'59 Grantura for sale
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Not too familiar with the history of these cars, but this looks like it has a MkII rear end. Also, it appears to have a late chassis number. Did they make some changes to the bodywork of the MkI before the Mk II ?
ETA Beaten to it... I think its a MKII too
rear end is defo a MKII
ETA Beaten to it... I think its a MKII too
rear end is defo a MKII
Edited by Astacus on Sunday 29th January 21:26
I spoke to the seller to ask more about the history,
This is what he said :
Dear william,
The car does have a lot of the MK1 features correct and intact and according to the documentation and build date it is a MK1. Fact is, like many TVR's, there is a crossover period of "hybrids" as is probably the case with this one. Records were sketchy at best from TVR, but the build date says 1959, it's titled as a MK1, and so that's what it is!
"hybrids" ?
This is what he said :
Dear william,
The car does have a lot of the MK1 features correct and intact and according to the documentation and build date it is a MK1. Fact is, like many TVR's, there is a crossover period of "hybrids" as is probably the case with this one. Records were sketchy at best from TVR, but the build date says 1959, it's titled as a MK1, and so that's what it is!
"hybrids" ?
cantus said:
I spoke to the seller to ask more about the history,
This is what he said :
Dear william,
The car does have a lot of the MK1 features correct and intact and according to the documentation and build date it is a MK1. Fact is, like many TVR's, there is a crossover period of "hybrids" as is probably the case with this one. Records were sketchy at best from TVR, but the build date says 1959, it's titled as a MK1, and so that's what it is!
"hybrids" ?
I think he refers to any small scale manufacturer's practice of using up bits that are left in the bin, and not change all aspects of a new model simultaneously. I'm not certain that holds true for bodies too. None the less, the earlier style body set on an M chassis is often called a "hybrid." This is what he said :
Dear william,
The car does have a lot of the MK1 features correct and intact and according to the documentation and build date it is a MK1. Fact is, like many TVR's, there is a crossover period of "hybrids" as is probably the case with this one. Records were sketchy at best from TVR, but the build date says 1959, it's titled as a MK1, and so that's what it is!
"hybrids" ?
Best,
B.
If you look at the Grantura register (http://people.zeelandnet.nl/serel/types.htm) you will see quite a big overlap of chassis numbers between the Mk 1 and 2 - roughly in the number range 170-220. I think TVR almost certainly sold both specifications side by side for a period during 1960 and it is very likely that many of these later Mk1s got some of what we now call Mk2 features. Knowing how chaotic the company was at the time I doubt there even was an official distinction between the two at the time, just an evolutionary process.
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