Help needed with Grantura fuel tank

[plasticman]

Can anyone lend me or have drawings of fuel tank for a 1969 Grantura ? I have a customer that needs to make a copy of one . Any help greatly appreciated , thanks , David

[Terminator]

Dave,

Are you sure it's 1969? Or is the car a Vixen? Any TVR older than 1980 is a Grantura to you 'modernistas'.

[vixen1700]

Terminator said:

Dave,

Any TVR older than 1980 is a Grantura to you 'modernistas'.

[plasticman]

Sorry yes , it is 1959

[daza]

David,

I have a 69 Vixen S2 tank thats out at the moment if you want to copy it.


Darren

[plasticman]

Thanks Darren but I have no idea if they are similar . I will try to find out !

[oliverb205]

A 1959 tank is the Austin one, which fits into the moulding behind the diff on a Grantura Mk1, so a Vixen one won't fit. I can't remember which tank the Grantura has, Austin A45 Cambridge or something similar.

Prize to the first person who finds a useable one of those in a breakers yard...

Oliver.

Grantura 1 7/C/157 in bits somewhere

[luckycarter]

Hi,
As far as i know the fuel tank for Granturas as in MK1,2,2a is from the pre- farina Austin A55, but i think you can use the A60 etc , you have to shorten the filler neck. Oliver i got one from a breakers yard last year!
Rich (Grantura Mk2a also in bits)

[jellison]

Might be the same as my Griff200's the early 200's were Grantura bodies (well 3 were pure Granturas but they looked like this till later in the 200 run, i.e. not till the later ban the bomb cortina lights came out a bit later).

[cantus]

Interesting subject.

I am looking for a good petroltank as well !!!
Mine is in bad condition and too much work to repair.

William
Grantura Mk1 '59
Chassis nr 116