TVR Grantura MK1 1960
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TVR Grantura MK1 1960 to restore,
the add is in Dutch (car also) he asks 5.000,-euro
I believe its incl a new chassis, ah yes>
http://restauratieprojecten.nl/advertentie/bekijk/...
the add is in Dutch (car also) he asks 5.000,-euro
I believe its incl a new chassis, ah yes>
http://restauratieprojecten.nl/advertentie/bekijk/...
ah, some more info>
[quote]For sale with big regret TVR Grantura MK1 project. Please find a clear description of the car below. The car is completely dismantled and for 95% complete. The essential parts are all there. Car is in Holland. Firm price is €5.000
What has been done so far:
Dashboard is rebuild and I have a professional glass fibre company made a complete new mould for the RHD dashboard.
A good second-hand bulkhead has been bought by me. It is in a good and usable condition to rebuild the body shell.
Wheel suspension has been disassembled and carefully stored in boxes, complete with drawing.
Doors have been disassembled and carefully stored in boxes with all the original fittings and parts.
What comes with the car:
Almost everything, it is actually remarkably complete.
• The original aluminium corner bumpers
• Suspension, differential and prop shafts / drive axles.
• Two Ford Anglia engines and one gearbox, both in need of rebuild.
• Original wiring loom.
• Steering box original and complete RHD.
• Two front windows and one side window.
• Doors are disassembled but complete with all the correct fittings and finish seams / mouldings.
• Two chassis, the original one which is for 50% in need of replacement and a completely rebuild chassis which is new, done by the former owner.
• Bodyshell, rear section and of course the front. It is in four parts so rear, the side parts of the shell and complete front. The bulkhead was in many pieces, hence the fact that I have bought a proper one that is in one piece. Same goes for the roof, strangely this has been cut on the front for one quarter, therefore I wanted a complete roof, with the A pillars.
• Dashboard and dashboard mould as well as all the correct instruments.
• Radiator and tank for coolant are original and present.
• Fuel tank.
• Centre console complete and original.
• Chassis plate, the correct copper version.
• 5 correct wire wheels, these are most of the times replaced by MG wires, which is a shame as the original used MK1 wheels were lightweight Dunlop wire wheels.
What is missing:
• Rear window (easy to order in the UK).
• Seats (I know a Dutch TVR guru who owns the original seats, these were made from fibreglass as well). Klaus Witzig can be very helpful as well.
• V5 didn’t come with the car, all the import documents towards Holland and Tax discs are there. A new chassis number has been added to the old chassis, so it’s good to keep it with the car until it is on licence plates.
• Original decals, although these are made new by Klaus Witzig.
Finally:
The chassis number of the car is F/FS 118 and I have tried to find out why this is a different chassis number compared to other MK1 Grantura’s a most of the existing MK1 Grantura’s start with number 7 in their chassis number. However, in Germany, there is a guy called Peter Fausten, who owns the actual sister car of my F/FS 118 and his chassis number is F/FS 119. As it seems now, both his and my car are the only existing MK1’s with different chassis numbers.
So, where the first ‘F’ stands for is still a mystery to me, the ‘FS’ in the chassis number stands for ‘Ford Shorrock’.
Originally my car was factory delivered with a Ford sidevalve 1172cc engine with a three speed gearbox. As I personally don’t like the sidevalve engine that must and didn’t want to drive with a three speed gearbox, I have decided to go for the setup with a 1200cc Pre-Crossflow Anglia engine with four speed gearbox. These engines are also known as ‘screamers’ as they were used in the Formula 2 series in the sixties. The name ‘screamer’was given because these engine could make very high rpm. A guy here in Holland, Wim Waardenburg, is currently building his MK1 Grantura with the same engine and also with Shorrock supercharger mounted on it.
The Shorrock supercharger that my Grantura should have, is a rare piece that is unfortunately not with the car, as mine came with a MGA engine, which was not original. Both MGA engine and gearbox are no longer with me, I have sold both in the past.
Of course it looks like quite a project, the big benefit however is the fact that there is a complete rebuild chassis with the car, which saves an enormous amount of work and can be seen as a sort of gift. Unless you are determined to restore the original chassis of course. Most of the work will be the restoration of the body shell, on the other hand it is glass fibre and you cannot do much wrong of course as it is very easy material to work with.
