A guy in a bar heard me talking about cars, invited me to see his. We go out, it was one of these. He took me for a short ride, every time he upshifted, the whole front end of the car came off the road. This was in the mid-1970s. I'll never forget it. The only other car that wowed me like that was a Jaguar XKE because of its phenomenal handling.
Thank you for a wonderful film and a trip back in time. Your comment about the handling in the wet took me straight back 50 years to the day I swopped my Lotus Cortina for a TVR Vixen. I bought it from a pilot colleague in the RAF at Wittering and drove it home to Benson on a day which started out hot and sunny and ended in thunderstorms and heavy rain. In the dry the car was glued to the road and was such fun on country lanes and roundabouts. However, after several weeks of no rain, when finally it arrived it made the tarmac quite slick. So my first wet roundabout on the A1 was a sobering experience, as no doubt I was enjoying this pocket rocket a little too much and going a tad too fast and all too soon I had lost the back end and I was grateful for my rallying experience to exit the roundabout in one piece! I took the car over to France for the Dunkirk commemoration event and we were parked up in Lille and drew quite a crowd of onlookers. As the car by then sported a beautiful metallic blue paint job, I am sure those folk mistook it for an Alpine Renault!
This guy really doesn't know cars very well if he thinks the Ford 289 is an overhead cam motor. lol I would love to have one, but I think I would have to rob 2 banks to get one of these babies. Wish they made this into a kit car, but I have never seen one.
I saw a TVR first in the early 1960's in the UK. I was 16. The car was made by company in Blackpool, UK by a guy called Trevor who gave the car his name:"TreVoR"
Thank you for sharing your car with us! I like the TVR Griffith very much both for their powerful engine and the body style. Love the back end and the taillights they put on the Griffiths too. The interior is also nicely done! Enjoy your car sir.
Cannot stop watching this VIDEO These early Griffiths sure put the E Type and the other Super cars to shame. Dreaming of a LOTTO WIN to make you an offer you cannot Refuse .The work and time you and others have put into this Beast shows in the Video. Why not make another to keep us TVR owners Proud. !!!!!
Had a friend with one like that HIPO Ford. Told stories about this hiway races, how he'd let them pace him to 75MPH, then shift into 2nd and walk away. Around town he never left 1st gear.
Lovely car. I'm trying to remember the name of those wheels, something like Maglites maybe? They weren't made in significant numbers and must be as rare as the car! Suit the car beautifully.
@@rhostatton8944 No Rover/Buick power here, this is a Ford 289 out of a Mustang - thus the Ford 4 speed. When I looked at these stateside in the late 60;'s early 70's they could be had with B-L's Triumph TR6 motor. Fun car always a project in keeping it going - -which is part of the fun :) - Sandy
I saw one of these when I was much younger.I LOVED it,I thought it was the greatest car I had ever seen,and I am aware of the Caterham and Donkervoort.this still is one great AUTO.later
I have the Chimaera probably not the best T.V.R. to be had but the most popular i think ?? It is the best fun car I have ever owned/driven I ride motorbikes but now being the wrong side of 65 I spend more time in the T.V.R. than on the bikes because when you are on the older side and you fall off it hurts a lot more !!!! The T.V.R is as much fun as a bike in my humble opinion because you get the sound the speed but in much more comfort !!! I would love a Griffith as they really are a classic within their own right and still look good as yours does infact yours looks bloody great !! Nice balance not over done but just right Those wheels look superb as do the bonnet vents etc Nice up load and well presented Thankyou !!
I just learned about the TVR in the last week. Had never heard of them after all these decades living in the USA. Would love to own one, but it seems they've caught on and are very expensive.
@@edwardhalpin7503 I doubt that very much - why would Ford build an engine in the UK that NO car in the UK at that time used and ship them all to the US at additional cost????
The wheels are very rare. J.A.Pearce alloys. I believe the company made wheels for the aircraft industry during the second world war. No idea of it's value. At a guess less than £100k?
