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TVR Success Against The Odds

1x (A) First Edition Signed £200

1x (A) in dust jacket 1980 Reprint Signed £130

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Model Cars

Memorabilia

by Peter Filby First Published 1976

One of the first books on the history of TVR. This is a must read by all TVR fans.

TVR The Early Years

sports car phenomenon. Published 2010

Click on the link below to order from Peter Filby direct.

£POA

Volume one Peter Filby has left no stone unturned in researching these exciting formative years of a great marque and producing the definite history of a

TVR Passion to Succeed

Volume two by Peter Filby Volume two covering late 1965 to late 1981 TVR owned by Martin & Arther Lilley. Published 2012

The TVR’s

Grantura to Tasmin

The book intended to be a factual, blow-by-blow account of the way the TVR motor car has developed from the 1950s to the present day, but what has also crept in is the 'character' of the TVR, a quality with which all the cars have been liberally endowed.

1x (A) in plastic cover hardback £40

1x (C) slight mark on cover £Sold

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TVR The Complete Story

history, and full technical specifications for all TVR models.

1x (A) First edition 1994 £POA

1x (A) 2006 edition £POA

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by John Tipler

Published 1994

The book is packed with highly interesting and useful information,

personal insights from the key figures in TVR's

TVR An Illustrated History

1950s by founder Trevor Wilkinson, to the latest muscular supercars evolving under the new Russian ownership. TVRs have always stood out from the crowd, both for their often controversial styling and for their sheer innovation, and few people would dispute that a TVR has presence. Here, the rollercoaster history of TVR is told through photographs, including many taken behind the scenes during development and production. Essential reading for all TVR enthusiasts and sports car fans.

2x (A) Second edition published 2005 hardback £POA

by Johnny Tipler

A complete photographic record of all the cars produced by Blackpool-based TVR, from the earliest 'specials' built in the early

Click on the link below to order from Peter Filby direct.

£65

A Collectors Guide

by Graham Robson

First Edition

Published 1981

Hardback

The TVR’s

This book offers the enthusiast ,owner and collector a growing reference library. The origins and design of each explained and their production history, with full details and evolutionary changes.The practicalities of purchase and ownership are examined As always in the Collectors Guide series the text is copiously illustrated and the appendices add invaluable reference data for the collector and researcher

1x (A) like new hardback £POA

1x (B) £POA

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A Collectors Guide

by Graham Robson

Second Edition

Published 1987

Hardback

The TVR’s

Volume 2 Tasmin to Chimaera

As with volume one, this book covers all the important facts and data of the later cars.

Models covered: Tasmin, S, 420 SEAC, Racing Tuscan, New Griffith, Chimaera

1x (A) like new hardback £POA

1x (B)small mark on cover hardback £POA

Paperback new £POA

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A Collectors Guide

by Graham Robson

Published 1993

Hardback

The TVR’s

Volume 1 Grantura to Taimar

Packed with historical, technical, and photographic information - and an excellent source of data for production numbers, chassis break-off points etc

Models covered: Early prototypes and Specials, Grantura MkI, II, IIA, III, Vixen, Griffith, Tuscan, 2500, 1600M, 2500M, 3000M, 3000M Turbo, 3000S, Taimar, Taimar Turbo, TVRs that might have been.

1x (A) like new hardback £POA

1x (B) Some small marks on cover £POA

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A Collectors Guide

by Graham Robson

Published 1993

Hardback

TVR Sutton’s Photographic History

1x (A) First edition 1994 £POA

1x (B) 2000 edition £POA

Paperback £POA

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by John Tipler

Published 1994

Trevor's trials and tribulations; boom time at TVR; the wedge era; modern times; the Bristol Avenue factory; the sound and fury.

TVR 1960 - 1980

Examinations, Factory visits, Buying secondhand. Grantura, MkIII 1800, 1800s, Griffin, Tuscan, SE, Vixen, 1600, S2, 2500M, 3000M, Turbo, Taimar, Roadster and Tasmin

2x (D) Some browning on pages £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 1982

A compilation of contemporary articles covering:

Road tests, Specifications, New model intro's,

TVR Gold Portfolio 1959- 1986

and occasionally includes buying articles, which are all compiled from motoring magazines from the period.

