1999 TVR Tuscan AJP Challenge Car

This special, period TVR Tuscan was built new by the TVR factory race team for the 1999 season and incorporated a special-order Kevlar-reinforced floor, however, despite being brand new, the car was stripped pre-season and rebuilt by Eurotech Racing.

It was raced by Mike Jordan during the 1999 and 2000 seasons in 'JG-John Guest' livery scoring four wins in 1999 and three wins in 2000, finishing runner up in the championship in that final year. The car was generally thought to be one of the very best developed Tuscans on the grid and,  enjoyed an extensive test and development programme which helped produce consistent results. Indeed, over the 1999/2000 seasons the car won all four races at Castle Combe with its special Penske dampers giving a major advantage on the notoriously bumpy high-speed circuit.

The car was sold at the end of the 2000 season and competed occasionally in other people's hands but generally remained in storage until it was bought back the original and current owner in 2018.  Once purchased it was then fully rebuilt by JRT (Jordan Racing Team). 

The car was completely stripped back to the bare chassis which was bead blasted, checked on a surface plate and then re-coated. The engine was fully rebuilt by Simon Woo, who had previously worked as the engine builder at the TVR factory race team and the Penske dampers were rebuilt and calibrated to the original settings using information from Penske. The bodywork was refinished and repainted in its original livery by Normandales and all graphics were recreated, using the original 1999 files, by Action Graphics.

The car was fully reassembled using new bearings/fasteners etc. as required. A new chassis and engine wiring loom were produced and fitted, alongside a new dry-sump oil tank with ATEC oil and fuel hoses and a new radiator and oil cooler were also fitted. The latest GT3 FIA window-net was fitted with a new Schroth harness and a Tillett seat mounted on strengthened mountings.

This car never wanted for anything when it raced in 1999 and 2000 and, similarly, has had the best of everything during its recent complete and comprehensive rebuild.