Early TVR Pictures

[GTRene]

V6Pushfit said:

GTRene said:

Don't know, there was a for sale ad a few weeks or so ago, but only this picture and not that much info,
so no current pictures of chassis number known to me.

Very interesting it may be one I haven't recorded yet where was it for sale?

It was @2 sites at least for sale, als on pistonheads, I saw it on 25-02-2016 I see on the copy I have, but the copy is not that good.
It says it is a barnfind for over 25 years in storage

Naturally Aspirated
Rear Wheel Drive
4 speed manual transmission
Top Speed = 150 MPH
Milage = 3,293
Chassis # = LVX1345/4
Registration # = YNP979G
Price: $50,000 Cdn Dollars
Reference #5305177 | Trade
Barn Find - In Storage for 25 Years
1969 TVR Tuscan - Coupe
Left Hand Drive
Black Exterior - Grey Leather Interior

1969 TVR Tuscan Racecar (1969)for sale in Quebec

thats what I could retract from the ad. ow and price 50.000 $ canadian

[GTRene]

38-YB-29 = 1600M 1975

[anonymous-user]

GTRene said:

It was @2 sites at least for sale, als on pistonheads, I saw it on 25-02-2016 I see on the copy I have, but the copy is not that good.
It says it is a barnfind for over 25 years in storage

Naturally Aspirated
Rear Wheel Drive
4 speed manual transmission
Top Speed = 150 MPH
Milage = 3,293
Chassis # = LVX1345/4
Registration # = YNP979G
Price: $50,000 Cdn Dollars
Reference #5305177 | Trade
Barn Find - In Storage for 25 Years
1969 TVR Tuscan - Coupe
Left Hand Drive
Black Exterior - Grey Leather Interior

1969 TVR Tuscan Racecar (1969)for sale in Quebec

thats what I could retract from the ad. ow and price 50.000 $ canadian

Thanks Rene it all stacks up apart from the chassis number and being left hand drive. There's only one original LHD Tuscan so I suspect as its UK registration plate that it's a hybrid Vixen but I'll look into it further...

Checked it out - it's a Tuscan V8 not MOT'd since 1990 so it stacks up as a 26 year old export/barn find. Not too sure if any V8's were LHD though....

Edited by V6Pushfit on Friday 15th April 23:22

[GTRene]

V6Pushfit said:

Thanks Rene it all stacks up apart from the chassis number and being left hand drive. There's only one original LHD Tuscan so I suspect as its UK registration plate that it's a hybrid Vixen but I'll look into it further...

Checked it out - it's a Tuscan V8 not MOT'd since 1990 so it stacks up as a 26 year old export/barn find. Not too sure if any V8's were LHD though....

Don't know, could be? I got a book here that speaks of

Tuscan V8 (24): 4 RHD, 24 LHD all built in 1967
and Tuscan V8 lwb (24): 12 each RHD and LHD, 1967 and 1968
and Tuscan V8 wide-body (21) all but two with LHD, built 1968 to 1970

some could also be build in say 1967 but then used for racing and a few years later put on the road registered
in a later year?

[GTRene]

405-CQH-77 = Grantura mk 2a 1962

[GTRene]

459N3 = Grantura 1963 = tvr621963

[Kraftfahrer]

My good old TVR M V8 is back on the road again – with new roof (without the ugly and shape disturbing sunroof), new rear end section (with Aston Martin DBS lamps instead of huge TR 6 units), new glued-in heated windscreen .. and the necessary paint job of course

[Dollyman1850]

Kraftfahrer said:

My good old TVR M V8 is back on the road again – with new roof (without the ugly and shape disturbing sunroof), new rear end section (with Aston Martin DBS lamps instead of huge TR 6 units), new glued-in heated windscreen .. and the necessary paint job of course

Very very pretty.
N.

[Hansoplast]

And do not forget the lovely petrol cap.

Fantastic car with tasteful changes.

What's inside??

Hans

[Hansgerd]

What did you do with the sun roof ? I'm looking for one.

[Kraftfahrer]

Dollyman1850 said:

Very very pretty.
N.

Thank you Dollyman!

[Kraftfahrer]

Hansgerd said:

What did you do with the sun roof ? I'm looking for one.

Thank you for your comments. The sunroof is already sold to a friend with a Taimar. Find here some pics from inside the car.

[Dollyman1850]

Kraftfahrer said:

Thank you for your comments. The sunroof is already sold to a friend with a Taimar. Find here some pics from inside the car.

Do I spy some re-used aircraft gauges and toggles there???
N.

[anonymous-user]

Dollyman1850 said:

Do I spy some re-used aircraft gauges and toggles there???
N.

Well spotted. A variation of the Bulova I'm going to use but not on a TVR

[Kraftfahrer]

V6Pushfit said:

Well spotted. A variation of the Bulova I'm going to use but not on a TVR

In my case it´s the good old british brand "Smith" indeed. I like to use it in my TVR since the first restoration of the car finished in 1999. I do not know a better place for it at all.

[Dollyman1850]

Kraftfahrer said:

In my case it´s the good old british brand "Smith" indeed. I like to use it in my TVR since the first restoration of the car finished in 1999. I do not know a better place for it at all.

Nice Touch.

[USTVRDUDE]

Well, it took nearly 2 weeks to peruse and there lots of sweet TVR's out there! Thanks for posting so many Rene! I noticed a few pics I had taken in the past, but since I'd rather the history be out there instead of making a profit from it, I don't mind most of my pics being passed along.. Here's a Couple I snapped in my backyard years back...





Hope to get around to adding others..

[Andrew Gray]

2016 National Drive it Day at the Bicester Heritage Centre Beautiful Vixen S3
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[RobMk2a]

[Here's a Couple I snapped in my backyard years back...



Bill,

Do you have any history / details of the first owner(s) of your Grantura. I see from the online registry it is chassis number 7/f/169. Do you know if it was rebodied with a Mk2 shaped body or if the chassis number is just TVR peculiarity.

Thanks

Rob Pennington

[Wacky Racer]