1x (A) First edition 1994 £POA

1x (D) good usable reading £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 1986

Brooklands Books are a series of soft back books comprising of road test, comparison tests

TVR Gold Portfolio 1959 - 1988

Tasmin, 350i, 390SE, 280i, 350 Series II, Convertible, 420SEAC, TVR S, SX350i. Includes Road Tests, New Model Reports and Technical Data. Illustrated with black and white photos; with a thin card cover.

x1 (C) Some marks on cover £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 1988

TVR models from 1959-1988: Grantura, Griffith, Tuscan, Vixen, S2, 2500M, 3000M, 1600M, Taimar, 3000S,

TVR Gold Portfolio 1959 - 1990

350 Series II, Convertible, 420SEAC, TVR S, SX350i. Includes Road Tests, New Model Reports and Technical Data.

1x (A) Like new £POA

1x (C) slight ripple mark on cover £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 1991

Grantura, Griffith, Tuscan, Vixen, S2, 2500M, 3000M, 1600M, Taimar, 3000S, Tasmin, 350i, 390SE, 280i,

TVR Performance Portfolio 1986-1994

factory visit. Models covered: 350i, SX, 390SE, S, 280i, 420SEAC, S Turbo, Titan, Griffith, 500 Chimaera. 140 pages, over 200 illustrations

(A) like new paperback £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 1995

Features road and comparison tests, performance and technical data, new model introductions,

TVR Performance Portfolio 1995-2000

the race-bred Tuscan, sold strongly and benefited from attractive and distinctive styling which was in a difference league from the rather brutal efforts of TVR's earlier years. And these cars bore comparison with the best from the bigger manufacturers, too.

(B) paperback £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 2000

The second half of the 1990s was a good period for TVR. The Company's products, the Chimaera, Cerbera, Griffith and

TVR Performance Portfolio 2000-2005

Included are road & comparison tests, technical descriptions & history. Models covered: Griffith, Chimaera, Tuscan, T350 C & t, Cerbera, Tamora, Typhon & Sagaris. A total of 128 pages including 48 in full colour.

(B) paperback £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 2005

This portfolio chronicles the activities of one of England's more energetic manufacturers.

TVR Limited Edition Ultra 1959-1986

buyers guide. Models covered include the Grantura, Griffith, Tuscan, Vixen, 1600M, 2500M, 3000M, Taimar, Turbo, 3000S, Tasmin, 280i, 350i and 390SE.

1x (B) paperback £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 2009

Included are road tests, new model intros, updates, driving impressions, a factory visit report & an informative

The TVR Griffith & Chimaera

It covers all the production models ranging from the 2.8 litre S1 through the 2.9 litre S2, S3 and S4 models and the 4 litre V8S

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by Steve Heath

Published 1998

First Edition

TVR All the Cars

Author Iain Ayre has driven examples from each generation of TVR's products, and is delighted to confirm that a modern Sagaris shares significant DNA with a straight-six Vixen of 1972, although the Sagaris is somewhat nippier

(A)New hard back £POA
(B)10cm tare in back cover otherwise in good condition £POA

by Iain Ayre

Published 2007

Published to coincide with TVR's 60th anniversary, TVR: All the Cars documents each and every model produced by the Blackpool marque..

The TVR Wedges

provides a source of material derived from the author’s own experiences of owning seven TVRs, including a sprinting and preparing a TVR390SE, the TVR Car Club archives and information from TVR Engineering. It covers the gap between the owner’s handbook and a full blown workshop manual.

(A) £POA

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by Steve Heath

Published 1999

This book is written for TVR Wedge owners and prospective owners, TVR enthusiasts and anyone else interested in TVRs. It

TVR Muscle & Curves 1975 - 94

publisher, who finished up being taken to court over it.

