TVR Grantura Mk2

[matchless_mike]

I thought that you would like to see this. I have been fortunate to have acquired an early Grantura Mk2 which has been asleep in a dark garage for 40+ years and likely off the road since the early 1970s. As you know, due to the nature of the TVR car business in those very early days there's not a huge amount of accurate information out there on the Grantura especially with regard to the source of parts so I will likely be asking a few questions on here on coming weeks and months. Having said that, parts wise it is almost complete and original with a good chassis. Originally powered by a 997cc Ford Anglia engine, it has been changed to a Ford 1500 120E which is a much better prospect!

[plasticpig1972]

Good luck and a great project.
With the 1500 engine you could go 1650 which was popular + webers.
It will be nice to see the progress.
Alan

[Moto]

Fantastic.... you lucky, lucky .......

The colour really suits the car - any idea what it is? I hope you keep it the same.

If you don't already know them, Nigel Reuben is a great source for anything chassis & suspension related and his brother Duncan for any fibreglass mouldings.

Please keep us posted on progress.

Moto

[luckycarter]

Hi Mike, great find. There is a very good and active Face book group for all things Grantura with lots of people from all over the world that can help with parts I.D and advice. Its the International TVR Grantura owners group.
Anymore details on your Grantura like reg number etc, i have a large archive of Grantura period photo's, also a registry, it would be interesting to see if i have any info on your great find,
Cheers
Rich.

[matchless_mike]

Hi All, yes I have been rather lucky....however about 15 years ago I wanted a Grantura to restore but could only find wrecks that were too expensive.....so I have eventually rewarded. This Grantura looks to the same blue as used on 1960s MGBs.......however the strip down is revealing hidden secrets as I can now see that the car was originally white. Thanks for the tips. More than likely to need advice on the suspension. The front seems a bit sagged, but one or two bolts are missing from torque arms, but early days of dismantling and assessing.

[timelord]

Looks like it might be BL colour pageant blue

[porterpainter]

Looks like a great project

[TR4man]

Please keep us updated with your progress.

[GTRene]

lovely project, love those little fast cars :-)
although I would like some sort of pressure relieve valves in the body like some later TVR's have or like the Tuscan V8 wide body (M look)

I would be afraid blowing out the rear window in say a tuned one or Griffith 200 or 400, or worse blowing the complete rear of, window and some grp at high speed, hah, read some crazy stories in the old books I believe (forgot precise what though)

In modern cars they can hide those valve's behind say the rear bumpers (they have to be in the rear) but were could you hide it with such grantura if you want those? if you do not want them in the rear window, or there and ? maybe behind the number plate, put the plate say a few mm of the body.

anyways, me thinking out loud, will follow your build :-)

[Moto]

GTRene said:

lovely project, love those little fast cars :-)
although I would like some sort of pressure relieve valves in the body like some later TVR's have or like the Tuscan V8 wide body (M look)

I would be afraid blowing out the rear window in say a tuned one or Griffith 200 or 400, or worse blowing the complete rear of, window and some grp at high speed, hah, read some crazy stories in the old books I believe (forgot precise what though)

In modern cars they can hide those valve's behind say the rear bumpers (they have to be in the rear) but were could you hide it with such grantura if you want those? if you do not want them in the rear window, or there and ? maybe behind the number plate, put the plate say a few mm of the body.

anyways, me thinking out loud, will follow your build :-)

Pressure relief valves . That'll be the gap between the door frame rubber the window frame.

Moto

[plasticpig1972]

Or along the top of windscreen and body.
Alan

[GAjon]

Good luck and enjoy the rebuild.

[Granturadriver]

Great project, however it will be a total rebuild, you will learn a lot about early TVRs!

Ist the car complete? And what chassis number has it?

[GTRene]

Moto said:

Pressure relief valves . That'll be the gap between the door frame rubber the window frame.

Moto

lol :-)
but when driving say on the german autobahn far over 200km/h then lots of air comes in, cabin pressure builts up in the backend, normally there are no escape vents for the air there, yeah some Taimar have some in the rear hatch.

anyhow, always wondered how you can avoid such in such little Grantura/Griffith without a rear hatch...

[matchless_mike]

Granturadriver said:

Great project, however it will be a total rebuild, you will learn a lot about early TVRs!

Ist the car complete? And what chassis number has it?

The car is number 194 from mid 1960. It is 95% complete. Yes I will learn alot about the Grantura but am familiar with early TVRs as I own a 2500 Vixen.

[ConvairMan]

Hi.Great project. How are you getting on with it?

I have just acquired chassis number 193 which is also a Ford chassis. Originally it had a 997cc engine but that was swapped for a 1340cc by 1964. My car has no engine at the moment. Does yours have rack and pinion steering? Which gearbox do you have?

Cheers

ConvairMan