Risk Your Financial Future With This 1984 TVR 280i

Sometimes, we find cool cars for sale on the internet that are probably safe buys if you can afford them. For example, this Chevrolet Camaro SS 30th Anniversary Edition wasn’t exactly cheap, but if you had bought it, maintenance and repairs probably wouldn’t bankrupt you. Yeah, you’d spend money on tires and brakes, but you’d do the same on any performance car. This 1984 TVR 280i, on the other hand, feels like a much riskier purchase. But why let that stop you?

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Currently for sale on Cars & Bids, this ‘84 TVR has a lot of things going for it. It’s rear-wheel drive, manual, has the steering wheel on the left, has a brown interior and has 600 miles on the odometer. It also looks great, and odds are, you won’t see anyone else driving one outside of a TVR meet. It will also probably be a relatively inexpensive purchase since ‘80s TVRs aren’t exactly the most desirable cars on the road.

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And while the V6 under the hood originally only made about 145 hp and 150 lb-ft of torque, the seller says this car should be more powerful thanks to some Ford SVO engine modifications. Unfortunately, there’s no dyno sheet to confirm exactly how much power it currently makes. It’s probably still enough to have plenty of fun, though. These aren’t exactly huge cars.