Lot details
Registration No: DWX737Y
Chassis No: 2FH5345F1
Mot Expiry: March 2020

- Recorded 61,000 miles

- MOT'd till March 2020

- Bills on file for £13,000 for restoration work 2016-2018

- Body off restoration of the chassis

- MOT certificates back to 1985

Reputedly named after his girlfriend by Martin Lilley (company owner at the time), the TVR Tasmin was introduced in 1980 and featured an angular wedge-shaped body designed by Oliver Winterbottom. It used a chassis designed by Ian Jones; both engineers were ex-Lotus employees. Disc brakes featured all round, inboard at the rear, and electrically actuated pop-up headlamps were introduced too. The Tasmin was an epoch defining car for TVR during the1980s, with examples of the `wedge' even used in cassette and video tape advertisements. The large investment in the new car paid off, as over 2,600 examples of the car were built, cementing TVR's position as a serious, and series, builder of real sports cars. Initially the only engine available was the fuel-injected Ford `Cologne' V6 which displaced 2792cc (hence 280) and developed an unstressed 160bhp. The 5-speed all synchro gearbox was also of Ford manufacture, and the car featured a Salisbury final drive unit. Bodywork was moulded in GRP and fitted to a tube and square-section steel chassis. Convertibles benefited from standard-fit electric windows, and this early car features the notable TVR wiring system, which uses identity tags on the wires rather than colour coding to assist fault-tracing.