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Exterior Features
Interior Features
Mechanical Features
Date Registered 5th Sept 1986
Registration D5 EAC (D995PRN)
Chassis SA9DH....
Engine NCK011
Mileage 35,000
Exterior Colour Oceanic Blue
Full Kevlar body, bonnet, doors boot lid & whale tail/duck pond
Metalic paint
Interior Colour Light grey leather & walnut veneer.
One of three with 350 style dash
English leather upholsty
Power steering
Hi Fidelity sound system
NCK modified, gas flowed and balanced Rover V8
Engine Output 300 b.h.p.
Top Speed over 165 m.p.h.
0 - 60 m.p.h. in under 5 secs
5 Speed Manual
Stainless steel manifold & exhaust
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TVR Peter Wheeler’s 420 SEAC
Interior
Light Grey Full leather interior
Power Steering
Engine and Transmission
Model History
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Body and Chassis
SEACs are two inches wider and seven inches shorter than a 390SE
Not all SEAC's were Aramid Composite as the name suggests: the first 8-10 cars were full Kevlar, they probably all still exist.
The early cars were 200lbs lighter than the GRP equivalent, for example a 390 body is twice as thick.
Kevlar proved to be very difficult to cut and work with and TVR were struggling to make any profit even at the initial price of £29,500 as it was. The labour involved in laying up was much higher and the finish tended to be ripplely which resulted in cars being re bodied.
Cars built after had a mix of kevlar & glass (Aramat is the trade name) there were also 4 or 5 carbon fibre & glass 420SEAC's.
The first 3 had 350 style dashes (and 2 part rear bodywork) changing to a new style with four gauges in top centre with no bulky box of switches arid radio etc. Later 450's had the dash with five gauges in top centre and turned slightly towards the driver. I believe that there are 1 maybe 2 stainless chassis cars about, one probably was Peter Wheeler's own SEAC.
Chris Schirle confirmed the latter saying that of the Stainless chassis built for the racer 1 or 2 disappeared into road cars. He also added that on several chassis CDS (Cold drawn seamless) tubing rather than Electric resistance welding tube was used.
Engines
Chris Schirle:
Peter Wheeler always wanted to build an engine shop within the factory but it was too complex - we didn't have the room or the budget for all the machinery.
So he then set the task to find an engine builder - John Eales initially (3.9's) then Graham Nash at NCK who built the SEAC engines after an inital batch of 6 in the factory. Both fell by the wayside
The 4.2 evolved from the purchase of cranks from Rover destined for the failed alloy diesel engine by Perkins. TVR bought the lot, about 300 for a 4.2 stroke.
The SEAC specification included:
Bore: 93.5mm and stroke 77mm (420) or 80mm (450)
Cosworth forged pistons No.PM0209
Forged rods
Tufrided crank, I think with standard bearings
Heads were fully ported (in fact over-ported for road use)
TVR Stainless Steel big valves (as Griffith 500 etc) 42.8mm inlet & 36.8mm exhaust
TVR grind or H234 Kent cam with hydraulic lifters and standard rocker gear. A few had solid lifters
Lightened and balanced
Jaguar AFM and injectors
Weber adjustable FPR set to 45psi
Standard trumpets on a partially ported manifold
Throttle was normally 70mm
Car History
A very rare TVR with a great history. One of the first four to be built in 1986, one of three with the 350 style dash and a total of only 37 cars produced between 1986-1988.
This was Peter Wheelers car made entirely of Kevlar, with no expense spared in making this a show piece toping the TVR range. Metallic paint (£135), Power assisted steering (£365), English leather upholstery (£805) it had all the extras. Full stainless steel exhaust system including manifold and a good quality Hi Fidelity sound system, rarely used!
Verified low mileage with all MoT’s and presented in exceptionally clean original condition with full service history and documentation.
This car represents a true investment, an appreciating piece of TVR history,
The Ultimate SEAC
“THE WORLDS FIRST INTEGRAL COMPOSITE CONVERTIBLE SPORTS CAR”
£SOLD
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