Just bought a 1961 Grantura Mk1 Help

[Granturas]

It is a La Dawri on Austin Healey 100/6 basis.

K.W.

[GTRene]

never heard about that...






not bad for looks.

Edited by GTRene on Wednesday 17th October 19:31

[phillpot]

Granturas said:

It is a La Dawri on Austin Healey 100/6 basis.

So which would have the greater value today, that very nice looking La Dawri or the original donor 100/6


please note this is a hypothetical, light hearted question I'm not trying to start another major "discussion" on values, it's worth what someone will pay etc. etc.

[my250gt]

Granturas said:

It is a La Dawri on Austin Healey 100/6 basis.

K.W.

Thanks for the info K.W., quite a collection you have there, huge respect from me for keeping them all that time, under cover and from being stripped for parts over the years, amazing, well done that man !

Lets hope that one day they can be brought back to life before its too late?


I thought I had seen a lot of cars and could identify many fibreglass cars and kits, but this make, La Dawri, had escaped me completely. Now i have googled it and found this website, i fear i wont be getting much work done today while i pour over it

http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/?p=22642

[my250gt]

Sorry O/P for going way off topic !!

K.W. is this what your car is or have i got the wrong model completely?

[Granturas]

Yes, this is the car as it should look when it is finished. Mine is an aborted project that I have bought in the US many years ago.

Is the shown car yours and in UK?
K.W.

Edited by Granturas on Thursday 18th October 10:50

[my250gt]

Unfortunately no it isnt mine, just found the pic on the ForgottonFibreglass website. It appears to be the subject of a restoration in the Netherlands. I think it looks great though.

[GTRene]

looks a bit like a AC Ace bristol zagato.

[THE AJP CHIMAERA]

The grantura has now sold and is sitting waiting on collection form its new owner

[alphaone]

.. and I was going to have a bid on that nearer the end :-(

Hope the new owner keeps us up to date on how the restore goes.

[pridaux]

Looks like it is back on e bay maybe its the boomerang model?

[alphaone]

I went to view it at the weekend. I cant beleive its already at 6800 with 2 days to go when the one that was complete was on ebay a few weeks ago and didnt meet the reserve and got as high as 12600.

I also recently missed out on the MK1 down in Salisbury for 15K

Next year I intend to hunt down a pre 1960 MK1

[csturnbull]

[quote=Granturadriver]@THE AJP CHIMAERA

Peter Filby's book "The Early Years" shows on page 143 an autocrossing Grantura Mk3 (338 YTD?) driven bei John Akers, "Driver and car went to become extremely successful at the sport".

I know this an ancient post but I was just browsing and found a reference to 338 YTD.(Should be 339 YTD) I used to mechanic for John Akers in another life and would love to know if his TVR and his Porsche 911S are still owned by someone. He actually had two TVR autocross cars but one caught fire at a meeting and was a total loss. Trouble is due to age etc I cannot remember it's reg number.

Will dig out the Porsche reg but I think I have to post that elsewhere.

Thanks
Clive

Edited by csturnbull on Friday 11th April 18:30

[Grantura MKI]

That is quite a load of hardware!!! Many thanks for sharing.
Best,
D.

[csturnbull]

Grantura MKI said:

That is quite a load of hardware!!! Many thanks for sharing.
Best,
D.

This was the other and I think earlier(I'm sure someone will know!) Taken on Southport beach. Probably gone forever. I think the one with the trophies was a special lightweight body specially made for John Akers which was to replace the earlier one. Not 100% sure as it was a long time ago and I am now 75. The brain fades!!!
Regards to all TVR enthusiasts

[Monkeythree]

csturnbull]ranturadriver said:

@THE AJP CHIMAERA

Peter Filby's book "The Early Years" shows on page 143 an autocrossing Grantura Mk3 (338 YTD?) driven bei John Akers, "Driver and car went to become extremely successful at the sport".

I know this an ancient post but I was just browsing and found a reference to 338 YTD.(Should be 339 YTD) I used to mechanic for John Akers in another life and would love to know if his TVR and his Porsche 911S are still owned by someone. He actually had two TVR autocross cars but one caught fire at a meeting and was a total loss. Trouble is due to age etc I cannot remember it's reg number.

Will dig out the Porsche reg but I think I have to post that elsewhere.

Thanks
Clive

Edited by csturnbull on Friday 11th April 18:30

Maybe this car??:

[GTRene]

first one looks like a 1800S (or mk4 granture?)
and the last 2 pictures more grantura mk3 (or 2 something perhaps)

but indeed it looks like itw as used also in rally with those wheelarces cut out :-)

[csturnbull]

GTRene said:

first one looks like a 1800S (or mk4 granture?)
and the last 2 pictures more grantura mk3 (or 2 something perhaps)

but indeed it looks like itw as used also in rally with those wheelarces cut out :-)

Don't think it is but interesting all the same. Wonder where and when that was taken.
Thanks
Clive

[Monkeythree]

In my garage, May 2003!

[Monkeythree]

In my garage, May 2003!