JOHN I BELIEVE THESE CARS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ARE GOING TO GO BALLISTIC VALUE WISE. REMEMBER THEY DID NOT MAKE MANY AND ANY BRITISH SPORTS CAR WITH AN AMERICAN V8 SITTING IN THE ENGINE BAY IS MAKING STRONG MONEY IE SUNBEAM TIGERS FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE AN OLD MAGAZINE FROM 15 YEARS AGO ADVERTISING A ROADWORTHY TIGER FOR 9K NOW LOOK AT THEM 50K PLUS FOR A DECENT ONE. MY PREDICTION A GOOD GRIFFITHS 200 OR 400 IN TEN YEARS 300K TO 400K.
Hi, l left a comment yesterday , they were made by J.A.PEARCE an English company who l believe made aircraft wheels in the second world war. J.A.PEARCE I understand no longer exists. The widest tyre In the '60's was 205, possibly 215/15 70's . ( fitted on Rolls Royce's). Low profiles were in their infancy.
Up until the end the recipe never changer. Big engine, little fibreglass car and no driving aids. We will never see their like again. This new TVR that was supposed to come out this year is close but definitely nurtured by modern laws.
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions- and smoke crime :-( :-( :-(
bullshit the EU are banning the sale of NEW petrol and diesel cars - existing cars can continue to be driven - think about it if this was true EVERYONE's current car would be worthless overnight - no government has the balls to try that
Lol doesnt even know what kind of engine he has in it . more money then brains i see these kind of guys at the car shows all the time acting like a gearhead but had someone else do all the work on the car
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A guy in a bar heard me talking about cars, invited me to see his. We go out, it was one of these. He took me for a short ride, every time he upshifted, the whole front end of the car came off the road. This was in the mid-1970s. I'll never forget it. The only other car that wowed me like that was a Jaguar XKE because of its phenomenal handling.
Thank you for a wonderful film and a trip back in time. Your comment about the handling in the wet took me straight back 50 years to the day I swopped my Lotus Cortina for a TVR Vixen. I bought it from a pilot colleague in the RAF at Wittering and drove it home to Benson on a day which started out hot and sunny and ended in thunderstorms and heavy rain. In the dry the car was glued to the road and was such fun on country lanes and roundabouts. However, after several weeks of no rain, when finally it arrived it made the tarmac quite slick. So my first wet roundabout on the A1 was a sobering experience, as no doubt I was enjoying this pocket rocket a little too much and going a tad too fast and all too soon I had lost the back end and I was grateful for my rallying experience to exit the roundabout in one piece!
I took the car over to France for the Dunkirk commemoration event and we were parked up in Lille and drew quite a crowd of onlookers. As the car by then sported a beautiful metallic blue paint job, I am sure those folk mistook it for an Alpine Renault!
What a beast, I can only imagine how powerful that V8 feels in that light body.
The most beautiful and impressive sports car of all time!
My neighbour used to have one of these... I used to wake up at 6 everyday to the sound of it warming up.
Made my days.
Beautiful car, I drove one 50 years ago. I still have the brochure I set for in 1964 or 1965.
( it was overhead valves, not overhead cams )...
This guy really doesn't know cars very well if he thinks the Ford 289 is an overhead cam motor. lol I would love to have one, but I think I would have to rob 2 banks to get one of these babies. Wish they made this into a kit car, but I have never seen one.
"in the wet, you have a lot of adventure to master" Haha. Love it!
So cool, that you recorded this, thank you so much, amazing car!!!
And in my dream garage, TVR Griffith, TVR Tuscan with the flat plane V8 just so I can start them and rev them up to annoy my neighbors.
What a beautiful machine ❤❤❤❤❤
I saw a TVR first in the early 1960's in the UK. I was 16. The car was made by company in Blackpool, UK by a guy called Trevor who gave the car his name:"TreVoR"
Thank you for sharing your car with us! I like the TVR Griffith very much both for their powerful engine and the body style. Love the back end and the taillights they put on the Griffiths too. The interior is also nicely done! Enjoy your car sir.
As Guy Martin would say, "I can smell hospital!" That's why we love TVRs
Cannot stop watching this VIDEO These early Griffiths sure put the E Type and the other Super cars to shame. Dreaming of a LOTTO WIN to make you an offer you cannot Refuse .The work and time you and others have put into this Beast shows in the Video. Why not make another to keep us TVR owners Proud. !!!!!
Beautiful car joachim i personally own a series 200 and absolutely adore it as i think you do with yours excellent video well done.
