tuscan body onto griffith chassis

[993phill]

anyone know if the tuscan body will fit the grittith chassis or will the griffith suspension fitt directly to a tuscan chassis
and if i did this would it still need to be sva tested
also anyone got a tuscan body=chassis{rolling that i can use as a road car project
many thanks

[Graham]

I doubt it would fit directly but could probably be made to fit a griff chassis, have you checked the wheel base, The track or width of the tuscan is wider.

The suspension is different between the tuscan and the griff.


if you used the chassis, engine, suspension from road registered griff then its just a rebody so no sva...

G

( im assumeing your refering to modern griff and a tuscan challenge body)

[Racing Rod]

Buy this instead

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>> Edited by Racing Rod on Thursday 23 February 17:46

[Graham]

That would seem the easiest and probably cheepest option !!!!

[chuggaboom]

Come down in price a fair wack too...was 35K IIRC last yr !!!

[tvrolet]

993phill said:

anyone know if the tuscan body will fit the grittith chassis or will the griffith suspension fitt directly to a tuscan chassis

Anything will fit onto anything given enough time and effort. The fit of Tuscan body/panels to the proper Tuscan chassis is interesting enough! The fit/gaps are nowhere like what you get on a road car, so unless it's to be a proper racer with panel gaps you can fit your hand through (then why a Griff chassis?) expect hours of cutting, glassing and re-making whole chunks.

993phill said:

if i did this would it still need to be sva tested

It only has to be SVA tested if you are creating a 'new' car i.e one that previously never existed. If what you end up with is a rebuilt Griff with a different body, then it's still just the Griff and retains its original chassis number V5 etc. The key is the chassis number and V5. If you have a V5 for the 'donor' then keep the chassis/number and it's no bigger a deal in terms of the DVLA than chavving-up a Nova with different spoilers, doors and god-knows what else to make it look different.

But, if there is no V5 (i.e.none of the donor parts come from a registered vehicle) then you've built a new car and so SVA it is. And that opens up a whole new can of worms. Do not underestimate the efforts [or costs] involved going down the SVA route. I'm guessing I've spend over 2000 man-hours to date, and by necessity had to learn welding, aluminium welding, fibreglasing (and mould making), spray painting etc.... Next on the list is upholstering!

If you are in any way serious about this, by far the easiest route is to 'rebuild an existing Griff' (or any other TVR you choose). In that case, all you need to do is register any change of colour or engine size/number with the DVLA, and make sure it can pass an MOT when the time comes.

Drop me a mail of you want to know any more about SVA though as I ended up buying a copy of the Inspection Manual to make sure I get things right...

[richb]

I would have thought the most interesting project woudl be to fit a Griffith body to a newer Tuscan chassis, that way you get the best body shape ever on the better handling chassis

[Graham]

richb said:

I would have thought the most interesting project woudl be to fit a Griffith body to a newer Tuscan chassis, that way you get the best body shape ever on the better handling chassis

:scratchchin....how would you make the griff wide enough cut it in half down the middle, only trouble then would be getting a windscreen...

[trackcar]

993phill said:

anyone know if the tuscan body will fit the grittith chassis or will the griffith suspension fitt directly to a tuscan chassis and if i did this would it still need to be sva tested also anyone got a tuscan body=chassis{rolling that i can use as a road car project many thanks

funnily enough I know someone doing this exact build, assuming we're talking tuscan race body onto Griff 500 mechanicals and not tuscan sp6 body onto Griff 200

[richb]

Graham said:

richb said: I would have thought the most interesting project woudl be to fit a Griffith body to a newer Tuscan chassis, that way you get the best body shape ever on the better handling chassis :scratchchin....how would you make the griff wide enough cut it in half down the middle, only trouble then would be getting a windscreen...

can't be more than an inch or two in the track and this could be accomodated by the wheel arch.

[Whitechimp500]

The Chap who bought the ex BTC Racing Tuscan body i had , is intending to build it on to a 90's Griffith chassis.

And with more Tuscans Racers being Sagarised there may be more ex race bodies on the market .

[Graham]

Whitechimp500 said:

And with more Tuscans Racers being Sagarised there may be more ex race bodies on the market .

and hopefully this will lead to genuine un modified tuscans rising in value, especially as they will soon be eligable for classic racing

G

[Whitechimp500]

Graham said:

Whitechimp500 said: And with more Tuscans Racers being Sagarised there may be more ex race bodies on the market . and hopefully this will lead to genuine un modified tuscans rising in value, especially as they will soon be eligable for classic racing G

A veritable win/win situation Graham .

The Sagarised examples evolve into even more formidable race cars - and the Originals become that touch scarcer and more desirable to "active enthusiasts" like me .

.

[993phill]

yes ive got access to a good rolling chassis griff 500 with no body and i have always liked the tuscan . i have no tuscan body yet ,any ideas
or if i got a tuscan shell and chassis i thought i could fit the griff suspension as this would be a road going project

[griff2be]

993phill said:

yes ive got access to a good rolling chassis griff 500 with no body and i have always liked the tuscan . i have no tuscan body yet ,any ideas or if i got a tuscan shell and chassis i thought i could fit the griff suspension as this would be a road going project

If you contact Steve Howard he may have a Tuscan tub you could buy. He had one a while back in need of some repairs, but nothing insurmountable. I have doors, tonneau covers, bonnet and a complete and undamaged roll cage I could sell you to complete the shell. (I also have body moulds to help repair any damge on the rear of the tub).

Unfortunately I have just cut up an old Tuscan racer tub to use internal sections for my Sagaris racer, otherwise I would have had just about everything you needed.

My Sagaris racer is being built up from scfratch on a spare race chassis - no Tuscan race cars will be harmed in the making of this car ;-)

P.S. I would be v surprised if the Griff suspension could be fitted to a Tuscan chassis. I'd be amazed if the pick up points were the same.

[Racing Rod]

griff2be said:

My Sagaris racer is being built up from scfratch

This is obviously a highly advanced material which the rest of us no nothing about, tell us more does it involve scaffolding pipes and straw!!!