(B) hardback £POA

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by Iain Ayre

Published 1994

TVR-Muscle & Curves was Iain's first published book. It was well received, and would have sold well but for the deficiencies of its

The TVR S Series

derived from the author's own experiences of owning three S models, the TVR Car Club archives and information from TVR and includes material on these cars not previously published. It covers the gap between the owner's handbook and a full blown workshop manual and is designed to help any owner or prospective owner enjoy the cars at their best. It covers all the production models ranging from the 2.8 litre S1 through the 2.9 litre S2, S3 and S4 models and the 4 litre V8S

(A) £POA

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by Steve Heath

Published 2001

This extensively revised second edition is written for S owners, TVR enthusiasts and anyone else interested in TVRs. It provides a source of material

The TVR S Series

by Steve Heath

Published 2002

This extensively revised second editionis written for Griffith and Chimaera owners and prospective owners, TVR enthusiasts and anyone else interested

in TVRs. It provides a source of material derived from the author's own experiences of owning eight TVRs, including two Griffith 500, the TVR Car Club archives and information from TVR. This edition has been extensively revised and now contains over 400 pages of information on maintaining and enjoying these cars.

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TVR Performance Portfolio 2000-2005

Included are road & comparison tests, technical descriptions & history. Models covered: Griffith, Chimaera, Tuscan, T350 C & t, Cerbera, Tamora, Typhon & Sagaris. A total of 128 pages including 48 in full colour.

Revised front cover.

(B) paperback £POA

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Compiled by RM Clarke

Published 2006

This portfolio chronicles the activities of one of England's more energetic manufacturers.

particular aspect of the car and combines explanations and descriptions, along with hints and tips on how to enjoy and maintain the cars at their best. The practical text is extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings, drawn from the archives of TVR, the TVR Car Club and the author's own collection.

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by Steve Heath

Published 1998

It covers all the production models, ranging from the 4.0 litre Griffiths, the Griffith 500 and the Chimaeras. Each chapter covers a

The TVR Griffith & Chimaera

Iain Ayre was born in Glasgow in the 1950s, and has a low boredom threshold and a dark and surreal sense of humour. When his school saw a limited future for him as a schoolboy, he left with alacrity, to find a sympathetic coterie of stoned deadbeats at Harrow Tech, amongst which were a couple of the major future shapers of TV culture in the UK. Reluctant to leave this entertaining milieu, he became President of the Students' Union, revivified Harrow Tech as a London music venue and had an interesting chat about the concept of white reggae with drummer Stuart Copeland, whose band later did quite well.
Finally leaving Harrow with minimal qualifications and a moustache, he gave adulthood a try, until the looming threat of a semi in Pinner set off the alarm bells and he evaded the issue by taking a teaching degree. Discovering that children were ghastly, he abandoned teaching and took up fashion photography, specialising in test shots for model agencies and occasionally getting paid for them. Photography developed into design, commercial newspaper cartoons and copywriting, and the world of advertising had an opening for a semi-talented waster. Advertising was fun and remained interesting for more than a decade, culminating in the dramatic success and equally dramatic failure of Ayre Lindsay Wise Advertising Ltd, during the short life of which which Iain lived in some splendour aboard a yacht in Brighton Marina. Homeless and boatless, broke but unbroken, Iain returned to London. Win some, lose some. The climb up advertising's slippery ladder peaked with a writing job at J. Walter Thompson, but even JWT suffered in the depression of the time.
Advertising was dead in the water, so Iain jumped ship and began writing increasingly manic and disconnected articles in the specialist car press. Nobody sued: this encouraged him to continue, and he wrote articles for Classic Cars, Mini magazines, Fast Ford and the kitcar magazines. He launch-edited Car Builder magazine, which was a notable failure, and then Classic Ford, which was a notable success.
He currently writes for Classic Cars, Mini Magazine, MG Enthusiast, Triumph World, Kitcar UK, Kit Car Builder USA, Ultra VW and others.
Books so far include Cobra Classics; Cobra Replicas; TVR- Muscle and Curves; Maserati Heritage; Ferrari 512TR; Classic Sports Cars; TVR-all the cars; The Kit Car Manual (2 editions); The Affordable Porsche; Mad Minis; and Dinner with Rover, a book about gourmet dog food written with his wife, author and artist Helena Paton-Ayre. The writing of that book was supervised and edited by their rude rescue Chihuahua, Rambo.
Currently in pre-production is Cobra Replicas, an Essential Buyer's Guide for Veloce Publishing.
Books currently brewing up include A Dog's Dinner; The Affordable Cobra; The Bumper Mini Book for Boys and Girls.
When not clickclicking away on a Mac, Iain is building a barn-find Mini Marcos, restoring the wreckage of a 1950 Rolls- Royce Silver Wraith and developing a lightweight, turbocharged, propane-fuelled, dangerously fast Cobra lookalike.

