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1966 Griffith 600 Coupe

1966 Griffith 600 Coupe
A new project was started with Jack Griffith of Long Island, N.Y. for a larger production all steel car with more financing. Ex-BRM chassis designer John Crosthwaite, working as a consultant for Jack Griffith (and later for Frank Reisner on the Italia), designed the chassis for the Bob Cumberford shaped car called the Griffith GT. A Griffith was shown with a Plymouth 4.5-litre V8 engine at the 1966 New York Motor Show.[2]

Tooling was built and production started. Around fourteen cars were shipped, when Jack Griffith's company closed. A new customer, Steve Wilder, decided to take over the project, called the cars Omega and had them assembled by Holman and Moody in North Carolina. A total of 33 of these were delivered to the US.

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 autofantasia
autofantasia club
Sorry Norm, but I'm not sure. Looks like a cross between an MG and a Corvette!
10 years ago.
Indycaver (Norm) club has replied to autofantasia club
I was wondering if were a Japanese sports car? A lot of their early ones look like MG copies.
10 years ago.
Indycaver (Norm) club has replied to autofantasia club
Looks like it was a pretty rare one!
10 years ago.
autofantasia club has replied to Indycaver (Norm) club
Just saw your comment on the possible Japanese connection and you're right it does look a bit like the early ones, such as the Datsun 240Z.

Would never have guessed Griffith though - pretty rare indeed!
10 years ago.
Indycaver (Norm) club has replied to autofantasia club
Yeah ... the Toyota 2000 and the Datzun 240-Z was as close as I could get with Japanese and thinking they liked to copy things back then ... I started looking at Italian sports cars and the Griffith showed up in my search.
10 years ago.
 Fantasyfan
Fantasyfan
Nice car design
10 years ago.
Indycaver (Norm) club has replied to Fantasyfan
Yes ... the Italians have a great eye for design!
10 years ago.

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