Early TVR Pictures

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Kraftfahrer said:

What is this thread about? Pictures of early TVRs? Or early pictures of early TVR´s?
Here comes a picture with a M-series car. The photo is from this year – the car from 1973.

Its no ones Thread its whatever you want it to be early pictures are always fantastic especially Family pictures that have never been shared but pictures of any early Pre 80S Cars current or archived is fantastic to bring them all into one place is rather stunning when you go through this thread.
Even though I started it and I had no idea the result would be this its rather impressive whats out there and thanks to all and I am sure there is lots more out there both old and New
Its now everyones Thread so keep enjoying
Andrew

Edited by prideaux on Sunday 14th September 19:27

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Grantura SWE said:

The engine has a slightly ported head and an uprated camshaft. I'm guessing about 120-130 hk. I used to run it with Dellorto carbs but the Su give a better look.
It sits in the standard engine mounts using simple "adapters". The gearbox is also Volvo, a M41 four speed unit with overdrive. I made a new crossmember/transmission mount to fit it but there are no changes to the chassis. The propshaft is also custom, Volvo front end and TVR rear end.

When I bought the car it had no silencer at all (like in the first pictures). I have made a dual exhaust with as much silencing volume as possible just to keep the noise down. The tailpipes are like the ones in the link below (top middle picture).
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/post.asp?h=0&am...

Very Nice looks like an interesting conversion and the car in the snow is fantastic
Thanks for sharing
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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
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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
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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
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Rather Nice


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foxdog said:

Hi Andrew this one is for you





[ url]|http://thumbsnap.com/2todiEEG[/url]

AH Alans Baby before a few changes that must have been taken in Yorkshire before Alan sold her to Germany where she had the wheels changed and those fire hazard air filters changed.
Then we made a few changes here as they say there is always something to do on our cars oh yes the steering wheel has changed as well or at least its now black which I prefer anyway less to polish
Thanks for posting
I wish Alan was on the internet he really does miss out on keeping tabs on his baby
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Its interesting how a few changes and wheels and period tyres make a car look so different






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GTRene said:

Another Griff with Ride High suspension what is it about getting them to the proper ride height or are the roads so bad there they cant
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GTRene said:

agreed, way to high, would look better if it was lower, specially at the back.

maybe they installed the wrong dampers/springs? to strong maybe.

Yes Probably
However when you look through the thread you see how fitting the correct size wheels and tyres make a big difference to how the cars look
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Kraftfahrer said:

chassyman said:

this was my first mess about with photoshop, bit shaky ehh, would this make a wakkey poster? regards keith

Nice little attempt, Keith. You better consider to stay with your fabulous skills in building cars. If you need a poster ask me. Regards A.

Yes please we would love some if you can do them
That way Keith can concentrate on what he is best at
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A Great picture of Robin Georges 1800s that is for sale now red it was green at that point some of his pop star mates I believe messing around great shot though

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Have not see that Red Vixen or Tuscan before looks like it has a Vinyl Roof
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Griffith007 said:

prideaux said:

Have not see that Red Vixen or Tuscan before looks like it has a Vinyl Roof
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Its a Tuscan "Rover V8", belongs to someone I know, a really nice car with great patina, owner is a TVR fanatic too

Any more pictures please either here or on the non OE Engine Thread would love to see it in detail
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A Great picture of Robin Georges 1800s that is for sale now red it was green at that point some of his pop star mates I believe messing around great shot though

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A little more History came through about Robins 1800s you don't get history with many cars like this I really wish I had another Garage.
This I very poor quality and Robin is trying to find someone that has a better Quality copy but this really needs adding to the TVRCC Archive I think you need to be on facebook to view.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1469615646650...

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http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I was incorrect it was actually red all the time he had it except he painted it green and did not like it so it went back to red

Edited by prideaux on Sunday 21st September 21:14

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Grantura MKI said:

That is Dons car....ol blue. A true bit of TVR history, as it came out of the factory like that.
Best,
D.

Can you tell us some more David at first i thought it was a Griffith but no v8 there unless i am missing something would love to know more
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oliverb205 said:

prideaux said:

This I very poor quality and Robin is trying to find someone that has a better Quality copy but this really needs adding to the TVRCC Archive I think you need to be on facebook to view.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1469615646650...

Edited by prideaux on Sunday 21st September 21:14

That was truly awful, I can see why I have never heard of him. Sort of Ten Pole Tudor does the Eurovision Song Contest.

Oliver.

the good bit was the Car though cool to see it in a Video
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oliverb205 said:

Another from "Out of the Woodwork", Indy 1997.

Thanks for the update and info there is so much history about or cars out there is fantastic to hear little bits each day.
That ML wide bodied Tuscan is for sale i believe by the family of the long term owner not advertised yet i believe.
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GTRene said:

The Nicest V6 Griffith 3lt in the world
And great to see it and meet the owner at this years pre 80s
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Edited by prideaux on Wednesday 24th September 21:10

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GTRene said:

does that car have a V6? is there a story to tell?

Yes
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oliverb205 said:

Pretty much as said, though it had the Essex in when John bought it which is why it has the odd bonnet hump.
This car had been advertised in the local Autotrader for some time before and all us experienced TVR owners ignored it because it was quite obviously going to be a badly modified Grantura. Then John looked at it, did the research and proved us wrong...
There is some info about the car in Roger Shackleton's book on the modern TVR Griffith.

Oliver.

Thanks Oliver its a really pretty car and was so nice to see it this year I really hope it stays the way it is as a V6 it makes a Rather practical car and its history is interesting to.
There are interesting cars out there I received a series of pictures of one today but awaiting permission before I post them here its the ultimate TVR Time capsule
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