420 SEAC – E480DTF

Brief overview of the above car. (written by Tasmania)

 These details are based upon documents available when the vehicle is sold, verbal information from the dealer who sold it to the current owner, verbal information from club members and the TVRCC registrar. Thus any information is for outline information purposes only and cannot be guaranteed as accurate. It is the next purchaser’s responsibility to verify any information contained herein or on the vehicle generally as the vehicle is sold as seen with no guarantees and no warranties.

 Outline History from documents:

• The vehicle was first registered on 28^th August 1987 to a Mr. M. Palmer. It was then sold to Brooklands Carriage Company on 26^th June 1999 and to the current owner on 15^th April 2003.

• 1,680 miles 1/10/87 1000 mile service– Penta Reading Ltd conducted work
• 3122 miles 31/10/87 Service, Adjustments, checks, etc as part of warranty and repair to NSF body & lower front flair.
• 4,383 miles Jan 88 CDL Alarm fitted
• 6,052 miles 18/4/88 6000 service and assorted warranty items
• 11/6/88 Oil change (synthetic Oil)
• 16/3/89 new exhaust rubber and an oil change
• 11,458 miles 12/11/89 12,000mile service
  • All the above from 31/10/87 carried out at the TVR centre in Barnet
• AA Car Data Check conducted by the current owner on 10^th April 2003 shows
  • Car colour change from Blue (this was Azure Blue) to current Yellow on 8/7/1999
  • No outstanding finance on the car
  • Not stolen on the Police Computer
  • No record of it being written off, scraped, imported or exported
  • No record of the vehicle being at “High Risk”
  • No record of a Licence/Number plate change
• The current owner purchased the car from Hi-torq vehicle sales (a performance car specialist from North London)
• MOT until April 2004 – Recorded Mileage at last MOT – 3^rd April 2003 was 18,131 miles
• Under the new ownership the car has had
  • An 18,000 mile Oil and Filter change, dated 30/6/03, when Mobil 1 oil and a new filter were added and general checks conducted
  • A new factory SEAC rear spoiler fitted
  • New fully adjustable (spring platform and damper rate) front dampers fitted
  • Radiator re-cored on 30/7/03
  • New braided fuel return line fitted
  • Renovo hood restorer and a late type valley gasket acquired but not yet applied to the vehicle – these items are available in the sale of the car though the work will not be conducted
• Much anecdotal comment exists as to what the car did during its initial ownership between November 1989 and it’s sale in June 1999. The thoughts though unconfirmed are that the car was bumped at the rear hence the need to replace the wheels (the original OZ items are hard to come by) and the rear spoiler. The story is that the car stood for some significant time and thus deteriorated and thus the second owners, Brooklands Garage, repaired the car, had the carpets replaced and the seats re-covered, the car re-sprayed and the wheels replaced to the current Azev items (badged TVR by the current owner).
• The TVRCC confirm the car is the 14^th SEAC produced.

• Pictures:

AZEV 17” wheel with TVR centre logo

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Underside and chassis. No obvious penetrative rust. Some surface rust to mounting plates needing a wire brushing and waxoyl/hamerite covering

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Mild steel exhaust looking back

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Fuel tanks and braided return lines

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Front Suspension

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Hood. Note bleached rear section. Renovo Blue hood restorer – just purchased – is included in sale

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Exterior shots. Spoiler could do with further polishing/cutting in after it’s spraying due to the recent purchase. Bonnet has faded slightly when viewed in false light due to large horizontal surface and engine heat soak (Wedge feature) – The current owner has not noticed this when outside/in the sun. Minor (single 1/2” ish scratch under boot lip)

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Interior/Dash. Centre Veneer has a few cracks and could do with replacing. The current owner had intended to do this in Carbon Fibre. Single slot CD player with remote control!

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Speedo, which shows 18,700

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Drivers Seat

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Rear Deck Carpet

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Interior, Passengers Seat and SEAC door casing

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Rear deck with hood down. Shows the remaining parts of the original interior colour, which was white. The underside of the hard section of the roof, the hard part of the rear hood section (roll protector), the panel which mounts the soft section to the body rear and windscreen surround are all still in white.

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Engine. Rocker covers could do with painting. Alternator and Battery were purported to be new prior to collection by current owner

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Engine. Note Polyvee Alternator drive. Early SEAC feature

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NCK modified Plenum

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Covered and heated workshop stored currently. Cover not included

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As far as can be noticed the car is part Aramid Composite (the nose cone and doors flex and there is weave evident on the edges of the nose cone).

Engine could do with a little better tune (i.e. breathed on by Mark Adams). It pinked when the current owner got it so the ignition has been stepped back a bit from 31 to 28 degrees BTDC as recommended by Pistonhead Wedgers & it runs noticeably better. It also runs on Shell Optimax when used currently & with some octane booster. The engine does not appear to have the NCK035 number on it but it does have the polyvee SEAC drive and the NCK intake plenum. On initial drive when the current owner drove it gently around North London it didn’t seem to pull low down but after purchase and once able to stretch the cars legs it seems to come on cam at 4k and rev sweetly through 6.5k, suggesting a solid lift cam (clearly this cannot be confirmed by the current owner). One or two Piston Headers saw the car at Mania and one has been in the car. See the “Must be Mad” thread on Wedges on Pistonheads.

Car can be seen on Page 28 of Octobers Sprint Magazine. This was at Mania 2003.