A wheel job
As these early TVRs didn’t have an opening boot, if you needed to change a wheel, the only option was to manhandle the spare out through the passenger doors.
Brands Hatch, Kent, summer 1968
We’d love to tell you what this 1968 event at Brands Hatch was, but it’s lost in the mists of time. However, as several of the cars are road-registered and the people milling around don’t look like team professionals, we suspect it might have been a club meeting or support race.
What we can talk about, with some certainty, is what’s lining up for battle. Car number 17 leading the grid is a TVR and, with that finned rear end, probably a 1962-64 Grantura III with either an 1622cc or 1798cc BMC B-series…
