Griff feature in Sprint

[Derek Smith]

I am going to feature the Griffith in a forthcoming Sprint, probably June.

It's the car that turned me towards TVR and I want to do it justice. Therefore, I need some help.

I'm after your experiences, anecdotes, pictures, modifications, rebuilds, the lot. I am also after the unusual. Have you got the first/last Griff? Have you got the one that was featured in Horse and Hound's road test. Have you got the one with the highest mileage or that's worth the most/least?

I want to discover what makes it so good in the eyes of owners/drivers/dreamers.

This is to be a celebration of the car that, to my mind, defined TVR under PW.

Please head you emails Griff article using my [e-mail] address.

Derek

[griffter]

Excellent - I look forward to it!

On the subject of the Griffith in THIS month's Sprint - what an incredible job! Awesome attention to detail and an enviable end result. Well done that man.

Plus it just goes to show an 'original' pre-cat front end is no guarantee of no accidents ....

[richb]

Also to say that there was no mention of the name of teh person who wrote the article nor indeed who his father was, which was a shame seing as he wrote it to get the chaps Griff in Sprint for his 60th birthday! Annoymously Rich...

[Toffer]

griffter said:

- what an incredible job! Awesome attention to detail and an enviable end result.

The Griff had been well and truly Tangoed!

[Derek Smith]

richb said:

Also to say that there was no mention of the name of teh person who wrote the article nor indeed who his father was, which was a shame seing as he wrote it to get the chaps Griff in Sprint for his 60th birthday! Annoymously Rich...

The feature had been on the list for some time and had been bumped a couple of times. When it came to be published, I noticed that the author's name was no longer there - I lost a lot of data when my hard-drive broke and was unable to go back to the original email.

So I had to decide whether to publish it. It was so interesting and as the chap would recognise his car I went ahead. I didn't want to feature it in the Griff article as it might have got 'lost'. I was hoping the chap would contact me and I could feature his name in April's Sprint, but no such luck so far.

If anyone knows him, ask him to phone me, please.

Derek


>> Edited by Derek Smith on Thursday 17th March 15:13

[stesrg]

Hi Derek YHM
Steve.

[sharkytvr]

OK....hate to do it....call me contraversial....but while I had huge admiration and respect for the detail and clear quality of workmanship, IMHO that car was grotesque.

Sorry....

However, each to their own. If everyone drove a silver Chimaera, the world would be a dull place!

[griffter]

sharkytvr said:

OK....hate to do it....call me contraversial....but while I had huge admiration and respect for the detail and clear quality of workmanship, IMHO that car was grotesque. Sorry.... However, each to their own. If everyone drove a silver Chimaera, the world would be a dull place!

I did find it a bit odd he went to the lengths of recreating the precat front end then fitting projector lights.

[Derek Smith]

Much to my irritation, the feature has had to be pulled from the June issue. There was so much pressure on space and I did not want to cut it to fit. It is now destined for August, to conincide with the Growl. It is probable, probably certain, actually, that the article will have to go over two months, with the second bit, including the report on the Growl, making the October issue.

What I'd like included are: the last one (as near as possible) off the line; the longest owned one; highest mileage; most powerful; modded ones. Whilst I say 'most', this does not mean I'll only cover one specific model in each classification. I'd like a 'family' model, you know, one that's been used for the school run, shopping, carting the dog around, that sort of thing. I'd like cars that are average as well.

Which car has visited the most number of golf clubs? Which car has got the most peculiar most?

If you know of these cars, please ask the owners to give me a call.

The 'shape' of the article will be similar to the Sagaris one in this month's Sprint, mainly owners' and drivers' impressions. Sprint cannot compete with Steve Heath's book/bible.

So, if you'd like your car featured in Sprint, without going through the filter of Picture This, then here's your chance.

Sorry for the delay.

Those who've already contacted me need not do so again unless you've got something new to add.

Derek

[gemini]

John Horne from West Yorks has one that yourd like Derek - its the back home winner
And make sure you dont get a bollocking from Paul C for using here to advertise - use the official web site

[dnb]

95,000(ish) miles on our 1996 Griff 500. Probably one of the highest milages around here. The car is used daily (even as a shopping car...)

[catretriever]

Derek Smith said:

Which car has visited the most number of golf clubs?

Did you post this on the wrong forum derek??

[FlipFlopGriff]

Derek,
I assume the Growl advert will be combined with feature?
FFG

[DustyC]

How about the most heavily researched Griff?!

Or
- most well travelled
- furtherest living from home* (Melbourne or NZ I geuss)
- furtherest driven from home* (Italy etc)
*home = blackpool


Also dont forget the Speed6 Griff (hiss, booo!).

Also found this interesting piece recently
www.carsfromitaly.com/others/index.html
(click on "Intermeccanica"


It says:
".......In 1965 Intermeccanica joined with Griffith (the importer of TVRs into the USA) to produce a modified Grantura for that market, however in the following year Griffith went bankrupt and Intermeccanica were left with 142 chassis. Reisner decided to produce his own cars using these chassis and got Scaglione to design two models......"

Considering it was 15 years before the current Griff and shared a similar design base it looks remarkably familiar. I wonder if this is what the TVR Griffs were inspired by.
Here it is.