Hello, hallo, bonjour, こんにちは, hola, ciao. In my little corner of the internet, where I wax lyrical on a niche topic, I have noticed a trend that is probably not all that surprising when you think about it. According to…
Winter Jobs: car seat leather restoration
The drivers seat desperately needed attention. Each time I would sit in the drivers car seat, the seat cushion, seat back and bolster would discolour – it was an absolute headache keeping on top of cleaning it. With a liberal…
Out and about Summer 2023
With the clocks now moved back an hour and British Summer Time officially in the rear-view mirror, we enter a period of near 6 months darkness and grim weather to accompany it. So it’s as times like this it’s good…
TVR Cerbera safety – how safe is a Cerbera?
High powered, light-weight, pure British plastic sports car with no thought given to safety, built in a shed by a guy called Nigel – right? TVRs are often portrayed as red-blooded sports cars without any namby-pamby safety devices to get…
TVR Cerbera reliability – the simple truth
You know when you’re washing your car, and a passer-by says “you can do mine next hahahaha”. I think I pull the same face while rolling my eyes into the back of my head, as I do when a stranger…
Make the most of them while you can
This advice (rant) isn’t so much about Cerberas, nor even TVRs, it applies to all classic cars, regardless of make, model, value etc. The war on the motorist has been running for decades now, first we saw the use of…
TVR Cerbera Interior
It was the interior that convinced me I wanted a Cerbera. There is nothing quite like it out there, and maybe there never will be again. It’s jaw-droppingly beautiful, and somehow looks both ultra-modern and retro British; I suppose…
Making the most of your Power Band – Quaife Close Ratio gearbox
I’ve raved about my close ratio gearbox in a couple of posts already, but never really explained why and the science behind it. The close ratio gearbox (or gear kit to be precise) is a replacement set of gears designed…
TVR Cerbera – the performance numbers
TVR were well known (like a lot of others in the industry at the time) for being a little generous when it came to how realistic their power performance figures were in the real world. Factory performance numbers The table…