Door Hinges for Grantura Mk 2a
Door Hinges for Grantura Mk 2a
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Granny Fan

Original Poster:

36 posts

175 months

Tuesday 1st February 2011
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After door hinges for a Grantura, need 4, any ideas? looking like I will have to get some made. I believe they are Ford Anglia 105E items, have tried that avenue, nothing yet.

heightswitch

6,322 posts

267 months

Tuesday 1st February 2011
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Granny Fan said:
After door hinges for a Grantura, need 4, any ideas? looking like I will have to get some made. I believe they are Ford Anglia 105E items, have tried that avenue, nothing yet.
Grantura door hinges were to my knowledge custom made by TVR. The later anglia hinges were fitted to Vixen S1 cars on, there may be some exceptions to this but I don't think so!! an anglia hinge does not fit a grantura door though i suppose they could be made to.

Steve Reid will either have some or know a man who can make some.

Neil.


Hullygully

85 posts

231 months

Tuesday 1st February 2011
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As far as I can remember the door hinges are Ford 100E - also sometimes referred to as Anglia. They are totally different to 105E items (the steering box is from the left hand drive version of the same car - 101E).

Hope this is helpful.

Mark

cantus

925 posts

269 months

Tuesday 1st February 2011
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if you still have them, restore them.

Granny Fan

Original Poster:

36 posts

175 months

Wednesday 2nd February 2011
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Thanks for your input Gents, I have one hinge which is impossible to repair but could be used as a template to make new. Unable to find a picture of said Ford Anglia parts, would then be easy to see if it was the right one, will probably end up making them. Cheers for now.

thegamekeeper

2,282 posts

299 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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The original hinges were made out of unobtanium. They were certainly not Ford 105E hinges, not sure if they were 100E (I,m old but not that old) but I very much doubt if they were Ford, certainly no Ford markings on any I have seen. They wear on the hinge pins and drop badly in the original form. I had to make some for my car and I think I may have made some spares but not the box sections. I still have the original drawings somewhere for the hinges, A and B posts and the pedal box but not sure where I,ve put them. Time consuming but not difficult to make.

Granny Fan

Original Poster:

36 posts

175 months

Saturday 5th February 2011
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Think you may be right Gamekeeper, all ford anglia items I have seen are nothing like the pile of rust I have. Will probably make them using rod ends for the pivoting end to strenghen.
So are all four hinges the same or are the top/bottom hinges different?