TVR 450 SEAC History

Details

Type: 450SEAC

Chassis Number: SDLDEN5P7MF011443

Engine Number: 47A45P193

Body Code: P422 A888B

TVR Colour Code: P173 Cureton Green (same as BMW 205 Malachi Green)

Build Complete: October 1990 (Horseless Carriage contact in Harrogate)

First registered: 7^th August 1991 (Peninsula)

Registration Number: J 5EAC (original number was J642OPL)

Weight: 1050 Kg

Capacity: 4441cc

BHP: 324 (TVR Figures)

Torque: Lots

Information found from contacts

[First registered in June 1991 (Richard Sallis)]

[Registered at DVLC currently as a 450SE]

Engine rebuild at Tower View (past bill)

- Dave Wallis remembered the car as owned by Howard Burgess. The engine rebuild was to repair damage and to add a ‘big valve head’ along with a changed camshaft.

Fernhurst Motor Company were contacted in June 2004 to enquire if they had any archived material on the car, but state that the older cars they sold had not been transferred to their computer systems. However the details had been returned to the factory

Portfield Motors were also contacted in June 2004, but had lost all of their extensive archived information in a fire in the last year.

At Horseless Carriages in Harrogate, I met one of their sales men, who knew the car when owned by Burgess. Apparently, when the car was first sold, the price was over £62000. The car had been completed but was modified before selling to reflect some of the extras that were added to the SEACs even as good as they were.

Previous Owners

A Binnings (Investors Advisory Service, Broadfield House, Shalford, Guildford)

From 1^st August 1991; sold by Fernhurst Motor Company.

Martin O’Neill (3 Manor Gardens, Rustington, Northampton BN16 3SR)

From 14^th September 1993

?? Mr N Wood (23 North Lane, Rustington West Sussex BN16 3PL)

Howard Burgess (28 Foxglove Close, Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire CM23 4PU)

Current Owner from 1^st July 2001 – Phil Sissons (me)

Mileage: 36919

History summary

Date	Miles	Event
1^st August 1991		Sold by Fernhurst Motor Company to Mr A Binnings; Fernhurst completes pre-delivery inspection
4^th September 1991	1030	Fernhurst complete 1000 mile service.
10^th February 1992	6556	Fernhurst complete 6000 mile service
4^th August 1993	10550	Fernhurst complete 12000 mile service
14^th September 1993		Sold to Martin O’Neill
28^th January 1994	14226	Fernhurst complete 18000 mile service; £728.80; replace with new ‘heavy duty’ clutch.
11^th May 1994	16786	Fernhurst complete 24000 mile service; £366.97 + £574.38; new driveshaft UJs and ball joints
20^th September 1994	20357	Service at Fernhurst; £353.63; New tank
29^th March 1995	23933	Portfield complete 30000 mile service
30^th August 1995	29276	MOT on plate J5EAC
17^th May 1996	29211	Portfield complete 36000 mile service; £747.91; replaced clutch
4^th September 1996	31512	MOT
15^th May 1997	34235	MOT at Portfield, Chichester
16^th June 1997	33988	Portfield complete 42000 mile service
- -	-	Sold to Howard Burgess
7^th August 1997	-	Stainless Steel Sports exhaust from Wedge Automotive; £506.00
19^th December 1997	-	Service at Wedge Automotive; £4609.18; recovery then ‘rebuild and modify’ engine, fit competition clutch and fast road pads, new rocker shafts.
3^rd August 1998	36111	MOT
15^th August 1998		Service at Wedge Automotive; £722.47; new rear shock absorbers and exhaust manifold.
15^th August 1998	-	Wedge Automotive fitted ‘big brake kit’; £1145.63
19^th July 1999	-	Sold to Mrs J M Burgess
30^th July 1999	36595	MOT in Bishop’s Stortford
5^th June 2001		Tower View Racing provide high pressure fuel pump; £193.87
17^th June 2001	36626	MOT in Harlow
1^st July 2001	36919	Became mine
18^th September 2001	36919	Service at Peninsula TVR
8^th July 2002	40280	MOT at Eastwood Garage, Penryn
30^th October 2003	44593	MOT and service at Peninsula TVR, Sidmouth; £697.96
16^th November 2003	44593	Mileage declaration for insurance
17^th June 2004	45850	Tune and checks at Brooklands in Truro – Steering UJ, radiator leaks
24^th November 2004	48071	Mileage declaration for insurance
12^th January 2005	48269	Service at Peninsula TVR - £1169.74
	48296	MOT at Peninsula TVR
15^th September 2006	50105	Wheels refurbished by Andy Styles

Sources

Richard Sallis (TVR CC Archivist) reviewing archive database during telephone call June 2^nd 2004.
Tower View Race Services during phone call 25^th May 2004.
Past MOT Certificates
Past bills for servicing etc
Peninsula TVR paperwork
Autocolour Ltd on 01449 771771

Events

June 19^th 2004 – RAF Portreath, timed sprints over 0.25 mile

Run No	Reaction Time	Run Time	Terminal Speed
1	0.68 Secs	15.690 Secs	108.63 mph
2	0.24 Secs	15.260 Secs	108.90 mph
3	0.67 Secs	15.460 Secs	109.39 mph