Click on the link below to his web site

ayrspeed.com

TVR Ever The Extravert

by Russell Hayes

Published 2009

Haynes's highly respected "'Classic Makes'" series would not be complete without an account of TVR, maker of hairy-chested sports cars

TVR 1960 - 1990

the book trade or from the larger specialists and includes much hard-to-find information. Paperback

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by Colin Pitt

Published 2007

A limited edition book of reprinted automotive magazine articles. Reproduced in photocopier quality this title is not generally available in

TVR Cerbera Tuscan Tomara

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by Colin Pitt

Published 2007

Small collection of reproduced magazine road tests on the Cerbera, Tuscan and Tomara.

The Rover V8 Engine

inauspicious start in life. It was rejected by its original American creators in the early 1960s, but the rights to manufacture were taken up by Rover in 1965 and it is now expected that production will continue until the end of this century. Since being adopted by Rover, the V8 has been used in a diverse range of vehicles

(A) New hard back £50

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by David Hardcastle

Published 1995

The aluminium Rover V8 high performance engine has been in continuous mass production for 25 years, following an

The Griffith Years

history of this unusual hybrid shavetail. Since 1991, Mike Mooney has been researching the marque and has conducted interviews with many of the original factory workers and major players who helped to make this ''Cobra Killer'' one of the most understated cars of the era and the high performance genre.

(A)Paperback £45

(A) Signed £140

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by Mike Mooney

Published 2003

Mike Mooney, who worked as one of the three test drivers along with Mark Donohue and Len Bailey, has documented the

A History of Sports Cars

(A)In it original WH Smith dust jacket £25

by George Nicolas Georgano

Published 1970

First Edition

Sagaris Workshop Manual

fault finding for the TVR Sagaris, T350 and Tamora, and is useful for the Tuscan and Speed Six Cerbera .

£POA

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by Graham Varley

Published 2008

This is a data collection page for the TVR Sagaris by Graham Varley.

It includes maintenance and

Penthouse

“TVR’s new 3000M ranks as one of 1974’s best birdpullers” Quotes from the article.

Also 5 page interview with Ian Dury when he started out as a pub singer.

“Thoroughly modern Suzie” Marie, Beatrice, Harriet and so much more.

£25

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Magazine Volume 9 Number 1 1974

International magazine for Men

Featuring an article on TVR M-Series

“What’s Red, Hot, & Hairy?”

The Great Book of Sports Cars

Six pages of TVR’s covering 1963-1965 Griffith, 1967-1971 Tuscan, 1972-1979 2500/3000M & Taimar. Colour photos of including Peter Wheelers Taimar Turbo.

(B) slight 1 inch rip to paper cover £POA

by Dean Bachelor, Chris Poole & Graham Robson

Published 1988

Over 200 of the worlds greatest automobiles.

British Plastic

Britian. The book looks at the following vehicles - Ashley and the body-builders, Berkeley, Bohanna Stables, Bond Equipe, Clan Crusader, Davrian, Deep Sanderson, Diva Cars, Dutton, Elva, Fairthorpe, Falcon, Gilbern, Ginetta, GTM, Hamblin, Marcos, Lola, Nova, Ogle, Peerless-Warwick, Piper, Quantum, Rapport, Reliant, Rickman, Rochdale, Siva, Tornade, TVR, Unipower, Winchester.

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Published 2011

This new softback book with English text was published in 2011. The book looks at the history and development of Plastic GRP cars in

Peter Filby

Born in Plymouth, Devon, Peter was brought up in a farming environment in north Norfolk before his family moved to a rather more suburban existence in Croydon, Surrey. He was educated at the Trinity School of John Whitgift and excelled at languages and sport. His first job was a junior officer at sea with Union castle lines, making several trips to South Africa. He carried on traveling the world on a P&O Orient Lines ship - as a night telephonist.

Next came a few years in the family business sports shop. Then tried coaching tennis to children in several south coast schools. Not the easiest challenge. Then came the final solution to what had been so far a somewhat haphazard career. It arrived in the form of a hugely entertaining rear-engined Unipower GT, which left Peter smitten with hand-built specialist sports cars and thus turning his hand to writing about them. Magazines to which he regularly contributed included Hot Car, Motor, Autocar, Classic Car and Auto Enthusiast.

