Random TVR pics

[lazyitus]

GTRene said:

Cracking picture.

[DonkeyApple]

Hollowpockets said:

Are any of the T400/440r race cars still racing? are they changing hands or still kept by the likes of LNT and other teams?

They're being sat on at the moment although I think one is being reconditioned/prepped for hopefully a bit of action.

My guess is that they will reappear when they become eligible for some of the historic classes?

[my250gt]

FactoryPilot said:

silly question, is this recent? are all these shells and jigs etc still siting there and are they due to be sold??

[GTRene]

look at this :-)

[Slow M]

GTRene said:

look at this :-)

That's Bill Jongbloed's car. He had done some chassis reinforcement drawings, for M-series cars, even before the age of the internet. Those were available theough mail order. Remember mail order? He's built quite a reputation for his excellent custom wheels.

Best,
B.

[FactoryPilot]

my250gt said:

silly question, is this recent? are all these shells and jigs etc still siting there and are they due to be sold??

Nah, sorry pal. They were taken ages ago. Must have been around July/August 2007 from memory. Me and my dad popped in to have a look as we were passing. It was the period after it had all been closed down, but before, Surface and Design, D&C, etc etc had done a deal to move back in.

So literally, it was very spooky - just like a ghost town.

Even my dad who's not into TVR's said that it made him feel sad to see it all empty and derelict

[GTRene]

just looked on Google maps/earth for the TVr factory :-)
in 2009 they drove there with their car, took a print screen from that.



is their still some small TVR garage? see the TVR badge on the wall
and 2 TVR's in the pic @2009

Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 15th August 22:52

[FactoryPilot]

That's Surface and Design. They are still there. Ex-TVR factory guys who set-up on their own after TVR's collapse, and managed to do a deal enabling them to move back into part of the old factory. There's quite a few other independent businesses in there now (mostly ex-Factory guys, specialising in their own fields...).

[GTRene]

a lovely 66' Griffith 600

[Hollowpockets]

Im not one for old or classic cars but that^^^^^ is stunning!

[natben]

Excuse my Ignorance is that Griffith a TVR? No TVR badges.
I have not seen one like that before but it is beautifull.

[GTRene]

nice model indeed, also very fast in some cases.

strange? story about those Griffith 600, I've read that Jack Griffith got in some financial problems and so could not make more of those then a view...

Intermeccanica made the bodies I believe and took over the car? and called it the
Intermeccanica Omega (at first) and Holman and Moody made them also, I guess those are also the guys who build some GT40?

anyways, the car later also called Intermeccanica Torrino or Italia

so I guess those ( a few hundred) can also a little bit been seen as "Griffith 600" ?

ah, found a list>>

said:

14 1966 Griffith 600 powered by Chrysler 273,
33 1967 Omega powered by Holman & Moody 289 Ford,
752 1968-1972 Torino-Italia powered by Ford 289HP, 302, 351W, 351C,

http://www.intermeccanica.org/publications/manual/Manual.htm

[macdeb]

Hollowpockets said:

Im not one for old or classic cars but that^^^^^ is stunning!

I am and you're right, It is!

[Slow M]

A Griff, as seen through/from one of Bill Thomas' original Cheetahs.
(from the race car sales site)

Best,
B.

[phillpot]

Slow M said:

Bill Thomas' original Cheetahs.

Now they were mental !!!



Backed, I believe (unofficially), by Chevrolet to take the fight to Ford and the AC Cobra. Handled like a "pig" and the rest is history

[phillpot]

FactoryPilot said:

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A trusty Sherpa, unfortunately too new to be sporting S Series front indicators

[phillpot]

GTRene said:

a lovely 66' Griffith 600

Want one ? clicky

[GTRene]

phillpot said:

GTRene said:

a lovely 66' Griffith 600

Want one ? clicky

at least one I can afford

[yoichi]

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