Early TVR Pictures
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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...
That was truly awful, I can see why I have never heard of him. Sort of Ten Pole Tudor does the Eurovision Song Contest.https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1469615646650...
Edited by prideaux on Sunday 21st September 21:14
Oliver.
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...
That was truly awful, I can see why I have never heard of him. Sort of Ten Pole Tudor does the Eurovision Song Contest.https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1469615646650...
Edited by prideaux on Sunday 21st September 21:14
Oliver.
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Don Ensley's Grantura Mk "Ole Blue" is a lovely car, and was identified by Gerry Sagerman as being the car he raced at Sebring in the 1960s. However in the last photo you will spot a model of a Grantura on the roof - here is a closer shot I took of it at Indianapolis in 1997.
Don is far to modest to tell you about it, if he was on here, but here is the story as well as I can remember it. He has had Granturas since they were new, and when he was conscripted to Vietnam shared a dorm with a guy who had been sent an E-Type kit model. The guy played around with and really wasn't getting anywhere, so Don said "I bet I could make that into a model of my TVR". The guy replied that if he wanted it he could have it, so Don took it and spend the next few months modifying the entire model until it was a very good replica of a TVR that he owned on the other side of the world.
He's darn good at keeping real TVRs on the road too.
Oliver.
Don is far to modest to tell you about it, if he was on here, but here is the story as well as I can remember it. He has had Granturas since they were new, and when he was conscripted to Vietnam shared a dorm with a guy who had been sent an E-Type kit model. The guy played around with and really wasn't getting anywhere, so Don said "I bet I could make that into a model of my TVR". The guy replied that if he wanted it he could have it, so Don took it and spend the next few months modifying the entire model until it was a very good replica of a TVR that he owned on the other side of the world.
He's darn good at keeping real TVRs on the road too.
Oliver.
oliverb205 said:
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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Great to see these Out of Woodwork pics. I recently found the reinstalled old TVR Car Club North America page under http://tvrna.tvrccna.org/index.html with lots of pics from early TVRs!
oliverb205 said:
Don is far to modest to tell you about it, if he was on here, but here is the story as well as I can remember it. He has had Granturas since they were new, and when he was conscripted to Vietnam shared a dorm with a guy who had been sent an E-Type kit model. The guy played around with and really wasn't getting anywhere, so Don said "I bet I could make that into a model of my TVR". The guy replied that if he wanted it he could have it, so Don took it and spend the next few months modifying the entire model until it was a very good replica of a TVR that he owned on the other side of the world.
He's darn good at keeping real TVRs on the road too.
Oliver.
Great story cheers for sharing it He's darn good at keeping real TVRs on the road too.
Oliver.
Grantura MKI said:
oliverb205 said:
Yes, I believe the long time owner died fairly recently. It is a quite wonderful car, as is the Jomar he had.
Oliver.
Not as far as I know. You have it right about Don....top man and logs many a mile on the old girl.Oliver.
Best,
D.
Oliver.
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