and more

In this sprintJuly 2009 Features:
20 Years of the Tuscan Challenge- Motorsport Special Edition | Daft Dog racing: Competition or just Good Fun | TVR Coffee Table? | Cats, Dogs and TVRs | Sprinting in the Rain | and more

In this sprint
June 2009 Features:
Chatsworth 2009 | Spain & Portugal in a TVR | Griff Growl 09 bookings | Challenge Kicks off at Cadwell | Going Up Gurston Down | and more

In this sprint
May 2009 Features:
The Boys are back in Town - what's going on at Bristol Avenue | Tuscan II - the best TVR ever built? | Knuckle busting - replacing S manifolds | Croft gets a taste of old skool TVR | A chimp trip to Lake Garda | and more

In this sprint
April 2009 Features:
BNG (Big Northern Gathering) booking form | Racing Green - Fingers, ECUs and paddles | Britcar here we come | LS3 Cerbera Conversion | How to buy a 2009 Tuscan | Outriggers replaced without a bodylift | and more

In this sprintMarch 2009 Features:
Donington - 20 Years of Tuscan Challenge - booking form | Head to Head; Griffith v Wildcat | Torqueflow; no major surgery required | A facelift for a Vixen | Hong Kong Export | Challenging Times Ahead | and more

In this sprintFebruary 2009 Features:
Le Mans 2009 booking form | Rear suspension S trailing arms | The ultimate Vixen Cosworth | NEC 2008 | James Agger gives us more to think about | Citroen 2CV to Tuscan | and more

In this sprintJanuary 2009 Features:
2009 Calendar of Events | Pre 80's extravaganza 2008 | 125,000 miles with a Speed Six engine | NEC 2008 | Recession busting advice from James Agger | 355bhp from a V8S | and more

 


 

2008
In this sprintDecember 2008 Features:
The Dunlop TVR European Challenge 08 | Round Ireland in a Cerbera | End of Term at Oulton Park | Norwich Union MSA Classic | Fighting torque | and more

In this sprint November 2008 Features:
Trevors Granturas 45+ still going strong| A dream come true Le Mans Classic | BNG08 Boy was it wet | A French Fantasy Garage | Out of the Woodwork 08 | A restored Chim for £4930 | 3rd time lucky for Brands start | and more

In this sprint October 2008 Features:
Finger follower free Speed 6 uncovered | Someones building cars at Bristol Avenue again | Service and repair your S | Carribean BBWF 2008 | Just an old guy with a plastic car | Chim spotting at Le Mans Classic | and more

In this sprint
September 2008 Features:
Turning back the clock - 70's style | Martin Lilleys ex Tasmin | Zolder 2008 | Sprinting and data Logging | Tivs & Ribs - Pirate Adventures | What makes a TVR fanatic | and more

In this sprint
August 2008 Features:
The eagerly anticipated Sagaris II prototype | S Club Heaven | Its more than just a manifold | USA barn find wedge | Picture perfect at flow images | Crash, bang, wallop at Brands Hatch | 24Hr Silverstone | and more

In this sprint
July 2008 Features:
Trevor Wilkinson 1923 - 2008

In this sprint
June 2008 Features:
And they kept coming - Chatsworth 08 | Part 2 Team Holden racing Sagaris | An uplifting Griff experience | A year in the life of a Tuscan | Challenging times at Cadwell | Le Mans Classic Grantura | and more

In this sprint
May 2008 Features:
Interview with Mike Bigland - genius behind M chassis | Sprinting Season Starts | Another Grantura gets to Le Mans | Racing a Tuscan | Carbon Dash - you know you want one! | Morgans Muttering back | and more

In this sprint
April 2008 Features:
Multipart - TVR spares | Supercharging RV8s with SC Power | ROAR08 | Evolution of Griffith 200 | Rev up for Challenge 08 | Dash mods; has it been worth it | Team Sagaris at a circuit near you | and more

In this sprint
March 2008 Features:
Tamora never dies | Consensus Cerbera | Entry level motorsport | The essential tent for Le Mans | Welcome to the dark side - Wild Griffs | Dash re-veneering | Win a set of Le Mans sticker | and more

In this sprint
February 2008 Features:
Pre 80s old skool | Chim dash removal | Tuscan to V8M | Trackdays for Rookies | TVRs Tour of Spain | Reduce your carbon footprint - buy a TVR | Win a pro photo studio session | Fancy a new TVR? | and more

In this sprint
January 2008 Features:
New editor takes the reins | Rover V8 - new tricks for old dog | New year, new tiv | Bras for Griffs what next? |No modding virgin | Hot Holland days in T350 | 10 years of performance - ACT | and more.

 


 

2007
In this sprint
December 2007 Features:
TVRCC takes two awards at NEC Classic and Sportscar show including best club website | NEC Eden Project | TVR Power Speed 6 | Dutch Supercar Challenge | Turbo 3000S | Champagne Run 07 | and more

In this sprint
November 2007 Features:
Stylish substance - owners tell all on T350 | BNG - Big Northern Gathering | Gang on the Green | Delta Golf | Racesport is back - its still yellow | and more

In this sprint
October 2007 Features:
The highs and lows of Bristol Avenue by Ben Samuelson | 153 Griffs at Griff Growl | 2nd Annual Chimfest | So you want a classic? M series | Alex Glynn on downforce | and more.

