Early TVR Pictures

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luckycarter said:

I think they were sold as Griffs. I have seen a copy of the original factory build/ch/no list and it states that "Tuscan introduced" from ch/no 200/11

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I will have to look but yes i seem to remember it did have a Tuscan interior. As for the window frames i ve seen pics of 200/2 and 3 and they both have chrome surrounds with no quarterlights. Earlier UK Griff 200/gb/5043 also has a Tuscan interior

I think that if you go back to the time they where made they would have been sold as Tuscans not Griffith as that was the latest model and customers would have been buying into the latest model which was basically a Griffith 400 with cosmetic changes even keeping the Bonnet on the early Tuscan V8SE they would have used up the remaining Griffith Chassis that would have had that numbering.
Chassis Numbering etc was not as important to new car customers but new features where ?
Makes it even more interesting IMOP as its both a Griffith Heritage car and a Tuscan Development car very special
I think there where a couple of Griffiths that when crashed around that time when they went back to the factory where given the latest features ie Tuscan as I guess we would do today if we owned a 12 month old Morgan or Nobel that went back to the factory if there was the opportunity to upgrade to the latest spec
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Edited by prideaux on Friday 3rd October 20:14

As Richard says, this is the last swb Griffith V8. There is a lot of history of the car in Roger Shackleton's book on the (new) Griffith where he talks about the history of the Griffith name. Simon Bridge wrote a 3 page piece including much of it's history. The TVR books may not always be 100% perfect, but much of the information is accurate and they are a very good place to start.

Oliver.

You may be right as years have passed in Talking to the Original Owner of ML500 he said that from memory that was the sister car to his car and the factory demonstrator that's where the information came from yes books as we know can be wrong and often are.
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Nice restored OE UK spec Griffith RHD in the USA bought by a US servicman who drove it in the UK and then exported to the USA i love the look without the hot rod bits that often get added



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foxdog said:

TUSCAN V6

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thegamekeeper said:

Very well known and admired genuine Tuscan V6 Targa. TVR owners longed for open top motoring and TVR did not deliver till the 3000S which although gorgeous was a massive disappointment to those non scuba diving owners.

This car was a clever way to acheive cabriolet TVRing and still having structural strength (which the 3000S doesn't,t have).

It now lives in SW France with a dear friend of mine in a stable many would envy, including a GENUINE Tuscan V8 SE. It now sports a "Griffith" style convertible roof with targa roof panel and a fold down rear section.

If you saw it now you may want to eat that vomit for the chance to own it.

Sorry Steve i am not convinced i had to look twice it is not easy on the eye at all maybe if its looking different you can spoil us with a current picture i am always open to eating Vomit shoul i have to
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Kraftfahrer said:

seen at Oldtimer Grand Prix 2004, Nürburgring

Must say thats a lot kinder on the eye is it the same car?
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Fiscracer said:

GTRene said:

a few more from GFV-8C

Car 54 where are you?

I wonder how much of the original 200/054 car still exists? I suspect even the chassis plate may be a replica.

Your all as bad as each other Richard they need to introduce the Triggers Broom Trophy at Goodwood or Silverstone there would be a rather large Grid
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GTRene said:

its indeed a lovely example, I believe its based on a Vixen S1, not sure, but now its more a race griffith 400.

hm, the next sits in my Griffith files but on the rear it says Tuscan I now see, anyhow its a classic TVR

Edited by GTRene on Friday 10th October 12:23

Short wheel based Tuscan very common now days or at least becoming so
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A Rather Nice 2500m just to get the balance as there are a lot of non M series cars and this one is a cracker



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Rather Nice just a shame where they have the pictures they Called it a Tuscan instead of a 2500 Chris will like this one




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I think its a Later car Chris made to look like an older car Chris but a very nice job
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Slow M said:

Rene,

My hat's off to you! I thought I had a lot of TVR images saved to my hard drive, but your collection absolutely dwarfs mine.

Best,
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Very True Bernard maybe Rene could do the job of TVR archivist for the TVRCC if Richard decides to step down at some point especially as he does not have a TVR to maintain hence the time to keep the records up to date
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Should really move these down as they will get lost in the other thread

Mark Gussins Vixen competes in the TVRCC Sprint Championship






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A real Beauty 3000m


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[quote=GTRene]funny picture with that orange car nr 71, I first thought, huh? all orange? must be some special race series...
but then I spotted 71 on all

I was using Marks fancy camera on speed frame and some how he combined them all into one picture spot the blue one twice in the background
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GTRene said:

first serie of JKE-35D

Interesting to see the variations on original OE spec Dash in the various Giffiths and the OE Air Plane side vents very rare
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Dollyman1850 said:

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Dollyman1850 said:

Nice Pic with one of the TVR worlds True gents in the background.
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And his brother is handy to.

Do you mean the post Man
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GTRene said:

JNP-626C

You must be running low now your down to scanning magazines
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