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| Griffith 289... From the web |
| By Greg B - 11/15/2000 5:01:22 AM; IP 216.179.0.5 |
The TVR Griffith began as the brainchild of its creator,
Jack Griffith in 1962. Griffth ran a car repair workshop who catered to patrons such as Gerry Sagerman and Mark Donohue. Both men had driven the works TVR Grantura at Sebring in 1962. Legend has it that one day at the shop, just for fun, Griffith decided to see if he could drop the Ford V8 from Donohue's AC Cobra into Sagerman's TVR. It didn't quite fit, but the idea had been planted in Griffith's mind. After performing a proper conversion for the car, and showing it's potential worth, Griffith contacted TVR with the details of his plan. Griffith wanted TVR to supply him with slightly modified TVR Grantura chassis without engines or transmissions which were to be fitted at his shop in America. TVR jumped at this idea and quickly began supplying chassis at the rate of 5-10 per week,
The addition of a V8 to a Grantura turned it into a veritable beast. The Griffith 200 could either be fitted with a 195 hp motor, or a Hi-Po 289 that pumped out 271 hp. Performance of the car was unbelievable; 0-60 times were quoted as 3.9 from the factory, although 5 if closer to the truth. The
quarter mile came and went in 14.1 seconds and top speed was in excess of 150mph. The Griffith could embarrass nearly any car on the road.
In 1964, the Griffith 200 was replaced by the 400. The 400 was a much better all around car |
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