Books came next, Peter being responsible for writing such memorable titles as The Amazing Sports Car Journal, The Fun Car Explosion, Roadsters Replicas and Fun Cars, Specialist Sports Cars, Success Against the Odds, Amazing Mini, and even a brief history of MG. In 1979 he created and published a radically different car magazine called Alternative Cars, which covered the specialist car industry in depth and was a great success.

Graham Robson

Johnny Tipler

A freelance writer who was born in Leicester, lived in Leeds as a child, and grew up in Chelmsford.

He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and then Southend College of Art. After a career in public relations and journalism ranging from hotel promotion to motor racing, he enrolled at Sterling University in Scotland as a mature student.

He also attended the University of East Anglia studying art history but after a brief career as a conservator of medieval wall paintings he went back into motoring journalism. He has been writing books since 1990, with over 30 published on a variety of motor vehicles, including Morgan, TVR, Lotus, Caterham and Alfa Romeo sports cars, Land Rover, Triumph and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, plus several on Lotus Formula 1 cars, as well as biographies of racing drivers Graham Hill, Ronnie Peterson and Ayrton Senna.

He freelances for 911 & Porsche World magazine and Land Rover Owner.

Before writing books he conserved medieval wall paintings in churches.

RM Clarke

Steve Heath

for over 60 years. Adhering to the series format of blending history and technical information with practical guidance in the form of driving impressions and buying hints, this book is a complete study of the company and its cars. It is a rollercoaster ride as the Blackpool-based company has had many ups and downs, but through it all the sheer charisma and flamboyance of TVR's cars.

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Iain Ayre

Mike Mooney

So, how did this all start?... Longer ago than I?d care to remember! A rumble and a growl and I was hooked: I had to have one.

My first TVR was an F reg Vixen - the one with the Mark 1 Cortina rear light cluster. It was in need of a lot of care and attention - and that?s what I gave it. Many happy hours spent in a cold garage painting the chassis and completely re-wiring it... After many months of work, it finally passed its MoT and I had a few short weeks of enjoyment before my first wife parked it in a tree and it had to go to that great breaker?s yard in the sky.

Years passed and a string of company cars meant that I could not justify having a TVR just for fun. However, times and tax laws changed and the experience gained in writing a number of computer books (a sideline developed as a result of my day job) meant that by 1995 I could consider a new venture: writing articles and perhaps books on TVRs. In order to do that, I would need to do a lot of research ? and how could I possibly do that without owning several of the cars myself?

My first TVR book - on the S series - was published in 1997. That was followed by a book on the Wedges and third on the Griffith and Chimaera. The S book and the Griffith and Chimaera book are now in second edition and I am currently writing a Cerbera book, having taken a high mileage Cerbera to bits, rebuilt it and fitted a new engine with the help of Dave and Mark at Tower View Race Services.

I first started designing and making parts for my own cars after buying a Wedge 390SE to take sprinting and hill climbing. That car has now evolved into the infamous 520SE, known affectionately as the "Purple Shed". The engine has now been supercharged and planning for the 2008/9 campaign has started.

People soon started taking an interest in the parts I was developing for my own cars and so when I had the opportunity to give up the day job at the end of 2004, I decided I would put these parts into production for others to enjoy. The product range has gradually expanded - and continues to do so, in response to comments and enquiries from owners. So, if you have a good idea, or just a niggling problem that needs a solution - and perhaps might be interested in helping me develop a prototype part to improve you car - please Contact Us

In 1963 Jack Griffith envisioned a powerful British-American hybrid sports car that would join Ford V-8 power with a lightweight TVR British fiberglass body design to become the Griffith motorcar.

Mike Mooney, following graduation from high school and a stint with the United States Marine Corps in Southeast Asia, Mike joined the Suffolk County (Long Island, New York) Police force and served for twenty-two years.

It was during that time that he was asked to join the Griffith team as a test driver along with Mark Donohue where Mike was given the chores of wringing out the demons that often accompany a fledgling auto manufacturer and translating these problems to the engineering department.

Thanks to this experience with the Griffiths from 1964 to 1967 Mike Mooney has published a real bible about the TVR Griffith. Maybe it could be really a great Christmas gift for TVR Enthusiasts!

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