RE: Ginette G33 | PH Auction Block

[HardMiles]

What an excellent thing! Don't think I've ever seen one with an RV8 in it, plenty of scope to tune it, although you likely won't need to.

Smiles per mile would be almost unbeatable! Cracking little car that. 10/10.

[blueg33]

HardMiles said:

What an excellent thing! Don't think I've ever seen one with an RV8 in it, plenty of scope to tune it, although you likely won't need to.

Smiles per mile would be almost unbeatable! Cracking little car that. 10/10.

The RV8 was the standard powerplant and is in most of them. The Cosworth ones are the unusual ones

[BigChiefmuffinAgain]

Master Bean said:

BigChiefmuffinAgain said:

Can't remember - do these have a roof?

Yes.

Thanks - More like a maybe, only on a good day, from the looks of it ?

[gruppeb86]

tr3a said:

BigChiefmuffinAgain said:

Can't remember - do these have a roof?

They came with a semblance of a roof:



But don't expect too much from it. Visibility is severely impaired with the tiny sidescreens and it definitely won't keep the rain out.

Nice pic and also gives the impression it's like a toy car. My sort of thing. Remember being wowed when seeing it road tested.

[gruppeb86]

blueg33 said:

It’s a late car not an early one. You can tell by the Lotus front indicators. Mine was number 96iirc and had same indicators.

Really enjoyed my G33. It was dyno’d at 220bhp. Was the fastest thing I have driven up Fish Hill faster than a Lotus Evora with 400bhp, faster than a Ferrari360. I drive mine on long euro road trips, to Le Mans multiple times, broke down in northern Spain, hill climbed it at Prescott and Shelsley. Got completely soaked roof on in a downpour in France, crashed it, had it fixed etc. on On the auto route I pulled away from the toll booth in top and went all the way to 152mph without changing gear.

Great little car.

Little being a key point. Its very low, you can drive under car park barriers. Top of the windscreen was 80cm from the ground.

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Nice little read. Pic also gives good indication of comparative size. If I was after a Sunday car, a Ginetta would be up there.

[cjb44]

SimonTheSailor said:

Of course you've driven both though I assume

Simple answer is yes, otherwise I would not have presumed to make that comment.

[FestivAli]

It was one of the cars in the Nintendo 64 racing game, Roadsters which I played so much when I was a kid. This, the Renaultsport Spyder and the (unlicensed) Nissan 300ZX Cabriolet where my favourite cars in that game.

[British Beef]

Very similar in ethos to my old Fisher Fury with a tuned zetec 2lt engine.

Amazing fun and very fast.

With only a aero screen it made for the most exhausting return drive to Le Mans (from Aberdeen) ive had in my life. GTs these cars are not!

[paulwirral]

I remember driving a modified one not long after they came out .
John McDonald of Macdonald racing just outside lanchester in County Durham had a Morgan and ginetta dealership , when he got the 33 in he decided it wasn’t fast enough and developed a modified version he called the “rapide “
It had quad Weber carbs , different cam , tubular exhaust manifolds mated to a new exhaust system , it was very old school tuning but very effective , I’m sure he dynoed it at just over 300bhp on his own dyno .
It was different world fast back in those days , but it was a bit to much to be honest .
The car in question was green , I’d be surprised if it’s still around , either shook itself to bits or been crashed , as someone mentioned before , it was very much a kit car , I have to admit I loved it but couldn’t find a way to buy it .

[blueg33]

paulwirral said:

I remember driving a modified one not long after they came out .
John McDonald of Macdonald racing just outside lanchester in County Durham had a Morgan and ginetta dealership , when he got the 33 in he decided it wasn’t fast enough and developed a modified version he called the “rapide “
It had quad Weber carbs , different cam , tubular exhaust manifolds mated to a new exhaust system , it was very old school tuning but very effective , I’m sure he dynoed it at just over 300bhp on his own dyno .
It was different world fast back in those days , but it was a bit to much to be honest .
The car in question was green , I’d be surprised if it’s still around , either shook itself to bits or been crashed , as someone mentioned before , it was very much a kit car , I have to admit I loved it but couldn’t find a way to buy it .

Pretty sure it’s still around.

[paulwirral]

blueg33 said:

paulwirral said:

I remember driving a modified one not long after they came out .
John McDonald of Macdonald racing just outside lanchester in County Durham had a Morgan and ginetta dealership , when he got the 33 in he decided it wasn’t fast enough and developed a modified version he called the “rapide “
It had quad Weber carbs , different cam , tubular exhaust manifolds mated to a new exhaust system , it was very old school tuning but very effective , I’m sure he dynoed it at just over 300bhp on his own dyno .
It was different world fast back in those days , but it was a bit to much to be honest .
The car in question was green , I’d be surprised if it’s still around , either shook itself to bits or been crashed , as someone mentioned before , it was very much a kit car , I have to admit I loved it but couldn’t find a way to buy it .

Pretty sure it’s still around.

I hope it is , it was an awesome car . You’d overtaken slower cars before you’d realised , mind you , that was back in the day but even now it will still be genuinely quick .
I remember John driving me down consett by pass at 145mph , it’s just a normal 50 mph 2 lane piece of road with a long radius but very well sighted , it didn’t seem daft those days .
However , before the “ never broke the speed limit in my life squad “ start it’s completely irresponsible these days .




Ahh , the good old days !

[Wheel Turned Out]

What a fantastic thing, looks great fun.

[blitzracing]

Martin315 said:

Not sure why you’d choose one of these over a TVR V8S or Chimaera. I know it’s rarer, but that’s for a good reason.

Primarily due to sharp interest rises in loans Ginetta had that ended production. Lack of sales of the car was not the issue.

[R400TVR]

I've always liked these, Ginetta have made some lovely cars.
It's always seemed a shame that they've never really made it as a serious manufacturer, in my opinion due to brand snobbery and people wanting cars to do so much. The G60 was a gorgeous little car which drove as well as, if not better than, the equivalent Lotus or Porsche. This should have been a winner.

[GTRene]

yep, looked good and went as well, sadly did not sell well, guess the price?

there was a other brand name before Ginetta and Ginetta F400 (ah Farboud GT- Farbio GTS) who started it and maybe also one after Ginetta?
but not sure now.

there are a few LHD of those as well... G60 I believe they call those, but very rare and rarely for sale.

[dinkel]

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