Back from the Dead - Not run in over 35 years!
Discussion
Ok, its taken 3 years to get from this (+ had it in fully disassembled form for another 4!):-
To this:-
First running of my new Motor
Roll on the spring
48 years young (the car)........
To this:-
First running of my new Motor
Roll on the spring
48 years young (the car)........
ks and i'm sure will go as well as it looks 
heightswitch said:
Looks like a very well made batswing mount in the photos jelly.
N.
Ha Neil - no doubt N.
However I went the way Nigel does in the Fia cars (ala same as yours). I have two full batwing mount kits now, with all the mountings. Not sure they'd be up to the silly power the arse end is going to get subjected to.
Car looks great, it caight my eye in the griff thread but seeing the before & after pics is amazing.LHD to RHD not an issue in so far as nothing really there. But a big job to get it all solid with lots of very tasty mounts, some visble some not.
Just to put these old "TVR's" into perspective for the drivers of the "New" stuff.
This thing is 7" shorter than a Triumph Spitfire (but 11" Wider), has a wheelbase 5.5" less than a Chim / 90's Griff and 15.5" less than a Cerb.
It went to the US on a boat in 64 and was ther 3rd one made (200-5-017) after the prototype.
Jack Griffith (where the name comes from), did a deal similar to Shelby with the Cobra with TVR and the Grantura to ship these little MG engined cars to the US minus the drivetrain and he worked through the hurdles to re-engineer them for the Ford 289 V8 (Std and HiPo's)and Transmissions.
They were never sold as TVR's btw. Only made about 285ish of them before a big shipping strike put the Kibosh on the run. They made a small run of the later rear end shape 400's in the UK (13 I think), that were the same as the last from the Griffith factory bar being RHD. Then post these they gradually morphed into the later cars, longer wheelbase and then the later and later body mods.
Just to put these old "TVR's" into perspective for the drivers of the "New" stuff.
This thing is 7" shorter than a Triumph Spitfire (but 11" Wider), has a wheelbase 5.5" less than a Chim / 90's Griff and 15.5" less than a Cerb.
It went to the US on a boat in 64 and was ther 3rd one made (200-5-017) after the prototype.
Jack Griffith (where the name comes from), did a deal similar to Shelby with the Cobra with TVR and the Grantura to ship these little MG engined cars to the US minus the drivetrain and he worked through the hurdles to re-engineer them for the Ford 289 V8 (Std and HiPo's)and Transmissions.
They were never sold as TVR's btw. Only made about 285ish of them before a big shipping strike put the Kibosh on the run. They made a small run of the later rear end shape 400's in the UK (13 I think), that were the same as the last from the Griffith factory bar being RHD. Then post these they gradually morphed into the later cars, longer wheelbase and then the later and later body mods.
indeed really lovely, although a shame you went from the right LHD to the right hand drive 
lol.
One day I hope to own a well build grumpy classic V8 TVR in LHD (ofcorse for me ;-))
don't need a original Griffith 200/400 or Tuscan V8 SE, a well build replica of one of those would be fine.
lol.
One day I hope to own a well build grumpy classic V8 TVR in LHD (ofcorse for me ;-))
don't need a original Griffith 200/400 or Tuscan V8 SE, a well build replica of one of those would be fine.
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