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By Will Silk<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A new diecast company has joined the world of sports car replication in scale.\u00a0 Automodello of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA has emerged with the debut of a 1:43 scale replica of perhaps the most feared 1960s sports car ever to turn a wheel on public roads, the Griffith 200.<\/p>\n

The story of the Griffith is one of sports car manufacturing\u2019s wilder ones.\u00a0 The early 1960s was a splendid time to be a sports car fan.\u00a0 In England, companies were constantly emerging to build a variety of sports and racing cars.\u00a0 One of these companies was started by Trevor Wilkinson of Blackpool, England; and after a rough start getting things going in the 1950s, TVR was beginning to see its Grantura fiberglass-bodied sports car becoming more widely accepted, particularly in America.<\/p>\n

The Grantura was initially offered as a kit, like many constructors of the day in England, this was done to dodge the tax collector and hopefully establish the company enough to gain recognition in other parts of the world so exporting could begin.\u00a0 One of TVR\u2019s biggest markets in the early 1960s was America.\u00a0 While the Grantura was a capable sporting GT car with its lightweight fiberglass body and tubular frame that carried a four cylinder power plant made by MG, Coventry Climax, or Ford; the Grantura\u2019s performance was sprightly when compared to other cars in its segment.\u00a0 A 1600cc MG powered Grantura made the dash from 0-60 in 12.0 seconds, while the Coventry Climax unit knocked 1.2 seconds off the MG equipped car\u2019s time.\u00a0 However, things were about to get substantially hotter under the hood.<\/p>\n

It was 1963, and Jack Griffith had a shop in Hicksville, New York.\u00a0 Jack was a mogul of sorts in the Northeast as far as car dealerships were concerned as he established a Packard franchise in 1949 after starting out selling Kaiser-Frazers just after the Second World War.\u00a0 Jack finally settled with a Ford franchise and became an instrumental part in the history of the Shelby Cobra by transporting AC body and chassis units to Shelby\u2019s facility in Southern California.\u00a0 Jack witnessed the explosion that the Shelby Cobras caused in 1962 and desired to create a car in a similar manner.<\/p>\n

Enter Gerry Sagerman who was TVR\u2019s man in the U.S.\u00a0 Gerry stopped to have lunch with Jack Griffith in July of 1963 and parked his Grantura next to a racing Cobra at Jack\u2019s shop.\u00a0 One of Griffith\u2019s mechanics remarked jokingly about pulling the Cobra engine out and installing it in the TVR.\u00a0 Griffith instantly recognized the idea as the perfect opportunity to put his name on a car and become a manufacturer.\u00a0 By August, Jack Griffith had George Clark, a mechanic at his Ford dealership, hashing out what would become the Griffith 200.\u00a0 Clark was the man responsible for shoehorning the Ford 289 cubic inch engine into the tubular chassis of the TVR Grantura.<\/p>\n

With the first car built, none other than Mark Donohue, who was a young, up-and-coming race driver that had driven for the TVR works team at Sebring in 1962, tested the vehicle and theorized it to be quicker than the Shelby Cobra he was driving at the time for Jack Griffith in SCCA competition.\u00a0 Performance numbers were mind-blowing for the time period, with 0-60 being accomplished in 3.9 seconds and a genuine 150 mph top speed.<\/p>\n

TVR, operating as Grantura Engineering at the time, was in rough financial waters.\u00a0 Trevor Wilkinson, the company\u2019s founder had left, and the strain of having to produce bodies and chassis units for Griffith was making for a difficult recovery for the English company.\u00a0 This didn\u2019t stop Jack, as he had gained Ford\u2019s blessing and moved to a new location on Long Island to begin production of this new super car.<\/p>\n

The Griffith first appeared in public at the 1964 Boston Auto Show, followed a month later at April\u2019s New York Show.\u00a0 Orders began to come in and\u00a0Jack offered the Griffith 200 with either a 195 or 271 horsepower 289 V-8 for just $3,995.\u00a0 Shelby\u2019s Cobras started at $5,000, and the price increased pending what performance modifications were checked off upon ordering, so it\u2019s easy to see that the Griffith appealed to many on paper from both an economic standpoint, as well as pure performance.\u00a0 Despite this great buy in terms of economics and sheer performance, a dock workers strike conspired to kill the fledgling Griffith 200 after just 59 units had been produced.\u00a0 In the end, it is believed that around 190 cars were eventually\u00a0constructed, with experts continuing to dispute the exact number over 40 years later.<\/p>\n

Jim Cowen, a British car enthusiast and proprietor of Diecasm LLC online diecast store, assembled a small team of enthusiasts\u00a0from the scale and full size auto industries to create Automodello.\u00a0 The goal of Automodello is to model the world\u2019s most iconic and prestigious sports cars in 1:43 scale, but to concentrate their production on cars that have never been modeled before.<\/p>\n

The first offering to come from their work is a Regal Red Griffith 200.\u00a0 The amount of detail that Automodello captures with this piece is\u00a0excellent for a first attempt by Automodello, especially for a new-comer\u00a0in the business of\u00a01:43 scale sports car replicas.\u00a0 The first thing that draws you in are the wire wheels.\u00a0 Finely crafted and laced photo-etched metal form the wire wheels giving them a profound presence.\u00a0 Even the double-eared spinners are in place, which is amazing given the scale they selected to work in.\u00a0 The rubber moldings around the front and rear wind screens are painted on in black, and give the replica a\u00a0true appearance.\u00a0 The windscreen wipers appear to be made in two pieces of photo-etched metal, which again is something unseen on many other models in 1:43 scale.<\/p>\n

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Griffith 200 by Automodello<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Griffith 200 by Automodello, Rear photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The interior will captivate you even more, with pleats on the tan seats and a fully decorated dash.\u00a0 The rear view mirror is mounted directly between two sun screens on the headliner.\u00a0 The pedals, emergency brake handle, and shifter are all appropriately painted; however, what truly amaze the eyes upon gazing into the interior are the door trim details, mainly the presence of the window cranks and the door latch handles.\u00a0 Details\u00a0that sometimes get overlooked\u00a0in the realm of 1:43 scale modeling.<\/p>\n

The Automodello 1:43 scale Griffith 200 in Regal Red was selected as the Official Model for the 2010 Desert Classic Concours.\u00a0 After reviewing the model it is easy to see why a fine event like the Desert Classic Concours would select the Automodello Griffith 200.\u00a0 The model offers exquisite detail overall, and the fact that Automodello selected to replicate such a rare sports car as their first offering to the market shows a cavalier mindset indeed.\u00a0 Though at $95.00 USD, the model may be priced higher than some of the competition in its segment, the price difference is not vast by any means, and the quality that this model exhibits is well worth the extra few dollars.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit www.automodello.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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