Just bought a 1961 Grantura Mk1 Help

[cantus]

Wow ! these are the pics !
Great to see this.

[luckycarter]

Hi,
Glad to put the photo's up. Im afraid i dont know where or when they were taken, i only have these 2 shots of the car. I have a large collection of photo's from the sixties of old TVRs granturas Griffs etc ive been collecting them for years, i buy a lot from Ferret Fotographics, he always digs out new ones for me from his massive collection of negatives.
If your car had a Bristol engine was it from new, in which case what is the middle part of the Ch/ No, 7/f/ 7/b or 7/c is normal or 7/Fs as with Cantus Mk1.
By the way i own MK2a 7/b/296, hence my interest in Granturas

[Astacus]

Luckycarter, if I pm you the reg number of my series one, would you be able to take a look to see if, by any miracle, have an early photo of my car? I have no early history of the car and it would be really Nice to find an early photo.

[GTRene]

maybe one is among those



wonder were that was and how many TVR's stood there...

[tunepipe911]

that is what they call a BARNFIND

[GTRene]

indeed, and there were at least 4 more real old TVR's on the right side...amazing

[RFC1]

GTRene said:

maybe one is among those



wonder were that was and how many TVR's stood there...

where the fk is /was that?

Sandy

[GTRene]

don't know...its on a grantuta fan sort website...
those TVR are also from that barn>> its aladin's cave













and some outside but do not know if they have any connection to that barn.

[DavidY]

Klaus in Germany a well known (hoarder) collector of early Granturas

davidy (an ex owner of Grantura Mk1)

[GTRene]

yep, Klaus it is...
interesting website and nice picture's overthere :-)
also racers and prototypes etc etc.
but most Grantura.

[GTRene]

looking at this register I think he has most now, or is his place?

http://people.zeelandnet.nl/serel/types.htm

he owns? at least 12 oldies so it seems
sadly he lives 700km from my house deep in the south of Germany.

edit:

for Grantura fans>>

http://www.tvr-grantura.de/

hé's also on PH so it seems, he's a collecter, that makes sence now nice...

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem...

Edited by GTRene on Thursday 23 August 21:15

[motaplus]

Hi Guys
After following this thread would anyone have and info on an early grantura Reg; 9660 UE.

kind regards
gary

[GTRene]

is that the serial number?
if so then its between those, but no pictures on this...

http://people.zeelandnet.nl/serel/mk3.htm

[motaplus]

Hi Rene
thank you for your reply

this is the registration number of the car 9660UE,

ive been looking for years but never had any joy in find her, one day it will come to light (i hope)

kind regards
gary

[GTRene]

motaplus said:

Hi Rene
thank you for your reply

this is the registration number of the car 9660UE,

ive been looking for years but never had any joy in find her, one day it will come to light (i hope)

kind regards
gary

register said:

S. Lobley
9/660
mailto: [e-mail]
UK/1963/To be restored

is that 9660 also the car serial number? ifso then it could be that one?
maybe then try to find contact by that mail?

[motaplus]

Thinking outside the box i like that.
I will email and see Rene, you never know i might be lucky.

Many Thanks
gary

[Granturas]

DavidY said:

Klaus in Germany a well known (hoarder) collector of early Granturas

davidy (an ex owner of Grantura Mk1)

Let's say I saved some of them from scrapping, as there was no interest in these cars in the 80s in England.
I tried to sell them for some English friends in Germany but stopped offering after I had some experiences with tire kickers. So I just kept them for my peronell interest.
I do reproduce some parts as well as bodies and chassis for my own projects and I am still traceing the history of the early Granturas and their modifications and options. As I do have two lightweights, one I saved from scrapping,I can see the difference to the "standard" car. The car with the wobbly webs is not in my collection, it is still in England and quite expensive. I am still looking for those wobbly webs. I will write down all these anomalies or features for future publishing.
My suggestion for people looking for some info on their cars; publish your question including picture on a stall in Beaulieu.

K.W.

Please excuse my spelling mistakes. (If you find one you may keep it or send me a PN)

[GTRene]

Good work Klaus, I guess the times are better now since they use old TVR's also for classic racing etc?
nice to see so many of those special old TVR's also sad to see them in such state
but then it cost a small fortune to make like new or better then new, more rigid etc.

[Jon Brown]

Im sure you get asked all the time but are you looking to sell any of them?

[Granturas]

No, because the people usually offer the same money as I have payed 30 years ago and they tell me that these cars are in a bad condition and do need a lot of work and that it will be difficult to get parts for them and the one or the other part is not original. I think when ever I will try to sell them I bring them back to England, people look more realisticly at those cars. May be my widow will do so when the time is come. Ha,ha, but not yet.

K.W.