Early TVR Pictures

[GRIFF3000M]

[GTRene]

lovely, a new better life :-)

[SRT Hellcat]

Beautiful. Not a fan of green but I love that colour. Awesome

[RobMk2a]

GRIFF3000M said:

Griff3000M good photos of the Griffith - do you know why the rear wheel arch in the stripped down tub photo if different to the original Red body photo. Did it get rebuilt a number of times. I think it is now a FIA shaped car so different again.

[P5BNij]

GRIFF3000M said:

A beauty.... are the Miniltes powder coated...?

[GRIFF3000M]

Yes Minilites are powdrer coated, I actually made the extra long wheel nut used for a template. The wheel arches are extended front and rear, slitting and extending as shown.

[GRIFF3000M]

[GTRene]

nice work.

[anonymous-user]

What happened to the (original) body and chassis of the yellow ‘Mexican’ Griffith that were for sale a couple of years ago? I thought they were a steal at the price!

[P5BNij]

GRIFF3000M said:

Yes Minilites are powdrer coated, I actually made the extra long wheel nut used for a template. The wheel arches are extended front and rear, slitting and extending as shown.

Thanks. I've seen a similar solution to extending the arches done on Lotus Europas which seems to do the trick.

[GRIFF3000M]

Same principle to increase bonnet bulge.

[Fishermt]

Spotted this one-owner-from-new 3000m in Canada a few years ago. The owner was a massive TVR enthusiast - he produced a photo album which he had to hand showing him outside the showroom when he bought the car back in the 70s - the photos showed him attired in some pretty impressive flared trousers!

Edited by Fishermt on Tuesday 3rd April 21:48

[Daggsy]

Daggsy said:

RobMk2a said:

Does you friend recall anymore detail on the Mk2.

Rob

I'll ask him but it looks like it might be a twin cam.




He will probably tell me the name and address where he bought it, how much, the mileage, tyre tread depth etc.

Quick chat with Malcolm today ...........

Yes it was a twin cam with twin 40's

He bought it off his employers son on a weekly deduction from his wages.

Will hopefully meet up and get more info to post more details soon as I'm off to France for 4/6 weeks on Friday.

[RobMk2a]

Thank - you I think it was Charlie Harrison's race car, he won the Scottish Speed Championship in 1960, but at that time it had a standard MGA 1588cc engine. I have a photo of Charlie in the car racing against Jim Clark in a 'formula libre' event at Charterhall. Its not my copyright so I can't post here.

I think Charlie sold the Grantura in 1961 to purchase a Lotus Elite. I guess your friend owned it early 60's when the engine had been replaced.

I wonder if it is still in the Newcastle area.

Rob Pennington

[Bull McCabe]

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[Mr Tiger]

Bull McCabe said:

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Lovely looking 2500!

[mosstrooper]

Continuing with the timber theme:

[GTRene]

nice one, great pics, she looks very healthy.
the front looks a bit high on her feets though?

[Bull McCabe]

mosstrooper said:

Continuing with the timber theme:

Great pictures, a lovely car and a nice backdrop with the hills in the distance too.

[mosstrooper]

Thanks for your compliments.

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