Early TVR Pictures

[Griffith007]

Oh no, please don´t

When I stripped my car for the paint it became apparent that is was very original, only 17K miles on the clock and much nicer than first thought so you really only needed to see past the Larry Watson type panel paint and somewhat creative interior. I found the original colour under the licence plate lamp so now its back to where it all started.

[Grantura SWE]

Well, I call it 1800S so we clearly agree!
Now that's sorted.


The white Griff looks really nice!


Towing with only 90 hp is not to recommend, not even with a car as light weight as a TVR on the trailer (my daily drive at the time did not have a tow bar so I had to borrow a friend’s car). When going uphill I was overtaken by Lorries on several occations.
But the alternative was to drive home in an unknown car without MOT almost 500 km, not an option.

[GTRene]

Griffith007 said:

Oh no, please don´t

When I stripped my car for the paint it became apparent that is was very original, only 17K miles on the clock and much nicer than first thought so you really only needed to see past the Larry Watson type panel paint and somewhat creative interior. I found the original colour under the licence plate lamp so now its back to where it all started.

ok you asked for it its a James Bond car 007 ;-)










so, now its done and over ;-)

[Griffith007]

you forgot the interior, here you go, right click and save



it was only glued onto the doorcards and seats, the interior was redone by PO Mike T. aka Grantura2a
here and looks much nicer now.

[Griffith007]

[prideaux]

Griffith007 said:

you forgot the interior, here you go, right click and save



it was only glued onto the doorcards and seats, the interior was redone by PO Mike T. aka Grantura2a
here and looks much nicer now.

Thank you so much i can sleep much better tonight knowing that the green monster is no longer alive is there any way of destroying GTS COMPUTER and any other search engine and destroy all evidence that it ever was is or could have been
I presume when you bought her that Hayes allowed you his address to shoot the guy who did it
A

[phillpot]

Griffith007 said:

the interior was redone by PO Mike T. aka Grantura2a
here and looks much nicer now.

A matter of opinion

[Griffith007]

prideaux said:

Thank you so much i can sleep much better tonight knowing that the green monster is no longer alive is there any way of destroying GTS COMPUTER and any other search engine and destroy all evidence that it ever was is or could have been
I presume when you bought her that Hayes allowed you his address to shoot the guy who did it
A

I agree, Hayes was really good to deal with but basically I was just tired driving around in Santa Hat and wearing sunglasses, it is also illegal to drive with a ski mask on in Sweden

Edited by Griffith007 on Tuesday 16th September 21:57

[prideaux]

Griffith007 said:

prideaux said:

Thank you so much i can sleep much better tonight knowing that the green monster is no longer alive is there any way of destroying GTS COMPUTER and any other search engine and destroy all evidence that it ever was is or could have been
I presume when you bought her that Hayes allowed you his address to shoot the guy who did it
A

I agree, Hayes was really good to deal with but basically I was just tired driving around in Santa Hat and wearing sunglasses, it is also illegal to drive with a ski mask on in Sweden

Edited by Griffith007 on Tuesday 16th September 21:57

Yes he is a nice guy i had a chat about your car when he was getting it not to buy it as i wanted a Long wheel base car but just out of interest its great to see it being done properly i hope you kept the old interior as Philpot might want to improve one of his interiors
A

[GTRene]

lol @interior
I remember those when I see it, I had more pictures but could not find them, maybe for the better

what were they smoking

dare to be different and he did I guess.

[Grantura MKI]

GTRene said:

lol @interior
I remember those when I see it, I had more pictures but could not find them, maybe for the better

what were they smoking

dare to be different and he did I guess.

The car was done for the world of wheels show. This is were Barris and others would showcase there work.
Not ot my liking, but shown in the day was most likely a hit?
Best,
D.

[GTRene]

Indeed, now you mentioning it, in those days they did a lot with hot-rods et c, and a Griffith 200 could also be seen as such.
Its a car most will remember and with a story, so I guess thats a 'good' thing.

[Griffith007]

[Griffith007]

[GTRene]

great pictures from that time.

Edited by GTRene on Thursday 18th September 00:13

[Tutman]

Grantura 7B230

[Tutman]

[RobMk2a]

Interesting revised (Aston Martin style) bonnet vent - it is is similar to the Aitchison car in Filby's book. Do you have any history.

Also I note from the photos on the Grantura Registry website the car has been recently restored do you have any photos / background.

Rob

[Tutman]

The car does have a bonnet that is very similar to the one in Filbys book page 99 my guess the modification was for cooling as it was used in club racing. History as I know it UK reg VUX477 was claimed to have been raced at Silverstone in 1967 and 1968 at Aston Martin owners club and Sunbac meet? Around 1971 7B230 was exported to the USA and stored in a garage in upstate New York till I purchased the car in 2013 and have since restored it and drive all the time.

[luckycarter]

Hi Mike,
Car looks fantastic, you have restored the car so quickly, must get my A##e in gear and do something with mine !!!