In this sprint
Sept 2007 Features
: Diamond Rock Special Edition - Celebration of 60 glorious years of TVR - 1947-2007 and more.

In this sprint
August 2007 Features:
Le Mans - Has the magic gone? | 450SEAC masterpiece | Speed Championship 2007 | They do things differently here - 400bhp M Series? | The winning formula; beautiful venues and stiff competition | and more.

In this sprint
July 2007 Features:
Piece of TVR history - 1955 TVR Jomar at Tatton Park | Battle of the Sixes | Going too fast; Roadpilot GPS test | Seminar with a Guru - Al Melling on the AJP engine | Diamond Rock build up | and more.

In this sprint
June 2007 Features:
Cerburgring 2007, 20 Cerberas at the Nurburgring | From the Ardennes to Oulton, Tommy Entwistle part 1 | Al Melling interview | take 2 at Chatsworth | TVRCC website change to members area login | and more.

In this sprint
May 2007 Features:
Le Mans 2007 will you be there? | TVRCC Diamond Rock | Celtic Gthering 2007 | First day back at school for 18 challenge cars | Who would be silly enough to buy a TVR off eBay | Windscreen repair | and more.

In this sprint
April 2007 Features:
Blown Away - supercharged V8 | Stateside Sagaris? | A new challenge, Tuscans join the GT3s at Silverston's 90's revival | White Lightning; 480 wedge | What dreams are made of; outstanding Griff | and more.

In this sprint
March 2007 Features:
The Grantura - Trevors first born production | Tina meets Tina (The TVR Tina story) | Two into one - a racing Tuscan rebuild | 5 get shot in Birmingham - photo shoot | Grantura Grannies Secrets | Thin veneer of civilisation | and more.

In this sprint
February 2007 Features:
GTF600 "Sagaris racer" | Are we going soft? CAD designed Typhoon with ABS | Everything that glitters is not gold - an extreme cleaning passion | crashbangwallop; road going Typhon | 12 hour TVR - built from a kit | TVR Tina? | and more.

 

In this sprint
January 2007 Features:
60 Years of being unique | London Thunder - Whitehall gets rocked Blackpool Style | Free 2007 Wall Planner | Mellow Yellow - Vixen S3 restoration | 3000M Turbo | TVRCC Members benefits | and more.

 


 

2006
In this sprint
December 2006 Features:
The story no one wanted to tell, support rally at the TVR factory | The end of an era in Blackpool | Who is Alfie Boe? | Christmas Countdown | Tempting Tamora | and more.

In this sprint
November 2006 Features:
BNG 2006 | Game Over for the workers in Blackpool | The Final Round of the Dunlop Tuscan Challenge | The highs and lows of owning a Tuscan | and more.

In this sprint
October 2006 Features:
GP Masters - Mansell & TVR - two British Favourites | The Blackpool Triangle - a myth uncovered | Griff Growl 2006 | Chim Fest 2006 | Sebring a modern classic | Zolder the 25th Anniversary | Daniel's Classic Le Mans Part 2 | and more

In this sprint
September 2006 Features:
Back Home 06 - Blackpool Prom as it should be done | The Grantura's Return to Le Mans | The Motor Show returns to London | A track day virgin will return | and more.

In this sprint
August 2006 Features:
Kimbolton a posh day out in a field | TVR Power Supercharged V8 | Chopping and changing the classics | Heavy helium but with soul | Plug that gap in your knowledge | and more.

In this sprint
July 2006 Features:
On the catwalk - a sag in the studio | Think you're hard - We show you something really tough for old classics | Don't pass our guide to overtaking | Speed Championship tour of Britain | Tyre Talk - Part 2 | Cooler, harder, tougher - Polycarbonate rear screens? | Part 2 - Chim wing repair | S Club Heaven 4 defies the drought | and more.

In this sprint
June 2006 Features:
Reincarnation - Ride the fabulous Cerbera again | Tread carefully - premium make tyres, because they're worth it | Celtic Gathering - Nessie's revenge | Peninsula Museum May Day | TVRs gather at Chatsworth | Overtaking Part 2 Consideration | and more.

In this sprint
May 2006 Features:
A successful amalgamation, why take two challenges to a circuit | There and back again, straight lining it at Santa Pod, what you need to know | What an MOT tester needs to know | Professional bodywork repair | 10% Off, find out what inside | and more.

In this sprint
April 2006 Features:
Back Home for the last time at Bristol Avenue? | The Wizard of Oz - alloy wheel refurbishment | 1285 miles in a Tuscan S | Tricky times ahead - skidding | TVR Bob explains why Chi? | and more.

 

In this sprint
March 2006 Features: the archives - a history lesson in digital format | Grantura Revival - Goodwood gets a taste of TVR | Speed Championship explained | 380Bhp from your Rover V8 | White Elephant restoration update | Dunlop Tuscan Race Preview | Back Home 2006 update | Chairmans Report 2005/2006 | TVRCarParts.com the first 12 months | and more.

 

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