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TVR Grantura Mk IIA - the lively plastic sports car from Blackpool
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Created on January 6, 2018
, Reading time 14min
Written by:
Werner Bartholai
Photos:
Daniel Reinhard
41Markus Tanner
56Bruno von Rotz
22Archiv Zwischengas
5Balz Schreier
4Jochen Hätty
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Summary
In this country, the TVR Grantura is a rarity; in Great Britain, it was one of the rising sports car stars at the beginning of the 1960s, combining a lightweight plastic body with a robust drive concept and visually attractive design. No wonder the fast coupés were popular in club sport and were also frequently seen on the road on the island. This driving report portrays a completely restored Grantura from 1960 and shows it in current and historical photos, supplemented by brochures and price lists.
This article contains the following chapters
- The first production sports car from Trevor Wilkinson
- From the Mark I to the Mark II
- For the open road
- Plenty of room for refinement
- From the Mark II to the Mark III
- Evolution to the end
- Use in racing
- The never-ending story of a restoration
- How it all began
- From the past life of 7C224
- Throw it away or restore it completely
- Divorce
- Rebirth
- The plastic thing
- All Volkswagen and mass production or what?
- Revised drive technology
- Elaborate paintwork
- In the end, joy prevails
- The joy comes at the end
- At the steering wheel
Estimated reading time: 14min
Preview (beginning of the article)
The TVR Grantura of the early sixties was only 3.5 meters long, with a wheelbase just 2.13 meters short - only a few sports cars at the beginning of the sixties fell short of this mass. Despite this, there was room for two people and a longitudinally mounted four-cylinder engine in the sports car, which weighed just over 700 kg. With a top speed of almost 170 km/h and independent suspension all round, the TVR Grantura 1960 was one of the most appealing British cars. The TVR company was originally founded in 1947 by Trevor Wilkinson under the name "Trevcar Motors", but changed its name to TVR in 1954, a variation of TreVoR's name.
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