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Hi All
After 15 years without a TVR I recently purchased a griff from fernhurst.
It was laid up for a few years then had nearly 20k spent on it recommissioning. It is well sorted so hopefully I will spend more time driving it and less time at the dealers.
Some of the history pre- storage is missing, the engine seems too strong for a car that done 50,000.
Does anyone know the car? It seems to have spend most of its life in the Surrey area.
The reg number is: N352 GWP
Any info gratefully received
Lee
After 15 years without a TVR I recently purchased a griff from fernhurst.
It was laid up for a few years then had nearly 20k spent on it recommissioning. It is well sorted so hopefully I will spend more time driving it and less time at the dealers.
Some of the history pre- storage is missing, the engine seems too strong for a car that done 50,000.
Does anyone know the car? It seems to have spend most of its life in the Surrey area.
The reg number is: N352 GWP
Any info gratefully received
Lee
The power steering is brilliant, firstly you can adjust the amount of assistance you get from almost nothing to very light. You can also set it to be constant or speed variable. After a while you don’t even know it’s on very similar in feel to the later Tuscans.
It was £1800 fitted, it lives on the column under the dashboard.
I would say defo worth considering it makes the car much easier to drive around town.
It was £1800 fitted, it lives on the column under the dashboard.
I would say defo worth considering it makes the car much easier to drive around town.
lee02 said:
The power steering was installed September last year by Bill Rawles classic cars GU34 5EN for £1747.20
From the job sheet I can see they removed and adapted the steering column and made brackets. It took 20 hours.
Interesting. From the job sheet I can see they removed and adapted the steering column and made brackets. It took 20 hours.
Sounds like in the classic car scene this might be a popular mod amongst some as most older cars have no PS when you think about it.
How’s the car. Looks great
Classic Chim said:
Interesting.
Sounds like in the classic car scene this might be a popular mod amongst some as most older cars have no PS when you think about it.
How’s the car. Looks great
The car is really nice the last owner spend 19k in the last two years everything mechanical has been sorted so it’s ready to drive. Great colour combination too the black interior looks more than modern biscuit which most seem to have. Sounds like in the classic car scene this might be a popular mod amongst some as most older cars have no PS when you think about it.
How’s the car. Looks great
It need a respray which I will do soon.
lee02 said:
The car is really nice the last owner spend 19k in the last two years everything mechanical has been sorted so it’s ready to drive. Great colour combination too the black interior looks more than modern biscuit which most seem to have.
It need a respray which I will do soon.
And credit to him. Marvellous. It need a respray which I will do soon.
I agree there. I like black interiors and it always works well on the Griff.
I’d drive and use the car a bit before painting it.
Stone chips are an issue, mostly negated by leaving long braking distances from cars in front I found.
Buy a bottle of touch up paint if you can with the small brush attached to its lid and practice putting a small amount in a container, letting it go off until tacky then applying to small stone chip holes. If you get the texture correct you can fill these holes in one blob. If it needs repainting this is a good chance to practice first.
If it runs out the holes it’s not gone off enough lol It’s surprising how well this works and just takes your eye away from said chips which are bound to happen every now and then with new paint or old.
19k. Has it had a body off or mostly mechanical repairs / upgrades.
Looks dapper to me. Well done
Unless you are mechanically minded so can do much of the donkey work yourself it’s very easy to spend 20k on one of these cars using specialists.
This is not a rip off just an indication of what it costs to achieve this. To do a similar job on any car would cost similar if not a lot more.
My only regret is buying a Chimaera.
I prefer it over the Griff in truth but it will never be worth what a top line Griff is worth,,, and I’ve spent 20k too
I loved doing it though. I see a lot of owners do these huge repair jobs then sell on?
I think a lot of guys enjoy this journey of restoration and for some once it’s done they feel the need to move onto another banger and start again.
There are not many things better than a fully restored and upgraded Tvr though. Drive it about and find its faults. If it has any
What date are the tyres. Most Tvr stand around way too much. They are often the weak link when first buying one.
Anything older than 3 years and not used I’d bin frankly. If they have even 500 miles use a year that should be ok. If they stand for more than about 9 months without use they start going hard. Tyres are critical on Tvr is my point really.
You don’t need to confirm tyre date to me just confirm it for yourself. If they generate no heat when being driven on a dry road they are not working well. Put your hand on the tyres after 20 mins normal driving. They should be warm. Pressures 22F/24R cold would be the standard pressures as used by TVR which in themselves indicate tyres don’t react enough on these light cars. That’s very low.
Enjoy.
Edited by Classic Chim on Thursday 30th December 09:01
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