TVR Griffith 400

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The TVR Griffith 400 was a two-seat coupe that of TVR in Blackpool ( England) and Griffith Motors Inc. in New York from 1964 to 1967 was built as a successor of the Griffith 200. The car had an over the predecessor improved cooling system with larger radiator and two electric fans and a revised rear of the vehicle with better visibility and the tail lights of the Ford Cortina Mk 1 The Griffith 400 had a body made ​​of fiberglass. There was also the TVR Griffith 600 with all-steel body.

Although the standard built-in engine was stronger than the two for the Griffith 200 standing for election Ford Windsor engine with 200 bhp (147 kW) and 225 bhp (165 kW), it was again at the request of the high-performance engine from the Griffith 200 with 271 bhp (199 kW). The 400 carried some extra pounds around with you than the 200, but there installed Salisbury differential awarded him with its greater translation greater speed.

As with the production of the 400 series should be started in early 1965, the entire East Coast of the United States has just been hit by a dock strike. This not only caused supply problems for the chassis and bodywork of TVR in Blackpool but also shipping the newer designs for the 600 Series Frank Reisner, whose Stellmacher operating Intermeccanica in Turin the new Griffith built with steel body, its bodies could not ship well. Jack Griffith was able to present his car to the public, because he had her brought across the Atlantic, the bodies by air freight.

After only 59 copies of the Griffith 400 and Griffith 600 10 pieces of the Griffith factory in Plainview, Long Iceland, was New York closed.

In 1991, the factory test rider Mike Mooney to investigate the mark and published in 2003 a book entitled The Griffith Years.

Performance

  • Engine capacity: 4722 cc V8 with
  • Engine power: 271 hp / 199 kW
  • Maximum speed: approx 248 km / h
  • Drive: rear wheels via a four-speed manual gearbox

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