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We ’ll pay cash for you if you were born in the 80s

GROUP 1 BRIT BRUISERS

TVR TASMIN

YOU’LL PAY – £9,000

YOU’LL LOOK LIKE – YOU’RE BATTLING A CRIPPLING MID-LIFE CRISIS. AND WINNING!

There aren’t many Eighties TVRs left on the road today, most having been punted into a ditch or suffered terminal mechanical failure, quite often simultaneously. But you can still pick up a Tasmin for under 10 grand, which, while unlikely to provide you with many years of trouble-free motoring, might provide you with several minutes of very exciting motoring before punting you into a ditch while simultaneously suffering terminal mechanical failure. At least, crash damage.

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