Grantura, any good?
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http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2615350.htm
This is the first road going version I have seen for sale in a long time! think it needs a lot of work from what I can see in the pictures, but I really want a Grantura, can't afford it at the minute but they RARELY pop up! so much so I have been looking at other TVR's as their more popular in the market place, BUT, I really want a Grantura....is it worth it? how would you get in from Belgium to the UK? wouldn't mind driving over myself in some sort of rented transporter!
This is the first road going version I have seen for sale in a long time! think it needs a lot of work from what I can see in the pictures, but I really want a Grantura, can't afford it at the minute but they RARELY pop up! so much so I have been looking at other TVR's as their more popular in the market place, BUT, I really want a Grantura....is it worth it? how would you get in from Belgium to the UK? wouldn't mind driving over myself in some sort of rented transporter!
Short answer to your question, yes its obviously worth it because in the hour since you posted somebody has bought it. The slightly longer and now irrelevant answer, if you can restore it your self it will cost a fortune, if you have to pay someone it will cost an absolute fortune and when you,ve finished its still a torsion bar suspension car. Probably better to put your £6000 on Euromillions friday night-----£117,000,000.
In the meantime you can have a look at this one for sale:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C206731/
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C206731/
As for te Grantura in Belgium... The 6900£ in the advert was actually 6900€. I went to have a look at it and I bid 5200€ for it, which I believe was way too much.
The car hadn't been on the road for the last 40 years and every single enthusiast who ever attempted to give it a new life, had his own idea about it's looks. There were bulges, holes, etc. made on the body and the chassis even had at tow bar welded to it at some point, which has now been removed. Anyway, the chassis as well as the body tub were both barely useable for restoration, and every other single part was either broken or too rusty to use or even to restore. I'm aware that projects like this are no exception, but they are only for the very brave to restore.
On the other hand, the VIN wqs 7C227, which means it left the factory with the (almost impossible to find) Coventry Climax engine, and it currently had an MGA Gold Seal engine which was also in desperate need of a rebuild.
Best of luck to the new owner, I hope it will get back on the road, but I doubt the costs will stay under 30k£ to bring it back to its former glory.
The car hadn't been on the road for the last 40 years and every single enthusiast who ever attempted to give it a new life, had his own idea about it's looks. There were bulges, holes, etc. made on the body and the chassis even had at tow bar welded to it at some point, which has now been removed. Anyway, the chassis as well as the body tub were both barely useable for restoration, and every other single part was either broken or too rusty to use or even to restore. I'm aware that projects like this are no exception, but they are only for the very brave to restore.
On the other hand, the VIN wqs 7C227, which means it left the factory with the (almost impossible to find) Coventry Climax engine, and it currently had an MGA Gold Seal engine which was also in desperate need of a rebuild.
Best of luck to the new owner, I hope it will get back on the road, but I doubt the costs will stay under 30k£ to bring it back to its former glory.
interesting thread.
I have in Belgium a 1800s for about 15 years. was drivable when bought it, but had been off the road for many years, so needed work.
Mechanically, the first 5 years everything has been done, engine rebuilt, suspension brakes...
the car is still driven regularly, so mechanically, it is running good and is complete and original.
With regular hours of polishing, i can say the body still looks good too, the car had been repainted at a moment of its life but well before me.
The chassis is still original too, no need to say that at 45 years old...it is not great anymore, and as i plan to keep the car, a full rebuild will be needed at a moment.
I have sometimes made inquiries here and there to see a bit more clearly what it would involved, it is a bit of special case as i guess there are not a lot of cars which are mechanically and aesthetically in good order but which will need huge work "just" for he chassis:/
as the car is complete, i guess the cost would be less crazy than a car which needs full restoration, but as when i will go for it, it would be cool to make it really perfect, i guess it still wont be cheap.
here is the car i think 3 years ago, but it is still like that now. Untill you look at he chasssis...it looks good
I have in Belgium a 1800s for about 15 years. was drivable when bought it, but had been off the road for many years, so needed work.
Mechanically, the first 5 years everything has been done, engine rebuilt, suspension brakes...
the car is still driven regularly, so mechanically, it is running good and is complete and original.
With regular hours of polishing, i can say the body still looks good too, the car had been repainted at a moment of its life but well before me.
The chassis is still original too, no need to say that at 45 years old...it is not great anymore, and as i plan to keep the car, a full rebuild will be needed at a moment.
I have sometimes made inquiries here and there to see a bit more clearly what it would involved, it is a bit of special case as i guess there are not a lot of cars which are mechanically and aesthetically in good order but which will need huge work "just" for he chassis:/
as the car is complete, i guess the cost would be less crazy than a car which needs full restoration, but as when i will go for it, it would be cool to make it really perfect, i guess it still wont be cheap.
here is the car i think 3 years ago, but it is still like that now. Untill you look at he chasssis...it looks good
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