Solved - NEH 4012: Melling Griffon

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Carnut

April 08, 2015, 09:15:48 AM
What's this, by whom, from when and powered by what - for 1 point?:

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#1
April 08, 2015, 06:15:38 PM
Aston Martin DB9?
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Carnut

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April 08, 2015, 06:23:43 PM
Quote from: Cars on April 08, 2015, 06:15:38 PM
Aston Martin DB9?

No, not an Aston.
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iani

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April 10, 2015, 01:17:32 PM
tvr?

Carnut

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April 10, 2015, 02:19:42 PM
Quote from: iani on April 10, 2015, 01:17:32 PM
tvr?

No, though there is a connection.
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April 10, 2015, 02:55:46 PM Last Edit: April 10, 2015, 03:23:52 PM by iani
There often seems to be a Blackpool connection!
Melling, the engine guru? The Rochdale gang seem to have fingers in loads of pies...
tvr griffith knockoff  ;)
edit: Melling wildcat!

Carnut

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April 10, 2015, 03:24:05 PM
Quote from: iani on April 10, 2015, 02:55:46 PM
There often seems to be a Blackpool connection!
Melling, the engine guru? The Rochdale gang seem to have fingers in loads of pies...

edit: Melling wildcat!

It is a Melling but not a Wildcat, pictured here:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10460.msg83953#msg83953

Since you've identified the marque however I'll lock it for you until your next reply to dig out which model.

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iani

#7
April 10, 2015, 03:40:57 PM
Griffon, surely someone would have sued them for being so close to tvr in styling and name?

Carnut

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April 10, 2015, 06:17:48 PM
Quote from: iani on April 10, 2015, 03:40:57 PM
Griffon, surely someone would have sued them for being so close to tvr in styling and name?

Griffon is right.
So, locked for you to answer the other questions - when and powered by what?
It was close to TVR, yes, and I think accusations and threats aplenty were around at the time...
But it was probably around the time of TVR's latest bankruptcy so they had other worries on their minds!
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iani

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April 11, 2015, 11:36:26 AM
2006 was the first mention of it, production of a couple a month by 2008.
melling 4.5v8 and ajp8 engine that was already in use for a while, plus bmw and dodge v10 options.

Carnut

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April 11, 2015, 03:48:16 PM Last Edit: April 11, 2015, 04:03:58 PM by Carnut
Quote from: iani on April 11, 2015, 11:36:26 AM
2006 was the first mention of it, production of a couple a month by 2008.
melling 4.5v8 and ajp8 engine that was already in use for a while, plus bmw and dodge v10 options.

Yes!
I think only this one ws built and it had the AJP8 engine that Al Melling designed for TVR and which they fitted into the Cerbera and later Tuscans.
The Mellings really seemed set to continue the spirit of TVR after its demise but nothing ever seems to have come of them; the usual lack of funding I suppose.  Pity.

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