> From: steve@europa.esd.sgi.com (Loopy - the spineless boy)
> To: sabbott@nmsu.edu, british-cars@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: TVR
>
>
> >I was admiring a very classy sports car called a TVR that I had never
>
> Sounds like the somewhat homely (IMO) TVR Tasmin. The earlier cars are much
>prettier.
> So are the latest cars that are trying to look similar to the earlier cars!
>TreVoR
> Wilkinson started TVR back in the 50's. Some of the earliest TVRs sent to
>the US
> were called Jomars. These are very rare. The first production TVR was the
> Grantura MK1 of 1958-1960. Only 100 were made before the model was updated
>and
> called the Grantura MK2. Both the MK1 and MK2 used Coventry-Climax, MGA, or
> Ford engines....
And lets not forget the small block Ford V8 powered Griffin of the
mid '60s. A very fast and nimble car.
Roland
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