Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
9th October, 2024 13:00
1959 TVR Grantura Mk1
Estimate
£18, 000 - £22, 000
Registration No: TYJ 306
Chassis No: TVR/ Q/ 7/ B/ 113
MOT: Exempt
Believed to be TVR production car Number 13
Offered in barn-find condition, with a current V5C
Current ownership for over 36 years in a private collection
Qualifies for Le Mans classic racing events
The oldest TVR on the road in the UK
The first production model TVR car, the Grantura debuted in 1958 and went through a series of developments leading to the Mark I to Mark IV and 1800S models, with production ceasing in September 1967. Hand-built at the TVR factory in Blackpool with varying mechanical specifications, the Grantura was also offered in ‘kit form’. All cars featured a cocktail of Austin-Healey brakes, VW Beetle or Triumph suspension parts and BMC rear axles. The Grantura bodyshell was made from glass-reinforced plastic and made use of a variety of proprietary components, with a front-hinged bonnet. Buyers could choose from a range of powerplants which, depending on the model in question, included a choice of side or overhead valve engines from Ford, a Coventry Climax unit, the engine from the MGA and, ultimately, the 1798cc BMC B-series engine. By the middle of 1960, the factory employed forty-three workers and the Grantura MkI production ended with a total of only 100 cars produced.
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