1967 Tuscan V8

[westwood35]

Tuscan V8 for sale @ Silverstone Classic

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1967-tvr-tuscan...

[Astacus]

"No expense has been spared on the car during its ground up rebuild which includes an all new chassis and body fitted with an entirely new interior."

Ill, just leave that there.....

[android]

That dash makes me want to hurl .... is that how people restore tiv's ?!!
Strangely a swb tuscan has a 'j' plate reg.... urrrm what's that smell (ringer).

[DonkeyApple]

Astacus said:

"No expense has been spared on the car during its ground up rebuild which includes an all new chassis and body fitted with an entirely new interior."

Ill, just leave that there.....

It does read like an advert for Trigger's Broom.

[Astacus]

As far as I know, according to the Robson Book (p121), the early Tuscan V8s were numbered 200-011 to 200-015, 200-017 to 200-020 and 200-022 to 200-040. Long Wheel-base Tuscans were LWB-001 to LWB-024. The Tuscan V6s were numbered LVX1283/6 to LVX2134/6 as part of the longer wheelbase post Vixen series one chassis numbering; and the later Tuscan wide body V8s are MAL 001 to MAL021.

So it looks like the advertised car was 200-035, the 6th from last, which ties in with a 1967 year of manufacture

Edited by Astacus on Tuesday 19th June 00:05

[heightswitch]

pridaux said:

Thanks that's a great help all sounds a bit complicated for my simple brain.
Will be interesting to see what she makes still a bit confused by the dash as I thought they had a wooden dash Andrew

Its a fibreglass racing dash shell which has been vinyl covered.

Tuscan SE's had the wooden dash.

[kabaman]

It looks like a Grantura mk3 / Griff 200 dash that's been covered to me. My Griff 200 fibreglass dash looks very much the shape than can be guessed at behind the padded vinyl.

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[Gregor Marshall]

The owner thinks it is the remains of MMT7C but cannot 100% verfiy - there is a lot of interesting history around the car so I'm very interested to see who buys it and what happens with it.

[Astacus]

Gregor Marshall said:

The owner thinks it is the remains of MMT7C but cannot 100% verfiy - there is a lot of interesting history around the car so I'm very interested to see who buys it and what happens with it.

Hello Gregor,
What is the significance lof the MMT7C reg. no.?

[DonkeyApple]

Astacus said:

Hello Gregor,
What is the significance lof the MMT7C reg. no.?

It was campaigned quite hard into the 70s and had a modified body.

I think it was one of those old racers that just got left and disappeared.

[Terminator]

Astacus said:

What is the significance lof the MMT7C reg. no.?

MMT7C was Martin Lilley's first TVR, which led him (and his father) to become TVR dealers. Gerry (Gregor's dad) 'borrowed' the car many weekends to go racing.

The rest, as they say, is History.

[thegamekeeper]

I bet you wouldn,t have called Gerry "one of those old racers" to his face. Evening Colin

[DonkeyApple]

thegamekeeper said:

I bet you wouldn,t have called Gerry "one of those old racers" to his face.

I called him a lot worse when he let slip that he'd previously stuck the Griff I then owned through a hedge backwards.

But I was referring to the car in this instance.

[Gregor Marshall]

MMT7C was the most successful Griff but it was also the first ever Tuscan V8 and has been missing since the mid-70s and this car fits the bill history wise; Trigger's broom maybe....

[Astacus]

Thanks, I thought it was something along those lines

Terminator, it seems, from your profile, that you and I are quite close neighbours, I am about 2 miles up he road from you!

[Terminator]

Mr Astacus, you should get along to the TVRCC Herts meeting one Sunday.

Gregor, how's the Tina coming along? It's been a while since we last heard.

[Astacus]

Terminator said:

Mr Astacus, you should get along to the TVRCC Herts meeting one Sunday.

Gregor, how's the Tina coming along? It's been a while since we last heard.

Yes, I got the news letter this month and was just thinking the same. Unfortunately it may be a while before the Vixen comes along with me.

Re the Tina, I was also wondering how the restoration was going. I read the blog and haven't seen anything posted up for a while. I hope you are managing to move it along, it would be great to see it back on the road.

[davepen]

Gregor Marshall said:

this car fits the bill history wise; Trigger's broom maybe....

As Raced (As a griffith?)


eventually autocrossed...

Filby says the car was destroyed and restored twice, be interesting to see the new (vol 2) book.

As in 1970s


As found


As restored


ETA: These pictures are from previous threads on here about the restoration of the car, and one on TenTenth about MMT7C.

Edited by davepen on Wednesday 4th July 15:57

[Astacus]

Interesting,

Any idea why the plate changed? Is this a result of being off the road for so long as a racer/autocrosser?

[vixen1700]

Wow! That's quite a history.