Highlights

• With a mere two former owners and benefitting from dry storage in current ownership
• Boasting a sensible original mileage equating to under 2,500 miles a year on average
• Clearly a well-presented example representing a thrilling ownership prospect
  
  

The Appeal

The History and Paperwork

• A UK supplied Chimaera first registered in March 1999
• The car was originally supplied by TVR dealer Christopher Neil
• The first owner kept the car until 2003 and covered around 15,000 miles in that time
• The second owner used and enjoyed the car until 2017
• During that time around a further 35,000 miles was added to that total
• The current owner then acquired the car in 2017
• At that time, it was supplied by TVR specialists Amore Autos
• The car comes with a variety of provenance providing paperwork
• This includes the current V5 in the name of the owner
• The car is currently registered as SORN and will require an MOT before use
• A number of earlier MOTs are present in hard copy
• The original TVR owner’s folder is included
• This includes a partial service history up to around 32,000 miles in 2009
• A Steve Heath Chimaera “bible” workshop manual is included
• A handful of maintenance invoices are included
• The 2017 Amore Autos sales invoice is also present
• Two original keys are also included
  
  

The Interior

• The interior of the Chimaera is finished in Magnolia leather
• Factory fitted heated seats
• Factory fitted power steering
• The heavily bolstered sports seats are double stitched into vertical panels
• The TVR logo has been stitched into each headrest
• The seats are in a charmingly patinaed original condition
• Other areas of stitched Magnolia leather grace the dash, centre console and door panels
• The Aqua hued carpets are predominantly edge bound in Magnolia hide
• These extend to the footwells, door cards and rear luggage shelf behind the seats
• Some padded areas of contrasting green leather adorn the centre console and dash top
• The dashboard was fitted with a new wood veneer front panel before purchase in 2017
• The dashboard is populated with a generous set of black on white TVR gauges
• Additional machined, alloy knobs and buttons also help to make this a special cabin
• A three spoke, black finished, alloy and leather steering wheel is fitted
• The owner reports the head unit as currently not functioning 
• A speaker cover is also noted as missing from the passenger door speaker
• The deep boot is finished in its original, hard wearing grey carpet
• The space saver spare wheel and tools are also stowed here
• A Coverzone Storm Force all weather car cover is also included and stored here
  
  

The Exterior

• The curvy TVR looks amazing in its appealing Ocean Haze paintwork
• The condition appears to be excellent throughout
• A deep and lustrous shine is evident in every area of the car’s exterior
• The owner notes a few minor stone chips and a crack to the driver’s side wing mirror cover
• Cabin glass and light lenses all appear to be in a fine, original condition
• The Chimaera benefits from a flexible, two-part folding roof
• A carbon fibre, fabric covered roof panel can be quickly removed
• This leaves the fabric rear landau style hood in place
• This can then be folded back as required for the full convertible experience
• The roof panel and folding hood section are both in a very good condition
• The car sits on its original 16-inch, five spoke TVR alloy wheels
• These appear to be in a great condition with no dings or kerb rash noted
• These are fitted with a matching set of Toyo Proxes in a staggered configuration
• These are 205/55 at the front and 225/50 at the rear
  
  

The Mechanics

• This Chimaera is fitted with a 4.0L, V8 engine
• This is an enlarged version of the erstwhile Rover 3.5L V8
• This 3,950cc unit was originally rated at 240bhp and 270 Ib-ft of torque
• Power is fed to the rear wheels via a five-speed manual transmission
• In this configuration the Chimaera was good for 150mph and a 5 second 0-60mph time
• In current ownership the car has had the clutch slave cylinder replaced
• Various Leven accessories have reportedly been fitted
• A brand-new alarm and replaced remote boot release have also been added
• A new battery is present together with a spare Bosch item and trickle charger
• The underside of the car looks to be in a good, straight and clean condition
• The last MOT advised outriggers, but these do not appear to need immediate attention
  
  

Summary