Grinnall Scorpion III
Discussion
Mutant Rat said:
Jeez, Maggit, what's the matter with you? Doesn't the Griffith oversteer enough or summat? 
According to the 'fleet' tab under 'members', there are at least 5 Grinnall owners registered on Pistonheads.
Perhaps you could contact them through their profiles?
Well, as they're all listed under "GrinnEll", I'm not surprised I can't find them!
There are a few about which have been built from kit, although most are from the "factory". I guess you have to both want to build a kit and really want a Scorp to do it this way...
It's expensive - I think mine (based on a 1200LT) will round at about £15k. There are lots of cheaper quality kits (after all a Caterham Classic costs less).
The factory build cost is about £2k so not a huge amount extra.
There's no real build manual - although everyone at the factory is very helpful.
Just remember you're dealing with a small British engineering outfit and everything will be fine!
It's expensive - I think mine (based on a 1200LT) will round at about £15k. There are lots of cheaper quality kits (after all a Caterham Classic costs less).
The factory build cost is about £2k so not a huge amount extra.
There's no real build manual - although everyone at the factory is very helpful.
Just remember you're dealing with a small British engineering outfit and everything will be fine!
We've bought a factory built one, in fact it's going back to Grinnalls in a couple of weeks as it was never registered, hence no SVA either, so Grinnall are putting it through for us, and servicing it as well.
We were at the Factory some years ago, when the one with all the fish painted on it was being finished. I have to say that they look relatively simple to build.
We're also getting some rotators with ours,which bolt to each end, then wind up and rotate the Scorpion along its axis. Should make changing the oil filter interesting!
Are you a member of the Owners Club, and is it worthwhile joining?
We were at the Factory some years ago, when the one with all the fish painted on it was being finished. I have to say that they look relatively simple to build.
We're also getting some rotators with ours,which bolt to each end, then wind up and rotate the Scorpion along its axis. Should make changing the oil filter interesting!
Are you a member of the Owners Club, and is it worthwhile joining?
Nope, haven't join the club - like you I didn't see much activity and to be honest am not an "owners club" sort of a bloke!
I would recommend the yahoo email group (www.yahoogroups.com) as this seems to have a hard core of regulars who know stuff and are helpful at answering odd questions.
Interested to hear more about the rotators - I'm hoping to keep mine the right way up!!!
I would recommend the yahoo email group (www.yahoogroups.com) as this seems to have a hard core of regulars who know stuff and are helpful at answering odd questions.
Interested to hear more about the rotators - I'm hoping to keep mine the right way up!!!
Picked "M" up yesterday, couldn't believe the number of people that wanted to talk about the Scorpion, the number of thumbs up (especially from bikers), grins, waves I (or rather "M"
got. To anybody caught up in a jam on the A40 heading out of London about 12.30 yesterday, sorry, it was me and a guy on an XJR1200, with a bit of an argument between said XJR pilot and a Chevy People carrier, thrown in.
got. To anybody caught up in a jam on the A40 heading out of London about 12.30 yesterday, sorry, it was me and a guy on an XJR1200, with a bit of an argument between said XJR pilot and a Chevy People carrier, thrown in. Hi all
I'm posting here for my boss he can turn his hands to most things but computers aren't his bag!!
he finished building his scorpion III this summer & hes made a very nice job of it with some nice little mods....even if I do say so myself
anyways..hes a very helpfull chap & if anyone needs any help or advise or just want to chat grinnall he would love to hear from you!
I'm posting here for my boss he can turn his hands to most things but computers aren't his bag!!
he finished building his scorpion III this summer & hes made a very nice job of it with some nice little mods....even if I do say so myself
anyways..hes a very helpfull chap & if anyone needs any help or advise or just want to chat grinnall he would love to hear from you!
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