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Q561 - solved - Griffon
« on: July 17, 2009, 05:55:46 PM »
Know the identity of this car? Tell us and earn a point ....
« Last Edit: February 03, 2018, 04:30:41 AM by Carnut »

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Re: Q561
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2009, 09:44:33 AM »
Griffon, street legal Formula Vee two-seater, built by John Griffiths, Los Angeles (USA), 1980.

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Re: Q561
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2009, 11:50:39 AM »
I've just awarded you a point as your answer is correct, but I see you are now an Expert puzzler (congratulations  :applause:) - that means in future you won't be able to answer Rookie puzzles ....

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Re: Q561 - solved - Griffon
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2009, 07:15:54 AM »
Spider Murphy is hugely impressive!
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Solved - NEH 4125: Griffin VW-powered kit-car prototype - 1980
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2015, 07:21:20 AM »
What's this, by whom, powered by what - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2015, 05:31:57 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2015, 06:50:19 PM »
Looks so cool
70s?
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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2015, 05:15:39 AM »
Looks so cool
70s?

I don't know exactly when it was built but I think it was almost certainly in the 1970s.
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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #8 on: July 24, 2015, 04:49:25 AM »
Up to the Pro's..
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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #9 on: July 24, 2015, 07:04:23 AM »
A styling exercise rather than an actual race car?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2015, 08:36:24 AM »
A styling exercise rather than an actual race car?

It wasn't a real racing car but a prototype for an intended kit car, which never reached production.
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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2015, 09:12:35 AM »
Going purely from memory (as I'm at a very wet Silverstone with no wi-fi) is this a Crosbie (or Crosby?), an American VW-based kit car from c.1979-85?
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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2015, 09:48:27 AM »
1980 John Griffith's Griffin!

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« Last Edit: July 24, 2015, 09:51:07 AM by Arunas »

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Re: NEH 4125
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2015, 09:58:02 AM »
Going purely from memory (as I'm at a very wet Silverstone with no wi-fi) is this a Crosbie (or Crosby?), an American VW-based kit car from c.1979-85?

I'm afraid not Djetset as..

1980 John Griffith's Griffin!

Powered by: VW

..this is what it is!
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Re: Solved - NEH 4125: Griffin VW-powered kit-car prototype - 1980
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2015, 11:25:50 AM »
Ah, Griffin was going to be my second guess! AFAIK this kit did make it through to production with a few examples sold. I have a promotional leaflet for the car somewhere which I will scan in when I locate it.
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Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #15 on: December 29, 2017, 08:11:27 AM »
I think it was called the Griffin. It looked like a race car. It was a Kit Car. Existed in the early ‘80s I believe.  Featured in a mag I once owned. In the feature it was yellow.  Had rectangular headlamps mounted above the body work. Even had wings.  Pretty sure it was British. 

Anyone know anything?  Have any images?

Sure wouldn’t mind learning about it again, 30+ years later. 

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http://fiberclassics.org/the-griffon-f1-style-kit-car/

Pics don’t come up though.

« Last Edit: December 29, 2017, 08:31:52 AM by Ultra »
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Re: Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2018, 11:16:55 AM »
I think it was called the Griffin. It looked like a race car. It was a Kit Car. Existed in the early ‘80s I believe.  Featured in a mag I once owned. In the feature it was yellow.  Had rectangular headlamps mounted above the body work. Even had wings.  Pretty sure it was British. 

Anyone know anything?  Have any images?

Sure wouldn’t mind learning about it again, 30+ years later. 

What I’ve found since I put the post up...

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http://fiberclassics.org/the-griffon-f1-style-kit-car/

Pics don’t come up though.



A car I knew about and no one else here does!?!   How is that possible?
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Re: Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #17 on: January 01, 2018, 01:40:58 PM »
Griffon VW-Porsche based by John Griffin USA

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Re: Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
« Reply #18 on: February 02, 2018, 05:52:54 AM »
I think it was called the Griffin. It looked like a race car. It was a Kit Car. Existed in the early ‘80s I believe.  Featured in a mag I once owned. In the feature it was yellow.  Had rectangular headlamps mounted above the body work. Even had wings.  Pretty sure it was British. 

Anyone know anything?  Have any images?

Sure wouldn’t mind learning about it again, 30+ years later. 

What I’ve found since I put the post up...

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http://fiberclassics.org/the-griffon-f1-style-kit-car/

Pics don’t come up though.



This car has been a puzzle twice, but the two threads are in disagreement about the name.
First it was posted by Quiller and identified as "Griffon" by spider murphy:
https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/q561-solved-griffon

and later posted by Carnut and identified as "Griffin" by Arunas:
https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2015-44/solved-neh-4125-griffin-vw-powered-kit-car-prototype-1980/

So does anyone have proof of what the real name is?
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Re: Solved - NEH 4125: Griffin VW-powered kit-car prototype - 1980
« Reply #20 on: February 02, 2018, 12:53:45 PM »
This is the same car as
https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2009-37/q561-solved-griffon
but there is a disagreement between both threads about the name.

See also: https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/news-information-and-feedback/information-requests-what-is-this-car-thread/msg455305/#msg455305

I know the caption spells it 'Griffon' but I reckoned it was 'Griffin' as that's more closely related to the builder's name (John Griffiths).
Maybe somebody knows for sure..
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Re: Solved - NEH 4125: Griffin VW-powered kit-car prototype - 1980
« Reply #21 on: February 02, 2018, 01:37:47 PM »
I know the caption spells it 'Griffon' but I reckoned it was 'Griffin' as that's more closely related to the builder's name (John Griffiths).
Maybe somebody knows for sure..
It's Griffon (with an 'o'), as I recall this looking odd when I was sent a brochure for the car many years ago.  I still have this sales literature at home somewhere, but it will take some finding as the sort out of my 150,000+ car brochures is taking far longer than I originally thought, especially as I'm away from home so often. If and then I do find the Griffon brochure though, I will scan it in here.
« Last Edit: February 03, 2018, 04:33:46 AM by Carnut »
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Re: Q561 - solved - Griffon
« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2018, 04:34:05 AM »
Many thanks.
I've merged the two puzzles.
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