Love the Video RS, and the J.A. Pierce wheels, very cool!
TVR is awesome 👍 . Never part with mine. Every time I start it I fall in love again.
New tvr griffith
a magnificent beast
Fantastic car. Saw one at Goodwood some years ago.
Rear lights from a Ford Cortina though!!
Yeah mk 1 cortina
this man loves this car!
this in particular car.
Little car, big motor, sounds like fun to me !
Had a friend with one like that HIPO Ford. Told stories about this hiway races, how he'd let them pace him to 75MPH, then shift into 2nd and walk away. Around town he never left 1st gear.
That's serious stuff! Just what I need...👌
The cobra was built and designed by AC in the UK. Carol Shelby was the one to stuff a us Smallblock and then later a bigblock in it.
The AC Ace
Lovely car. I'm trying to remember the name of those wheels, something like Maglites maybe? They weren't made in significant numbers and must be as rare as the car! Suit the car beautifully.
My dream car. i have a 1993 tvr chim. i love tvrs
This is very tough, beautiful car.
what a lovely car, congrats have fun mate. Best from Germany, always looking for such car.
Excellent video , epic TVR
Fun video. Only error was the mention of twin camshafts. Probably just mis-spoke.
yes the rover v8 was not ohc engine but a ohv engine!!
@@rhostatton8944 No Rover/Buick power here, this is a Ford 289 out of a Mustang - thus the Ford 4 speed.
When I looked at these stateside in the late 60;'s early 70's they could be had with B-L's Triumph TR6 motor. Fun car always a project in keeping it going - -which is part of the fun :) - Sandy
I saw one of these when I was much younger.I LOVED it,I thought it was the greatest car I had ever seen,and I am aware of the Caterham and Donkervoort.this still is one great AUTO.later
k bye
I have the Chimaera probably not the best T.V.R. to be had but the most popular i think ?? It is the best fun car I have ever owned/driven I ride motorbikes but now being the wrong side of 65
I spend more time in the T.V.R. than on the bikes because when you are on the older side and you fall off it hurts a lot more !!!! The T.V.R is as much fun as a bike in my humble opinion
because you get the sound the speed but in much more comfort !!! I would love a Griffith as they really are a classic within their own right and still look good as yours does infact yours
looks bloody great !! Nice balance not over done but just right Those wheels look superb as do the bonnet vents etc Nice up load and well presented Thankyou !!
Those wheels look comically large compared to the body, almost cartoon like...love the Cortina MK1 rear lights.
Always loved the Tuscan ..
Stunning car, thanks so much for sharing!
Were putting one on the road today 28/08/19.... 4.6 serpentine V8 upgrade !
It may not be a perfect car , but it sure looks and sounds great !
Fantastic!
Absolutely awesome!
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The Brits made some great machines! Imagine being able to buy a brand-new MG Midget for about ~$18,000 today.
Lovely car
1:23 "two camshafts.." ok so you have never looked under the valvecovers
You can keep todays " HyperCars" . Give me a RAW 60's sports racer.
count me in. what a beast of a car
Shut up boomer
I just learned about the TVR in the last week. Had never heard of them after all these decades living in the USA. Would love to own one, but it seems they've caught on and are very expensive.
They can challenge a Cobra as one of the fastest cars produced in the 1960s, so their price is till affordable relative to a Cobra's price.
Light Bulb
Dead joke
Nice video, super car. Ofcourse it's Tvrrrrrrrrr! Thanks for sharing. Belgian? Me too and Tvr too...
Hi! Would you know where I can buy a model like this or something similar?
2 over head camshafts? in a Ford iron block?
The way this guy talks. It reminds me of dorf goes fishing.
Bonjour ! Chouette vidéo, merci beaucoup !
Comment peut-on rentrer en contact avec le propriétaire de cette belle auto ?
camshaft (singular) is in the engine block, not in the heads
I think you mean crankshaft. Cams are in the heads. Duh. They drive the valve train.
@@nigelsandeman2642 NO. This is an OHV Ford Pushrod v8 : both cam and crank are in the block.- Sandy Shoremann - NO Relation :)
The owner doesn't know, he just drives it !
