1995 TVR Chimaera 4.0 V8

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Highlights

• Exceptionally low mileage, showing only around 33,463 miles from new

• Wonderfully original early 1995 example in standard specification

• That glorious Rover-derived 4.0-litre V8 and its unmistakable soundtrack

• Striking metallic red over magnolia leather

• Well documented from new, with a folder of history

• Backed by an original stamped TVR service book

• Three owners from new and cherished in current ownership since 2021

Overview

The TVR Chimaera is one of Blackpool's most charismatic creations, a hand-built British roadster produced between 1992 and 2003. Around 6,000 left the factory, each one wrapped around a glorious, hand-finished V8 and a soundtrack to match. This is a car built for the sheer joy of driving.

What sets this 1995 400 apart is how little it has been driven. Where so many surviving Chimaeras have covered big miles, this one shows only around 33,463. It is a wonderfully original early car, in standard specification and genuinely lovely order.

Finished in metallic red over magnolia leather, it wears a colour combination that flatters the Chimaera's flowing lines. This is a proper enthusiast's TVR, kept beautifully original over the years. The V8 still does the talking, exactly as Blackpool intended.

Cars like this rarely come along, and even more rarely in this state of preservation. Presented as a genuinely well-kept, low-mileage example, it is the sort of honest Chimaera the marque's followers keep hoping to find.

History and Documentation

• First registered on 16 June 1995, supplied new by Team Central TVR of Birmingham

• In current ownership since April 2021, with two former keepers (three owners from new)

• Servicing recorded Nov 2002 @ 11,539 miles (Team Proactive TVR specialist), Aug 2022 @ 32,506 miles (Powers Performance / TVR Power)

• The vendor tells us the engine was rebuilt and the interior re-trimmed by the previous owner's son, Steven Brannan, at SJB Classics during recommissioning around 2021, following a period laid up

• Recommissioning parts and service invoices from 2021 are on file

• Original stamped TVR service book, owner's handbook, a folder of invoices and old MOT certificates, plus the Steve Heath book "The TVR Griffith and Chimaera"

• V5C present in the vendor's name

• Current MOT valid to 13 April 2027

• HPI report clear across finance, theft, write-off and V5 checks

Interior

• Magnolia leather upholstery over contrasting red carpets

• Embossed TVR headrests

• Leather shows light patina and creasing consistent with age, with no damage

• Dashboard is leather-topped, with aluminium-ringed cream TVR dials and a TVR clock

• Three-spoke drilled steering wheel, aluminium gear knob and handbrake, and drilled TVR pedals

• TVR-logo mats fitted

• A Sony head unit is fitted, though the vendor tells us the stereo is not working

Exterior

• Metallic red glassfibre bodywork presenting with a strong, even gloss

• Early exposed round Bosch headlamps with mesh grille

• Fine lacquer crazing around the driver's headlamp aperture, with a few stone chips to the leading edges

• Black soft-top hood with clear rear screen, fitted and tidy

• Five-spoke split-rim alloys with TVR caps, presentable with light lacquer wear; the vendor states they could benefit from a refurbishment

• Nankang tyres in 205/55 R15 up front, with new rear tyres per the vendor

• Twin bright stainless tailpipes

• Chassis and outriggers coated and appearing protected, with only light surface corrosion to some brackets consistent with age

Mechanical

• 4.0-litre Rover-derived V8, delivering around 240 bhp and 270 lb ft in factory specification

• Five-speed manual gearbox driving the rear wheels

• 0-62mph in around five seconds, with a top speed of around 150mph

• Twin electric cooling fans

• The vendor tells us it starts readily since a new starter motor was fitted in April 2022, goes and stops well, and sounds superb

• A slightly lumpy feel to the engine is attributed by the vendor to limited recent use

• Documented 2022 specialist service by Powers Performance / TVR Power

Summary

So, what have we got? An exceptionally low-mileage TVR Chimaera 400, wonderfully original in specification, presenting beautifully in metallic red over magnolia. At around 33,463 miles it has covered a fraction of what most survivors have, and it comes backed by a stamped service book and a folder of history. Cars bought on condition and originality tend to be the ones you never regret, and this is one of them. It is ready to be driven and enjoyed, exactly as its maker intended.

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