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- 2006 TVR Sagaris GTF
2006 TVR Sagaris GTF
Lot Number: 319
2006 TVR Sagaris GTF
A Thoroughbred GT from the TVR race shop, on the button and ready to go.
- NOT SOLD
LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Friday 23rd August, 2024 at 2.30pm BST at The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN
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BODY COLOUR
Mystic Black -
DRIVE
RHD -
REG NUMBER
N/A
SUMMARY
A Thoroughbred GT from the TVR race shop, on the button and ready to go.
DESCRIPTION
The TVR name hardly needs an introduction, with Blackpool’s finest having churned out countless significant British sportscars along with sending racing cars to some of the biggest events in the world.
With this in mind, TVR once again eyed a return to Le Mans in 2006 and commissioned a small run of seven lightweight race Sagaris shells to be used by the Works team. Prior to completion, there was a change of plan and for marketing reasons, TVR decided to field the T400R. This left the cars only partially built by the TVR race shop, and so the GTF Race Team stepped in to complete them at the TVR Factory at Bristol Avenue.
Finished in Mystic Black, the car on offer here is Chassis #001 which was the only car built at Bristol Avenue, and the only car which can carry the TVR name, all the others carrying only the GTF name. It was raced very successfully during the remainder of the 2006 season in its original TVR AJP V8 format, winning many races in the TVR Challenge, Combe GT and Britcar, ably pedalled by Tim Hood.
#001 was then purchased by its second owner, our vendor, who upgraded the car to a Chevrolet V8 (John Eales 6.8-litre LS2) and Quaife Sequential 6-speed gearbox. These engines were built specifically for the GTF cars by John and the Chevy LS subsequently became the standard spec as the TVR engines were no longer available. The all-steel engine boasts 550bhp and 500lb/ft of torque and the rest of the spec is mouth-watering with 6-pot AP calipers on the front, 4-pots on the rear, BTR 8" diff flat shift and a Race Tech Dash2 pro-logger all in a 900kg package.
Since the rebuild, the car has been used sparingly due to COVID having been raced only three times CSCC Slicks (completed as shake-down), All comers Silverstone (second) and All Comers Silverstone (first). It will be supplied on the button with in-date belts, seat and extinguisher, eight spare wheels with both slick and wet tyres, fuel dump jug and inlet, 3 air jacks and lance for endurance racing specification.
The Sagaris is already a 'cult classic' supercar on the road and the seven race cars produced always draw huge attention from the crowd and commentators.
Dramatic and very fast, but easy to look after and run, with spares available from the usual outlets, body panels available from GTF, and suspension etc. from Grantura Engineering.
SPECIFICATION
- Lot Number
- 319
- Make
- TVR
- Model
- SAGARIS
- Variant
- GTF
- Registration Number
- N/A
- Chassis Number
- 001
- Transmission
- Manual
- Body Colour
- Mystic Black
GALLERY
SPECIALIST
Justin Dawkins
- Car Specialist
- 07718 140398
- justin@iconicauctioneers.com
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Payment is due by 5pm on Monday 26th August.
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