On the other hand, for a car of which only 100 were built with only around 40 worldwide in existence, it is all worth the work. Restoration projects are going for around 10.000 GBP nowadays and once restored they can already do 50.000 GBP and the sky hasn’t been reached yet, that’s for sure.
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[quote]For sale with big regret TVR Grantura MK1 project. Please find a clear description of the car below. The car is completely dismantled and for 95% complete. The essential parts are all there. Car is in Holland. Firm price is €5.000
What has been done so far:
Dashboard is rebuild and I have a professional glass fibre company made a complete new mould for the RHD dashboard.
A good second-hand bulkhead has been bought by me. It is in a good and usable condition to rebuild the body shell.
Wheel suspension has been disassembled and carefully stored in boxes, complete with drawing.
Doors have been disassembled and carefully stored in boxes with all the original fittings and parts.
What comes with the car:
Almost everything, it is actually remarkably complete.
• The original aluminium corner bumpers
• Suspension, differential and prop shafts / drive axles.
• Two Ford Anglia engines and one gearbox, both in need of rebuild.
• Original wiring loom.
• Steering box original and complete RHD.
• Two front windows and one side window.
• Doors are disassembled but complete with all the correct fittings and finish seams / mouldings.
• Two chassis, the original one which is for 50% in need of replacement and a completely rebuild chassis which is new, done by the former owner.
• Bodyshell, rear section and of course the front. It is in four parts so rear, the side parts of the shell and complete front. The bulkhead was in many pieces, hence the fact that I have bought a proper one that is in one piece. Same goes for the roof, strangely this has been cut on the front for one quarter, therefore I wanted a complete roof, with the A pillars.
• Dashboard and dashboard mould as well as all the correct instruments.
• Radiator and tank for coolant are original and present.
• Fuel tank.
• Centre console complete and original.
• Chassis plate, the correct copper version.
• 5 correct wire wheels, these are most of the times replaced by MG wires, which is a shame as the original used MK1 wheels were lightweight Dunlop wire wheels.
What is missing:
• Rear window (easy to order in the UK).
• Seats (I know a Dutch TVR guru who owns the original seats, these were made from fibreglass as well). Klaus Witzig can be very helpful as well.
• V5 didn’t come with the car, all the import documents towards Holland and Tax discs are there. A new chassis number has been added to the old chassis, so it’s good to keep it with the car until it is on licence plates.
• Original decals, although these are made new by Klaus Witzig.
Finally:
The chassis number of the car is F/FS 118 and I have tried to find out why this is a different chassis number compared to other MK1 Grantura’s a most of the existing MK1 Grantura’s start with number 7 in their chassis number. However, in Germany, there is a guy called Peter Fausten, who owns the actual sister car of my F/FS 118 and his chassis number is F/FS 119. As it seems now, both his and my car are the only existing MK1’s with different chassis numbers.
So, where the first ‘F’ stands for is still a mystery to me, the ‘FS’ in the chassis number stands for ‘Ford Shorrock’.
Originally my car was factory delivered with a Ford sidevalve 1172cc engine with a three speed gearbox. As I personally don’t like the sidevalve engine that must and didn’t want to drive with a three speed gearbox, I have decided to go for the setup with a 1200cc Pre-Crossflow Anglia engine with four speed gearbox. These engines are also known as ‘screamers’ as they were used in the Formula 2 series in the sixties. The name ‘screamer’was given because these engine could make very high rpm. A guy here in Holland, Wim Waardenburg, is currently building his MK1 Grantura with the same engine and also with Shorrock supercharger mounted on it.
The Shorrock supercharger that my Grantura should have, is a rare piece that is unfortunately not with the car, as mine came with a MGA engine, which was not original. Both MGA engine and gearbox are no longer with me, I have sold both in the past.
Of course it looks like quite a project, the big benefit however is the fact that there is a complete rebuild chassis with the car, which saves an enormous amount of work and can be seen as a sort of gift. Unless you are determined to restore the original chassis of course. Most of the work will be the restoration of the body shell, on the other hand it is glass fibre and you cannot do much wrong of course as it is very easy material to work with.
