Puzzle #521 - Solved! Grinnall TR7

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and let us know the make and model designation of the car posted here.

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[Otto Puzzell]

Difficult for Rookies; easy for Experts...

[pieter]

Is that a Triumph TR7 or 8 by any chance? (My first guess will be the TR8)
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[Otto Puzzell]

Yes, a modified versions sold under a different name.

[@re]

My first thought was 'hey, that's an interesting way to use Volvo 480 lights' but then, as the TR7 implications dawned on me, I started thinking that I'd heard something about a Grinnall conversion. Problem is, I keep finding pictures of cars that are said to have undergone the Grinnall conversion that look much more standard than this - and not even the people at the triumphtr7 website seem to be quite sure about what this modification process includes. However, the picture I found here is said to be a Grinnall TR7, and it's obviously the same as the one in the picture above. So, is it the correct answer?

[@re]

Well, it obviously is. I found this just a minute after that first post, under the "GRINNALL CONVERSION" heading. But as I said: There are cars that are sold as Grinnall TR7s that are much more standard-looking than that. So to say that this is The Grinnall Conversion is probably a bit rough - it is perhaps the most thorough Grinnall conversion, but not all Grinnall cars look like this.

Actually, I am just arguing with myself about this 

On another note: It is interesting to see the Grinnall badge on this car, as the same badge is these days found on an altogether different creation: The Scorpion, originally equipped with three wheels, now also available with four. One day one of those will be mine...

[woodinsight]

A view of the car when announced by Grinnall in 1984

[Paul Jaray]

The puzzle car has got a Ramstein body styling.
Around 337 cars were converted during the 1980's and early 90's but only six cars had this Ramstein styling.