37a engine number grif 500

[selnic]

Just looking through the papers for the grif and noticed that the engine number starts 37aXXXXXXX, from memory i thought that 37a is a chimaera engine number not grif, all paperwork matches engine serial number plates, car is all original and unmolested as far as I know.Is this an error or did they just randomly select the engines from a pile at the factory???

[Uncle Fester]

If your car feels slow then its probably a chimp engine

Seriously, I had chat with the archives section at Gaydon Heritage centre a while back.

IIRC that's Rover code for a crate engine supplied to another car manufacturer, mostly TVR and Morgan.

Gaydon don't have much details on these.

Fester

[The AJP Griff]

Some are 37A and some 47A in a Griff.Most i've come across(not too many)have been 47A.i dont think this part of the no. was specific to a model type at all,and would be surprised if any part was?

[selnic]

Cheers Fester
No doesnt feel slow at all,in fact when I bourght it from James Agger he remarked that it was one of the fastest stf grifs he had ever driven - suppose he should know as he will have driven a few!!

[selnic]

Thanks for the replys guys, guess all is well then, just me looking too deeply into the new beastie.

[CRE]

The 37A engine number is tvr, the very early ones had 47A.
Yours should read 37A50PXXXX

Dont worry, thats right!

Jamie

[selnic]

correct!!!! no worries then