Door hinges to Grantura mk3
Discussion
I don't know if this has been up before, but is there any recommendations on what door hinges I should use on a Grantura Mk3? I can always let someone make them but it's easier if they can be bought ..
Since it's for a racing car They should be light weight.
Since it's for a racing car They should be light weight.
Edited by karvid on Saturday 3rd February 23:03
All Granny mk 3 / vixen hinges are Ford popular. the main arm tends to be ok but the metal housings tend to rot.
Funnilly enough a Grantura door doesn't fit a vixen because the inner door is different. My Griffen had to have the hinges packed out to allow the lightweight door to fit the shell.
If your hinges are corroded you can re-use the main arm and fabricate new housings.
Steve Reid / Adrian Venn may be able to help in this dept.
Steve I seem to remember someone telling me that you had had some hinges made up in Stainless?? is this true.
I have 4 pair to re-furb so If I cannot find an existing source I am going to make a housing template and have them lazer cut out of stainless.
Neil.
Funnilly enough a Grantura door doesn't fit a vixen because the inner door is different. My Griffen had to have the hinges packed out to allow the lightweight door to fit the shell.
If your hinges are corroded you can re-use the main arm and fabricate new housings.
Steve Reid / Adrian Venn may be able to help in this dept.
Steve I seem to remember someone telling me that you had had some hinges made up in Stainless?? is this true.
I have 4 pair to re-furb so If I cannot find an existing source I am going to make a housing template and have them lazer cut out of stainless.
Neil.
Thanks,
I have been looking out for some door hinges from Forg Anglia 105. But when I look at them they don't look like my original hinges (that look specially made by TVR). Can I find pics anywhere showing how the are fitted in the cars??
I think the hinges you talk about is this one:
http://user.tninet.se/~pst442t/cars/1
I have been looking out for some door hinges from Forg Anglia 105. But when I look at them they don't look like my original hinges (that look specially made by TVR). Can I find pics anywhere showing how the are fitted in the cars??
I think the hinges you talk about is this one:
http://user.tninet.se/~pst442t/cars/1
Edited by karvid on Thursday 8th February 17:54
This is another of those "where can I get" threads. I am sure , no I am convinced I have a brand new set of Grantura Mk3 hinges in the loft somewhere but sadly not lightweight. I suppose I could drill holes in them and sell them as competition hinges at 5X the price, whatever the price should be??? How much weight can you save on the hinges compared to going to the toilet before a race, but of course all good racing drivers obviously already do that!!
Both Neil and Neil are correct to a degree but I am not going to say 100% catagorically that all Grantura hinges are such and all Vixen ones are something else for the simple reason that some SA will say no I have such a hinge on mine. My understanding is that all Granturas,Griffith 200/400's and 1800S's, most Tuscan V8's (genuine) and a few Vixen S1's have tubular TVR manufactured hinges and everything after that up to the end of "M" series had Ford Anglia 100E/105E type hinges.
p.s Neil yes my Granny hinges are stainless sTeVeR
p.p.s I will probably include these hinges on ebay in my forthcoming MASSIVE everything must go Ebay sales
p.p.p.s There are at least 3 types of pre Vixen type TVR hinges to my knowledge and the Mk3 Grantura ones are the rarest
Both Neil and Neil are correct to a degree but I am not going to say 100% catagorically that all Grantura hinges are such and all Vixen ones are something else for the simple reason that some SA will say no I have such a hinge on mine. My understanding is that all Granturas,Griffith 200/400's and 1800S's, most Tuscan V8's (genuine) and a few Vixen S1's have tubular TVR manufactured hinges and everything after that up to the end of "M" series had Ford Anglia 100E/105E type hinges.
p.s Neil yes my Granny hinges are stainless sTeVeR
p.p.s I will probably include these hinges on ebay in my forthcoming MASSIVE everything must go Ebay sales
p.p.p.s There are at least 3 types of pre Vixen type TVR hinges to my knowledge and the Mk3 Grantura ones are the rarest
Sorry HeightswitchI think you are wrong! My command of the English language is cr*p and my ability to post photos on the Web is worse so I'll try and describe the hinges on my 1967 Vixen S1.