Two camshafts?? I don’t think so
So yeah, he meant to say overhead valves. English is not his first language obviously - you gotta give non-English speakers a break sometimes.
Love that fat v8.
1:18, “overhead can shaft engine” Unforgivable ignorance!
overhead valves with pushrods lol
Yeah, he's a dick for saying it, but he's driving it and I'm not ...
But does it have a lot of power?
Are they Ford Corrina tailights ?
MKI Cortina rear lights yes
Nice video and pretty rare car...
Very good video
those front tires tho!!!!
Two over cam camshafts? Really? Take care of it in post?
How to describe this video with two words: lot of... :D
Drive it around the Nurburgring...
Triumph Spitfire steering column
Great car but no overhead camshafts on that motor.
Everyone wants to beat the Cobra. 😊
@0:14 He was responsible for the creation, dude. The chassis came from England and the engine from Ford.
Keep in mind Ford had a huge production facility in Dagenham, the East End of London. So almost certainly that was a British made V8 Ford engine.
@@edwardhalpin7503 I doubt that very much - why would Ford build an engine in the UK that NO car in the UK at that time used and ship them all to the US at additional cost????
The wheels are very rare. J.A.Pearce alloys. I believe the company made wheels for the aircraft industry during the second world war. No idea of it's value. At a guess less than
£100k?
JOHN I BELIEVE THESE CARS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE ARE GOING TO GO BALLISTIC VALUE WISE. REMEMBER THEY DID NOT MAKE MANY AND ANY BRITISH SPORTS CAR WITH AN AMERICAN V8 SITTING IN THE ENGINE BAY IS MAKING STRONG MONEY IE SUNBEAM TIGERS FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE AN OLD MAGAZINE FROM 15 YEARS AGO ADVERTISING A ROADWORTHY TIGER FOR 9K NOW LOOK AT THEM 50K PLUS FOR A DECENT ONE. MY PREDICTION A GOOD GRIFFITHS 200 OR 400 IN TEN YEARS 300K TO 400K.
Sorry my friend, it's a superb sports car, but it does not have overhead camshafts.
Ooops, I think he made a boo boo...no overhead cam engine. Sunbeam Tiger had a Ford v8 and AC Cobra.
What Wheel Manufacturer & Front/Rear Tyre Dimensions please..?
Hi, l left a comment yesterday , they were made by J.A.PEARCE an English company who l believe made aircraft wheels in the second world war. J.A.PEARCE I understand no longer exists. The widest tyre In the '60's was 205, possibly 215/15 70's . ( fitted on Rolls Royce's). Low profiles were in their infancy.
Up until the end the recipe never changer. Big engine, little fibreglass car and no driving aids. We will never see their like again. This new TVR that was supposed to come out this year is close but definitely nurtured by modern laws.
A very seductive backside indeed - one that will disappear into the distance very quickly!
Those Cortina tail lights do not sit well on those body lines.
nice !
Overhead camshafts!!! I think not matey.
Clearly I was born into the wrong family.
Sadly from 2030 on all combustion cars including classics will be banned
from public streets in entire EU and Scandinavia :-( In Germany the
Green Peoples Party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025
on by reducing all conventional fuel stations to only one state operated central gas
station per city or county. Now they want to slow down all the gas station fuel pumps from 20 litre per minute to 2 litre per minute...From 2027 on in the EU certain car spare parts will be banned too....as exhaust systems, turbo chargers and even some engine and gearbox oils...California and New York will do the same from 2027 on.... So no investments should be done in oil burning cars any longer....They even created a new kind of crime here, called emissions- and smoke crime :-( :-( :-(
bullshit the EU are banning the sale of NEW petrol and diesel cars - existing cars can continue to be driven - think about it if this was true EVERYONE's current car would be worthless overnight - no government has the balls to try that
Lol doesnt even know what kind of engine he has in it . more money then brains i see these kind of guys at the car shows all the time acting like a gearhead but had someone else do all the work on the car
@Keirnon Grainger bet i got more then you
@Keirnon Grainger you must be one of them guys i was talking about . is that why your all butt hurt ?
Lol you cant even afford the kind of car i have thats why you go on yt comments and hate on others like a girl :)
@@69newportking my dads bigger than yours
Do the Weber carbs by you much more than your set up?