TVR Griffith 400 Historic Racing Car Project
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-Griffith-400-Histori...
looks bargain price with 5hrs to go £3.600. Wheels cost nearly that much
looks bargain price with 5hrs to go £3.600. Wheels cost nearly that much
As far as I'm aware it's the ex Jon Shipman car that prob fell foul of complicated FIA regs therefore split and assume chassis/engine live on with a different shell that does comply and assume VIN/I.D live on with the current car thus leaving this as a shell and collection of parts with no log book or VIN etc., ( Seems all the FIA stuff is somewhat complex and at times contentious ).
Apologies if any of this is inaccurate but this is what I could glean from a bit of investigation as I too was tempted to bid as I though it looked like a dream project if bids didn't go too high and if the car could be road registered. Turns out that unsurprisingly it was being watched by many and final price went beyond my reach. Not sure what will happen to it, whether it becomes a non FIA spec race car, gets modded to become a spare FIA spec shell, somehow gets put on the road using a vixen or similar donor etc?
Whatever happens I hope it gets built into a lovely car that stays true ( in the main ) to original etc. Quite how it' comes to be known or what ID it goes onto claim or carry who knows, ( and in my mind who cares providing it does not try to steal another cars ID or masquerade as something it's not and it goes on to look, go, sound and smell like the real deal ). Good luck to whoever the lucky winning bidder was.
Apologies if any of this is inaccurate but this is what I could glean from a bit of investigation as I too was tempted to bid as I though it looked like a dream project if bids didn't go too high and if the car could be road registered. Turns out that unsurprisingly it was being watched by many and final price went beyond my reach. Not sure what will happen to it, whether it becomes a non FIA spec race car, gets modded to become a spare FIA spec shell, somehow gets put on the road using a vixen or similar donor etc?
Whatever happens I hope it gets built into a lovely car that stays true ( in the main ) to original etc. Quite how it' comes to be known or what ID it goes onto claim or carry who knows, ( and in my mind who cares providing it does not try to steal another cars ID or masquerade as something it's not and it goes on to look, go, sound and smell like the real deal ). Good luck to whoever the lucky winning bidder was.
Edited by Edmundo2 on Wednesday 26th August 23:02
new listing details
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-Griffith-400-Histori...
let the fun begin again, still like the wheels.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TVR-Griffith-400-Histori...
let the fun begin again, still like the wheels.
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