They are basically a metal box with an open side facing back towards the door, there is a 1" wide (or so) flange around the open side of the box, four 7/16 AF bolts go through the flange into the body shell. The actual hinge mechanism is a large bolt passing vertically through the box with the moving part of the hinge being a rectangular metal block that the bolt passes through with a half inch threaded bar attached to one end of the block at 90degrees to it. The threaded bar points straight back towards the door when the door is closed. On the threaded bar is a nut, then a large washer, then the door (which has 1.5" diameter holes in the forward facing surface of the door) goes over the threaded bar and another large washer and nut goes on the threaded bar inside the door. When the two nuts are done up they clamp the door in place. The large holes in the door allow the whole door to be adjusted in/out/up/down while adjusting the position of the nuts on the threaded bar can alter the angle of the door in the aperture. They are of very noddy construction and wear badly after 20 years. Trying to refit a door with worn hinges is nearly impossible. They are easy to refurbish though with slightly larger hinge bolts, an appropriately sized drill and some washers. a MIG welder can be useful as well.
They are categorically NOT off a Ford, I staged a dawn raid on an Anglebox abandoned on the A3 twenty years ago because someone told me they were the hinges I needed. Needless to say I was mighty p*ssed off have driven twenty miles to the car at 4am to discover the advice was a load of bollo! My brother's ancient Grantura IIA (someone cut the roof off to make a convertible and the body shell virtually fell in half - has anyone restored it?) had the same hinges. If Ford ever used hinges similar to those on my TVR it would have been on a Model T prototype and if that was the standard of their design Ford wouldn't be in business today!!
I cannot believe I have writen such a tedious uninteresting post. I pity any one who has bothered to read it to the bitter end....................
They are basically a metal box with an open side facing back towards the door, there is a 1" wide (or so) flange around the open side of the box, four 7/16 AF bolts go through the flange into the body shell. The actual hinge mechanism is a large bolt passing vertically through the box with the moving part of the hinge being a rectangular metal block that the bolt passes through with a half inch threaded bar attached to one end of the block at 90degrees to it. The threaded bar points straight back towards the door when the door is closed. On the threaded bar is a nut, then a large washer, then the door (which has 1.5" diameter holes in the forward facing surface of the door) goes over the threaded bar and another large washer and nut goes on the threaded bar inside the door. When the two nuts are done up they clamp the door in place. The large holes in the door allow the whole door to be adjusted in/out/up/down while adjusting the position of the nuts on the threaded bar can alter the angle of the door in the aperture. They are of very noddy construction and wear badly after 20 years. Trying to refit a door with worn hinges is nearly impossible. They are easy to refurbish though with slightly larger hinge bolts, an appropriately sized drill and some washers. a MIG welder can be useful as well.
They are categorically NOT off a Ford, I staged a dawn raid on an Anglebox abandoned on the A3 twenty years ago because someone told me they were the hinges I needed. Needless to say I was mighty p*ssed off have driven twenty miles to the car at 4am to discover the advice was a load of bollo! My brother's ancient Grantura IIA (someone cut the roof off to make a convertible and the body shell virtually fell in half - has anyone restored it?) had the same hinges. If Ford ever used hinges similar to those on my TVR it would have been on a Model T prototype and if that was the standard of their design Ford wouldn't be in business today!!
I cannot believe I have writen such a tedious uninteresting post. I pity any one who has bothered to read it to the bitter end....................
What is described above is what I uses today (and rebuild 12 years ago).
I think the hinges you talk about is this one, picture of mine:
http://user.tninet.se/~pst442t/cars/g
I think the hinges you talk about is this one, picture of mine:
http://user.tninet.se/~pst442t/cars/g
Old Git said:
Sorry HeightswitchI think you are wrong! My command of the English language is cr*p and my ability to post photos on the Web is worse so I'll try and describe the hinges on my 1967 Vixen S1.
