Grantura MK2 (Restoration Project)
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Hello !! can anyone help? I am new to this website.
I am very interested in Grantura MK2 on Ebay. Its a 'Restoration Project'. I was wondering if anyone can help with the Pros and Cons? I have done some limited research, with reference the Grantura MK2 and it would seem that the majority of parts, if not all, are readily available. As I have never got involved in a project as involved as this before. Can anyone steer me in the right direction, re - renovating the chassis/body of a Grantura MK2. (Cost)
I am very interested in Grantura MK2 on Ebay. Its a 'Restoration Project'. I was wondering if anyone can help with the Pros and Cons? I have done some limited research, with reference the Grantura MK2 and it would seem that the majority of parts, if not all, are readily available. As I have never got involved in a project as involved as this before. Can anyone steer me in the right direction, re - renovating the chassis/body of a Grantura MK2. (Cost)
Unless you have renovated this type of car before and have a lot of money to spend I would steer well clear.
The car will almost certainly require a full chassis replacement. the body is bonded to the chassis on these cars and as such will need cutting off and then either modifying to bolt back to your new chassis or re-bonding after replacement. this is in itself a very complex and time consuming task
Lots of the suspension is VW derived but specifics such as diff casings steering arms etc are specials and often difficult to source.
If you are specifically looking for a pre M series TVR then I would advise that you start with a Mk 2 or later vixen which has a bolt on body and is 100 times easier to restore. M series cars are the best value at the moment and probably the easiest to restore because the chassis do not rust so much as the vixen cars. This would be my advice to you if you are not fully experienced with this type of restoration.
If you are knowledgeble regarding restoration however buy the cheapest roughest car you can find or the best restored.
Neil.
The car will almost certainly require a full chassis replacement. the body is bonded to the chassis on these cars and as such will need cutting off and then either modifying to bolt back to your new chassis or re-bonding after replacement. this is in itself a very complex and time consuming task
Lots of the suspension is VW derived but specifics such as diff casings steering arms etc are specials and often difficult to source.
If you are specifically looking for a pre M series TVR then I would advise that you start with a Mk 2 or later vixen which has a bolt on body and is 100 times easier to restore. M series cars are the best value at the moment and probably the easiest to restore because the chassis do not rust so much as the vixen cars. This would be my advice to you if you are not fully experienced with this type of restoration.
If you are knowledgeble regarding restoration however buy the cheapest roughest car you can find or the best restored.
Neil.
Back up to 3 Tivs, I feel human again. washerhell said:
I have done some limited research, with reference the Grantura MK2 and it would seem that the majority of parts, if not all, are readily available.
remember that, although the majority of parts which should be on the car may be easy to source, the parts which are on the car may be a different matter. I regard the parts manual for the Vixen, whilst excellent in every respect, as a "guide to what things might be" only, as I usually find that what's actually on the car is completely different, and invariably unmarked/obsolete/modified by former owners with a hacksaw/put in on a whim by TVR/etc.
All good fun though
walkonneil said:
Hi
I brought the grantura on ebay. Did not pay £2000 for it though as I managed to bid against myself at the end. Ebay still have not told me how that was possible!
This is one of those strange Ebay anomalies. If you start worrying and think your high bid isn't quite high enough, and bid again, the system recognises there being a bid at the lower price and accepts you as a "new" bidder.
Maddening really, so it pays to either submit a higher bid in the first place, or use "sniper" software, or wait until the last minute of an auction if you can (get a stopwatch and allow exactly 20 seconds before the closing time to submit your bid). And yes I've traded over 300 items on Ebay so I've got a rough idea what I'm on about !
And do you want any parts ? - I have just a few trim items if interested.
Notanutter said:
Hi
I brought the grantura on ebay. Did not pay £2000 for it though as I managed to bid against myself at the end. Ebay still have not told me how that was possible!
This is one of those strange Ebay anomalies. If you start worrying and think your high bid isn't quite high enough, and bid again, the system recognises there being a bid at the lower price and accepts you as a "new" bidder.
Maddening really, so it pays to either submit a higher bid in the first place, or use "sniper" software, or wait until the last minute of an auction if you can (get a stopwatch and allow exactly 20 seconds before the closing time to submit your bid). And yes I've traded over 300 items on Ebay so I've got a rough idea what I'm on about !
And do you want any parts ? - I have just a few trim items if interested.
Alloy door gutters (new unused but a bit cobwebby and scarcer than rocking horse doodoo); and from memory (they're all at the back of the shed) tail light lenses, a few spare bullet sidelights, pedal rubbers, maybe a few other bits. Also there were a pair of new unused track rod ends on Ebay recently, did you see them ? (7986592849)
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