Guest tr7 turbo Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Recently on ebay an handbook for the TR7 Sprint sold for an astronomical sum,probably because people think they are as rare as the cars.The truth is that BL had 5000 of the handbooks printed,hoping they would be building a lot of the cars,as it turned out around 65 cars were produced so the extra handbooks were sold off by the factory and turn up at autojumbles on a regular basis,in fact I had no trouble at all obtaining them for each of the genuine TR7 Sprints that I now own.They differ from the normal TR7 one in that the covers are green for TR7 and pink for the Sprint they are almost identical inside apart from the part dealing with engine spec.I found it more difficult finding the labels that go inside the bonnet and glovebox.One day I may write a book containing all this useless information. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 How many of the original 65 vehicles are known to exist...? Maxwell :cool: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tr7 turbo Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 I know of 12 in the UK and 2 in Europe,I think there are possibly 3 or 4 in the US. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rosey Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 There is a Sprint cylinder head complete with 'warm' cam for sale on ebay, do you think it's possible to fit it to a standard engine without too much hassle? Any other 'gotchas' applicable to this possible madness I am contemplating? :rock: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
malcolm Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Rosey, it is more than a head. The best plan is to go for a complete sprint engine replacement. Malcolm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rosey Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Thanks for the advice, I must be suffering from Sunday madness again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest stagman Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Tr7 Turbo. Of all your factory sprint models, I don't suppose one of them is registered 526 is it? I collected this car back in 94/95 ish from Wirral with a friend who was planning to restore it but other work commitments took priority and it was sold on as a complete car in about 99 for next to nothing. We are both curious to know if it survived. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tr7 turbo Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 I dont own 526 but it is still in the same condition as it was when you sold it.Mine are 530 and 545,530 the ex Tony Pond pace note car that is in the middle of a full restoration and the other one is in poor condition.The best one I have ever seen is the one rebuilt by John Gibson it looks stunning,if mine turns out any where near I will be very pleased.I also have a very late TR7 FHC(10th from last FHC built) fitted with a sprint conversion and it goes very well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JohnG Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Could be yours Chris !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest tr7 turbo Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 I know John,problem is Im a bit skint at the moment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JohnG Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Only kidding Chris ,keeping car decided to sell Laura instead. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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