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I purchased this TVR 2500M right before my 26th birthday. I found it in a barn luckly only 25 miles from my house full. I brought it home in boxes, crates and on a trailer. Most of the parts were there but either rotted, rusted, broken or full of mice droppings. It's taken me 2 1/2 years to restore it to this condition and I'm proud to say I did everything myself (with some help from my father) and Jim Boffo. Jeff Jacobelli helped build the engine but all in all 99% was me. I guess I'm more proud because most people my age just want to focus on "rice-burners" and that's fine and I've been there but the pure driving and mechanical workings of everything in a vintage car can't be described.
I modeled the car after a late 60's - 70's touring car. I lucked out on ebay and found NOS ralley stop watches from somebody who didn't know what they had. As far as upgrades I did put a Toyota W58 (HVDA 5-Speed conversion) in the car (again from somebody who wanted to get rid of it), Alfin aluminum rear drums, Sparco 4-point harnesses, 4 point welded roll bar, vintage NOS sport seats. I custom made an aluminum dash, aluminum console, and aluminum door inserts. I restored all the Smith's gauges, carpeted and had custom Coco mats made in black and red. TWM intake and twin Weber DGV's. MSD/Pertronix and a BlasterII coil were used. I found headers and custom welded an exhaust and again found Ansa tips from Ebay. Since it was my first time painting we used Guards Red Laquer and a lot of patience wet sanding. I redid every suspension component, painted the chassis, welded the chassis/strengthened it and rewired the whole car. I did buy a set of XXR 513 wheels and used 195-50-15 and 205-50-15. I also put a Momo suede wheel in since I'll probably to light track/autocross. I used Bilstein shocks in the front and Spax in the rear. I also found an Aston Martin Lemans gas cap from ebay as well.
I set the car up on scales and did the toe and camber very close to how I run the Tuscan in SVRA Group 8. Wet, it weighed in at 2,097#
I couldn't be happier with the results and I'm proud to say this was a total body off restoration on my own...Time consuming is not a word I'm familiar with anymore! I hope more people my age take an interest in these classics because cars now with all the technology, although they may be faster, cant mach the driving enjoyment that a vintage car brings. I'd like to thank my parents Jeff Jacobelli and Jim Boffo (Boffo Motors). If you never met Jim Boffo, make it a point to do so. One of the nicest guys and best run shops in the North East. He's an old racer/Nat'l Champ in a Mini and has stories that are fantastic, racing with guys like Leitzinger, Newman, Tullius etc. It's not a plug for him but if you ever go to the races in the North East, he and his wife Diane (a former SCCA Marshal herself) come to the races with us and help out. Or if your car needs anything. Boffomotors.com Anyway... Here's a few photo's. ENJOY
Chris Zappa
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I modeled the car after a late 60's - 70's touring car. I lucked out on ebay and found NOS ralley stop watches from somebody who didn't know what they had. As far as upgrades I did put a Toyota W58 (HVDA 5-Speed conversion) in the car (again from somebody who wanted to get rid of it), Alfin aluminum rear drums, Sparco 4-point harnesses, 4 point welded roll bar, vintage NOS sport seats. I custom made an aluminum dash, aluminum console, and aluminum door inserts. I restored all the Smith's gauges, carpeted and had custom Coco mats made in black and red. TWM intake and twin Weber DGV's. MSD/Pertronix and a BlasterII coil were used. I found headers and custom welded an exhaust and again found Ansa tips from Ebay. Since it was my first time painting we used Guards Red Laquer and a lot of patience wet sanding. I redid every suspension component, painted the chassis, welded the chassis/strengthened it and rewired the whole car. I did buy a set of XXR 513 wheels and used 195-50-15 and 205-50-15. I also put a Momo suede wheel in since I'll probably to light track/autocross. I used Bilstein shocks in the front and Spax in the rear. I also found an Aston Martin Lemans gas cap from ebay as well.
I set the car up on scales and did the toe and camber very close to how I run the Tuscan in SVRA Group 8. Wet, it weighed in at 2,097#
I couldn't be happier with the results and I'm proud to say this was a total body off restoration on my own...Time consuming is not a word I'm familiar with anymore! I hope more people my age take an interest in these classics because cars now with all the technology, although they may be faster, cant mach the driving enjoyment that a vintage car brings. I'd like to thank my parents Jeff Jacobelli and Jim Boffo (Boffo Motors). If you never met Jim Boffo, make it a point to do so. One of the nicest guys and best run shops in the North East. He's an old racer/Nat'l Champ in a Mini and has stories that are fantastic, racing with guys like Leitzinger, Newman, Tullius etc. It's not a plug for him but if you ever go to the races in the North East, he and his wife Diane (a former SCCA Marshal herself) come to the races with us and help out. Or if your car needs anything. Boffomotors.com Anyway... Here's a few photo's. ENJOY
Chris Zappa
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