Can you help shed light on this early TVR mystery?
Following our coverage of a Fifties TVR Open Sports barn find in the May issue, another early TVR has turned up in Inverness. It’s a 1962 or ‘63 Grantura, apparently stored for 30 years and partially dismantled. It clearly has some competition history.
Owner Nick Harrower describes what he’s discovered so far, ‘My grandfather bought the car in the early Eighties and stored it ever since. He also tried to find an identity but had no success. I inherited it a couple of years ago. There’s currently a low-compression MG 1500cc engine fitted, which is seized. It has a MKIII frame with independent suspension but front and rear drum brakes, dualcircuit to adjust bias. I cannot find the chassis number, and because the car is a lightweight – no external door handles, window winders, bumpers and so on – I assume it wasn’t road-registered.’ There are various odd features, including an altered radiator support frame, extra chassis struts above the bellhousing and a muchmodified nose with a larger mouth than other Granturas. The car was originally red before enjoying a hasty blow-over in purple with a yellow stripe, and was possibly bought from the Fort William/lochaber area. Anyone with information on its history can contact the magazine.