They are basically a metal box with an open side facing back towards the door, there is a 1" wide (or so) flange around the open side of the box, four 7/16 AF bolts go through the flange into the body shell. The actual hinge mechanism is a large bolt passing vertically through the box with the moving part of the hinge being a rectangular metal block that the bolt passes through with a half inch threaded bar attached to one end of the block at 90degrees to it. The threaded bar points straight back towards the door when the door is closed. On the threaded bar is a nut, then a large washer, then the door (which has 1.5" diameter holes in the forward facing surface of the door) goes over the threaded bar and another large washer and nut goes on the threaded bar inside the door. When the two nuts are done up they clamp the door in place. The large holes in the door allow the whole door to be adjusted in/out/up/down while adjusting the position of the nuts on the threaded bar can alter the angle of the door in the aperture. They are of very noddy construction and wear badly after 20 years. Trying to refit a door with worn hinges is nearly impossible. They are easy to refurbish though with slightly larger hinge bolts, an appropriately sized drill and some washers. a MIG welder can be useful as well.
They are categorically NOT off a Ford, I staged a dawn raid on an Anglebox abandoned on the A3 twenty years ago because someone told me they were the hinges I needed. Needless to say I was mighty p*ssed off have driven twenty miles to the car at 4am to discover the advice was a load of bollo! My brother's ancient Grantura IIA (someone cut the roof off to make a convertible and the body shell virtually fell in half - has anyone restored it?) had the same hinges. If Ford ever used hinges similar to those on my TVR it would have been on a Model T prototype and if that was the standard of their design Ford wouldn't be in business today!!
I cannot believe I have writen such a tedious uninteresting post. I pity any one who has bothered to read it to the bitter end....................
They are basically a metal box with an open side facing back towards the door, there is a 1" wide (or so) flange around the open side of the box, four 7/16 AF bolts go through the flange into the body shell. The actual hinge mechanism is a large bolt passing vertically through the box with the moving part of the hinge being a rectangular metal block that the bolt passes through with a half inch threaded bar attached to one end of the block at 90degrees to it. The threaded bar points straight back towards the door when the door is closed. On the threaded bar is a nut, then a large washer, then the door (which has 1.5" diameter holes in the forward facing surface of the door) goes over the threaded bar and another large washer and nut goes on the threaded bar inside the door. When the two nuts are done up they clamp the door in place. The large holes in the door allow the whole door to be adjusted in/out/up/down while adjusting the position of the nuts on the threaded bar can alter the angle of the door in the aperture. They are of very noddy construction and wear badly after 20 years. Trying to refit a door with worn hinges is nearly impossible. They are easy to refurbish though with slightly larger hinge bolts, an appropriately sized drill and some washers. a MIG welder can be useful as well.
They are categorically NOT off a Ford, I staged a dawn raid on an Anglebox abandoned on the A3 twenty years ago because someone told me they were the hinges I needed. Needless to say I was mighty p*ssed off have driven twenty miles to the car at 4am to discover the advice was a load of bollo! My brother's ancient Grantura IIA (someone cut the roof off to make a convertible and the body shell virtually fell in half - has anyone restored it?) had the same hinges. If Ford ever used hinges similar to those on my TVR it would have been on a Model T prototype and if that was the standard of their design Ford wouldn't be in business today!!
I cannot believe I have writen such a tedious uninteresting post. I pity any one who has bothered to read it to the bitter end....................
Clive / Kenneth
see steve's previous post. Ford hinges apparently were started on Vixen S1 but some of the S1's had the earlier hinge you are talking about.
Steve reckons he has a set so If I were you I would ring him sharpish to see if he can fix you up.
Neil.
Edited by heightswitch on Saturday 10th February 09:24
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