Guys: I have a hybrid/transition car, Ch # 2311T. If I can help with any
specific questions, I'll try. Mine was fully disassembled(by m\and is still
going back together. No major parts were changed from what TVR supplied.
Holiday greetings to all of you
Sincerely
Bob Tescione
mogman@rpa.net
"Hill, Stephen M EDUC:EX" wrote:
> A friend of mine has a hybrid - 2500 body and M frame. He wanted the car as
> a platform for a V8 transplant. The car has the later uprights, and also the
> later castings: later as from the M cars.
>
> Just as an aside, before he found the hybrid, he was planning on "creating"
> his own. He picked up a 2500 which somebody had pulled apart, and was going
> to put the body on an M he already had. Yeah, this guy is really into his
> TVR's! He discovered that there were enough differences in the body that he
> would have to do a fair amount of creative glass work, which is something he
> hates, and a number of frame mods, which was not big deal to him. So he
> ditched the plan, and sold most of the 2500 in bits. I ended up a pile of
> spares for my 2500, including a perfect powedercoated frame. The frame hangs
> from the ceiling in my garage. Sort of like a TVR mobile.
>
> Hey, Merry Christmas to all the TVR-heads on the list!
>
> Stephen
> > Reply To: Bill Sanford
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 6:58 AM
> > To: William Zehring; other tvrs; TVR
> > Subject: Re: yipeee
> >
> > Will,
> > The Hybrid was just what you mentioned, a M chassis and the old Vixen
> > body. Somewhere I read the interior was a bit more awkward than the one
> > before or after. (2500&2500M) But i think it would be pretty good
> > autocross car. Its still in C stock SCCA solo 2. What I have not been
> > able to determine is if they had the later uprights also. (front & rear)
> > If its an M chassis, you would think so, but I have not been able to
> > prove
> > this.
> > Thanx from the dude,
> > Bill
> >
> > William Zehring wrote:
> > >
> > > At 04:48 PM 12/19/00 -0800, you wrote:
> > > >Will,
> > > > Congrats! Its not anticlimactic at all. I would have enjoyed doing
> > that
> > > >to the Griffith I clamped onto for 15 years. But now hopefully Irv
> > > >Bennett will get that joy.
> > > > Bill Sanford
> > > >PS Looking for a nice hybrid 2500 if anyone spots one.
> > >
> > > Refresh my memory on the 'hybrid.' Is this the one that sort of lies
> > > between the 2500 and the 2500M? I do know where a 2500 might be
> > > available. The car is in eastern PA, north of Philly.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > WZ
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