Griffith buying help needed
Discussion
Hi guys,
After owning many different types of TVR's, most recently Sag's and Tuscans etc... I've finally decided to take the plunge and get a Griff.
A few simple and probably stupid questions...
No fixed budget, which is the best one? I read that 4.3BV sound like heaven, 500's can have problems with the engines.... etc etc.
I do like the idea of an earlyish non-cat car, but they seem thin on the ground these days. Any pointers for a Griff virgin would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
FP
After owning many different types of TVR's, most recently Sag's and Tuscans etc... I've finally decided to take the plunge and get a Griff.
A few simple and probably stupid questions...
No fixed budget, which is the best one? I read that 4.3BV sound like heaven, 500's can have problems with the engines.... etc etc.
I do like the idea of an earlyish non-cat car, but they seem thin on the ground these days. Any pointers for a Griff virgin would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
FP
Pre cats or 500`s, it really is a matter of personal preference which probably only you can decide. Go and see as many as possible and see which you like the drive of. The most important decision is to whether you are buying the car as a project or whether you just want to buy and drive. if you just want to drive it the underneath is the most important thing to look at. Many cars are now getting on a bit and some can be in a state chassis, outrigger wise., yet look great body wise. Having said that there will be some good ones out there, so check underneath. Personally i went for a 4.3 pre cat.
As you know with TVR's condition is king....
Ultimately 4.3BV or even 4.5BV if you can find one!!!
The last 100 LE 's are way too expensive, and are not worth the money......(in my opinion)
Pre-cats all the way for me...........
Also remember the MK1 version of anything is always worth more in the long run
Ultimately 4.3BV or even 4.5BV if you can find one!!!
The last 100 LE 's are way too expensive, and are not worth the money......(in my opinion)
Pre-cats all the way for me...........
Also remember the MK1 version of anything is always worth more in the long run
3024E said:
As you know with TVR's condition is king....
Ultimately 4.3BV or even 4.5BV if you can find one!!!
The last 100 LE 's are way too expensive, and are not worth the money......(in my opinion)
Pre-cats all the way for me...........
Also remember the MK1 version of anything is always worth more in the long run
If you say so Ultimately 4.3BV or even 4.5BV if you can find one!!!
The last 100 LE 's are way too expensive, and are not worth the money......(in my opinion)
Pre-cats all the way for me...........
Also remember the MK1 version of anything is always worth more in the long run
Doesn't seem to be that way at the moment though. To the OP. As has been suggested get out there and drive as many as you can. They all differ in one way or another and all feel slightly different on the road. As the old saying goes - condition is king.
Performance wise, the 4.3 BV and especially the 4.5 BV are pretty much on a par with a good 5 litre. The later cars IMHO feel a bit more 'developed' as standard, but there aren't many out there that haven't had some sort of improvements over the years so that argument isn't valid really.
Drive some, get a feel for what you like and wait for the right car to come along
Mr MoJo said:
If you say so Doesn't seem to be that way at the moment though.
To the OP. As has been suggested get out there and drive as many as you can. They all differ in one way or another and all feel slightly different on the road. As the old saying goes - condition is king.
Performance wise, the 4.3 BV and especially the 4.5 BV are pretty much on a par with a good 5 litre. The later cars IMHO feel a bit more 'developed' as standard, but there aren't many out there that haven't had some sort of improvements over the years so that argument isn't valid really.
Drive some, get a feel for what you like and wait for the right car to come along
You are right that this is the case at the moment but it is absolutely guaranteed that at some point in the future the earliest ones will become the more valuable. As will unfettled ones. Doesn't seem to be that way at the moment though. To the OP. As has been suggested get out there and drive as many as you can. They all differ in one way or another and all feel slightly different on the road. As the old saying goes - condition is king.
Performance wise, the 4.3 BV and especially the 4.5 BV are pretty much on a par with a good 5 litre. The later cars IMHO feel a bit more 'developed' as standard, but there aren't many out there that haven't had some sort of improvements over the years so that argument isn't valid really.
Drive some, get a feel for what you like and wait for the right car to come along
The future owners of these cars are a wierd group and have little in common with the current owners.
They will meet out in the Cotswolds with beards and speech impediments and gather around a table to impart their immense wisdom of early parts numbers and have penis size competitions based on who knows the most paint codes.
There is no logic to these people, they will know infinitely more than any of us about the cars and yet much of it will be wrong but be turned into fact by them.
And as a direct result of this new breed of owner, anyone with any form of mod will be shunned as a vile heathen and owners of newer cars will be shunned because of their brash, gaucheness.
Such is the way of the freaky classic car mentalist.
I thought it was a stroked engine as the Walls were already getting towards thin on the 4.3
As such it is supposed to rev less freely than a 4.3 giving it a different driving character, especially if the 4.3 has a high cam and lightened flywheel to make the most of its more revvy nature.
The 500 delivers more torque lower down which is what can make them more twitchy but I believe the power is over a shorter range but there is just more of it.
As such it is supposed to rev less freely than a 4.3 giving it a different driving character, especially if the 4.3 has a high cam and lightened flywheel to make the most of its more revvy nature.
The 500 delivers more torque lower down which is what can make them more twitchy but I believe the power is over a shorter range but there is just more of it.
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