On the other hand, for a car of which only 100 were built with only around 40 worldwide in existence, it is all worth the work. Restoration projects are going for around 10.000 GBP nowadays and once restored they can already do 50.000 GBP and the sky hasn’t been reached yet, that’s for sure.
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Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 13th August 19:21
Another one on flee baay but an earlyer one out 1958, number 12?
so if your handy and spare time, here's what you can do whit that.
said:
1958 Mk1 TVR Grantura Chassis No 7/C/112 1st Registered 23th October 1958
Due to moving over to the USA in the early 90's I have kept this car in dry storage in the UK since 1990. The car will require full restoration. As you can see from the attached photos, this TVR is a complete rolling Chassis, with engine (MGA 1622cc), gearbox, differential, and drivetrain installed. It has Al-fin racing drum breaks at the front with standard drums at the rear.
Included in the sale are many parts to complete the restoration, including harder to obtain parts such as the original TVR bonnet emblem, chassis plates authenticating this cars origins, spare differential, rear plexiglass screen, boxes of original parts, 2 sets of front & 1 set rear corner bumpers (these being quiet rare, with very few restored cars sporting them.)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1958-Mk1-TVR-Grantura-/121422581478?_trksid=p2054897.l4275Due to moving over to the USA in the early 90's I have kept this car in dry storage in the UK since 1990. The car will require full restoration. As you can see from the attached photos, this TVR is a complete rolling Chassis, with engine (MGA 1622cc), gearbox, differential, and drivetrain installed. It has Al-fin racing drum breaks at the front with standard drums at the rear.
Included in the sale are many parts to complete the restoration, including harder to obtain parts such as the original TVR bonnet emblem, chassis plates authenticating this cars origins, spare differential, rear plexiglass screen, boxes of original parts, 2 sets of front & 1 set rear corner bumpers (these being quiet rare, with very few restored cars sporting them.)
so if your handy and spare time, here's what you can do whit that.
alphaone said:
I viewed a different car a few months ago - also number 112 !
did it also had the whole number the same, I mean that what stands before the 112Chassis No 7/C/112
as you can see with the number from the start car, number 118 also have different numbers before the number.
maybe they sold sometimes more of for example 112 but with say different engine's? and then got different numbers before the 112 in this example?
do not know how TVR did things back in those days
ah, found it..was it this one? that number is
its from this car, which also has side grills, the red one from 1958 does not have those? hm, nice to see if thats original, I mean the differences.
http://www.tvrblog.com/tvr-grantura-mk1-for-sale-a...
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Chassis Number: 7/FS/112
so indeed 112 but the numbers before that are different.its from this car, which also has side grills, the red one from 1958 does not have those? hm, nice to see if thats original, I mean the differences.
http://www.tvrblog.com/tvr-grantura-mk1-for-sale-a...
luckycarter said:
Hopefully should fetch a good price, i think it is the ex-factory racer that Colin Escott raced at times in the late 50's the reg on the log book is KCP 379,its pictured in Filby's book in the "racing in 1959" section. It doesnt have the teardrop side vents unusual!
Which Filby book and what page is it on? I have looked in TVR The Early Years and on p69 theres a section on competition in 1959 but I dont see no pics of the car? am I blind or looking in the wrong place? Cheerscould it be this one?
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1964/Nurburg...
I just bought 2 new TVR books, one come's in next week I hope.
TVR The Griffith years and finally also the book TVR Success Against the odds
good for some readings in the weeks to come.
http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1964/Nurburg...
I just bought 2 new TVR books, one come's in next week I hope.
TVR The Griffith years and finally also the book TVR Success Against the odds
good for some readings in the weeks to come.
Edited by GTRene on Saturday 30th August 16:11
GTRene said:
This car too!It shows A.D. Barrett in a Grantura Climax.
hm, maybe those are all early Grantura's and have still Jomar fastback style things?
see here at the Jomar early TVR site>
http://www.jomar-cars.com/id3.html
see here at the Jomar early TVR site>
http://www.jomar-cars.com/id3.html
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