Venus TVR trap
‘Bring a strimmer’ is not a commonly seen line in small ads, but it made perfect sense in the listing for this TVR 3000M. The vendors, Mr and Mrs Mactaylor, decided that its restoration was unlikely to proceed after 15 years of inactivity in their garden in Brighton. It’s a 1976 example of the Essex V6-powered coupé and will hopefully be restored – the sale price of £2650 suggests it’s too valuable to break. We hope the buyer followed the Mactaylors’ advice in the listing, ‘Buyer must collect and have own equipment to do so (eg flatbed with winch and a strimmer). Car is a bit overgrown.’