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Mar 24, 2023 12:21:34 GMT
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Spotted this little beauty for sale. Its a Ginetta GRS. This was a low volume model and a break away from the sports coupe stuff they usually did. These were offered during the 1980s and there were 3 types. This is a Mk2 which differs only in details. Mk1 and Mk2 were based on the Hillman Hunter. The Mk3 was Ford based. Most - maybe all - were sold as kits, although Ginetta did periodically offer finished or near-finished cars IIRC. There was a tax reason behind it, you had to do some work yourself. I know lotus would ship cars with no wheels on and you fitted them yourself as it was a kit car and thus no car purchase tax.... Anyway... like 300 of these were made. This one has lost its engine and box so its ripe for a conversion. How to build it though? A resto mod? A proper off roader? HotWire's Minitruck reboot?    The ask on this one is £550 so this is a cheapy project for ya pipe dreams.... Marketplace advert here |
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Mar 24, 2023 13:50:18 GMT
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Paging horrido and Littlepixel for some photoshopness. I'm definitely leaning towards Minitruck, got the look that truckman tops give to old Nissans and Toyotas. Front lights and grill definitely have that "we haven't really thought a lot about this particular bit" kit car look  |
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Mar 24, 2023 13:58:54 GMT
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That really is a cheap base for a cool build. I will pass as I did one earlier….. Actually agree with HoTWire With a bit of colour, graffixx you should be able to camouflage the ugliness. |
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adam73bgt
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Mar 24, 2023 14:19:57 GMT
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Love how much of a blank canvas it is, I'm seeing a 70s van inspired look, play on the beige/brown-ness of it, with an orange or similar graphic and some 13" polished turbovecs.  Something along those lines |
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zeberdee
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Mar 24, 2023 14:49:33 GMT
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Liking that , especially at that price .
If only i had some spare cash & somewhere to keep it .
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vanpeebles
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Mar 24, 2023 15:46:09 GMT
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Needs a Tamiya King Cab paint scheme |
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Mar 24, 2023 15:51:01 GMT
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braaap
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Mar 24, 2023 15:56:29 GMT
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Do, had seen that frontend before and was thinking it was something russian trying to look like an early range rover! edit: Ah no, it was indeed a moskvitch with a very similar front end:  |
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Last Edit: Mar 24, 2023 20:53:52 GMT by braaap
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Mar 24, 2023 16:14:26 GMT
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Mini truck style with updated (or improved) front grill/lights & same with the rear lights.
Probably a MX5 engine swap, just because lol
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Mar 24, 2023 16:42:11 GMT
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I'd do something like this.  |
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Mar 24, 2023 20:49:57 GMT
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Looks very similar to the Dutton sierra.
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Ratchet
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Mar 24, 2023 21:06:43 GMT
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Looks very similar to the Dutton sierra. Was away to say the same, and both not a million miles away from the matra rancho, at least in terms of body style/ niche |
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Mar 24, 2023 21:33:17 GMT
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Looks very similar to the Dutton sierra. Was away to say the same, and both not a million miles away from the matra rancho, at least in terms of body style/ niche the rancho that’s what I was thinking when I saw this |
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Darkspeed
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Mar 24, 2023 22:34:25 GMT
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[pedant] Not a Ginetta GRS - It is a GRS Tora - [/pedant]
Ginetta did not want the sports brand associated with making these things - although lucrative - so they were branded as a separate make GRS - The model name Tora - Made to to compete with the Dutton Sierra and drawing inspiration from the Rancho mopping up old parts stock from the failed G21.
Good things - correctly registered as a GRSTORA even if that's incorrect ! '68 plate means tax and MOT exempt so its a cheap shonky old utility but only if you can find a motor to chuck into it very cheaply because its already at top money for one of these thing when they have a motor and box in them.
Probably end up stripped for its log book and resold in 9 months time with even fewer parts as a "never completed kit"
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Mar 25, 2023 12:41:31 GMT
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I think, given the fact it's Hunter underneath, I'd be fitting a Hunter grille and rectangular headlights and maybe the chrome bumpers too, to make it look a bit more "factory". All the 70s vanning graphics would work wonders too. Something funky like this maybe...  |
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Mar 25, 2023 17:09:16 GMT
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Like all kit cars, all the fibreglass is as wonky as a chocolate fire-grate. But it has a bit of potential I guess. I'd lean into the feeling that they were going for the Matra Rancho / Toyota Tercel market (and those Duttons of course) but trying to look Range-Rover'y too. I get the 'surf van' feel could be fun, but there's not much room for the stripes to go up the sides unless you put decals on the windows. So - I went simple. 70s Olive green, Range Rover rims, some yellowey-orange 'Rover/Mini' style decals, some Range-Rover winkers, better trim around rear window, Vinyl roof stuck on rear quarters... Oh and a bit of stick - say 2 inches?   The less said about the Mk3 GRS the better. I mean - if escort estates existed, and cortina estates existed, why would you graft a mk3 escort boot onto a mk 4 cortina? Beggars belief!   |
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