Sylva Stylus For The Wife

[CRAIGR]

Sylva Stylus for sale

Testing the water as struggling with time to do anything with it.
Sylva stylus built 1996 and registered by dvla for whatever reason as a Sylva Striker . Magazine featured in 1999 of which i have a copy.
2ltr 8 valve vauxhall engine fitted with twin 40's and 5 speed omega box.
Live axle
Full weather gear.
14" GB Alloys all round
Spax shocks front and rear.
Chassis is powdercoated yellow
Not been on the road since 2009 and engine appears to get hot quickly although doesnt overheat if fan is switched on.
Now for some luverly piccies i'm sure you'll like.
First 4k gets it.

[CRAIGR]

bttt

[RobMsport]

I saw this car at Peter Powell's Specialist Sports Cars premises , when I went for a demo drive in the factory Stylus around the Guildford country roads in 1997 . He , or maybe you were visiting too and there was a green Stylus being completed in the lock up .
Maybe it's registered as a Striker because the chassis is '' Striker '' ie. outer rockers with Chevette joints

[CRAIGR]

Looks like a fury chassis to me but has been registered from new as a Striker. Will post some more pics later.
Aaargh can't upload pics to photobucket so cannot post any at the mo.

[CRAIGR]

Now on P/heads with more pics

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/4172708.htm

[dopdog]

Just had a look at the pictures and it does look like a striker chassis?

[Edd]

Lovely, just wish i had 4k sitting around...
Edd

[zekill]

Just had a look at the pictures and it does look like a striker chassis?

I think it's more near to the Fury, front rocker arm are over top tube chassis.

[Edd]

dopdog wrote:Just had a look at the pictures and it does look like a striker chassis?
Bear in mind all Sylva chassis had the same principles! Therefore look very similar.
Edd

[RobMsport]

dopdog wrote:Just had a look at the pictures and it does look like a striker chassis?
Bear in mind all Sylva chassis had the same principles! Therefore look very similar.
Edd

Fury and Stylus have those lower chassis diagonals in the front whereas the Phoenix and Striker have parallel cross tubes on the lower front chassis . The Stylus doors being deeper also meant that the two 50x25 mm's chassis rails along the sides are closer together on a Stylus , making rocker towers necessary but on a Fury those rails are wider apart so the rockers virtually get mounted directly on top of the top rail. I've stared into many Sylva FRONT chassis through the bonnet
As a matter of interest I met with Dave Huggett last weekend who has Jeremy's first Stylus number 1 . A green very tidy little car too and still sporting it's tuned crossflow engine . He bought it from Jeremy after Peter Powell had it on loan , whilst building his own red 'demo' Stylus , to start Specialist Sports Cars ---- small world aye