The Ginetta G3 was a two-seat sports car from the Walklett brothers, the next Ginetta model after the Fairlite glass-fibre body shell it was built from. The brothers improved that shell with inner bulkheads and floor, moulded internal wheel arches, a new windscreen derived from the Mk 1 Austin-Healey Sprite, moulded bumpers and stiffer sills, and developed a hardtop as an optional extra. They also produced a tubular chassis frame designed to take the mechanical components of a Ford 8 or 10 hp saloon built between 1938 and 1959, with a split front axle beam carrying coil spring damper units. The G3 was sold as a body and chassis unit or as a body only for fitting to a Ford chassis. The kit cost 214 pounds and 60 were made, counting body shells. The last G3 was adapted to take Morris Minor parts.
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EngineFord 8 or 10 hp saloon mechanical components 3 Connections
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In order to produce the next Ginetta model, the G3, the brothers turned to their Fairlite body shell and improved it in a number of areas.
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Ginetta Cars Limited is a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars
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1. Ginetta Cars (Wikipedia)
Models, G3 and G4
The glass fibre-bodied G3 arrived in 1959 and was succeeded by the G4 in 1961.
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Ginetta Cars Limited is a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars
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Ginetta G3 offered as an improved version of the Fairlite with Ginetta chassis
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Further details, chassis
a tubular chassis frame which was designed to accept the mechanical components from a Ford 8 or 10 hp saloon from 1938 to 1959
Production
Production - 60 (including body shells)
Further details, last car
The last G3 made was adapted to take mechanical parts from a Morris Minor
Further details
In order to produce the next Ginetta model, the G3, the brothers turned to their Fairlite body shell and improved it in a number of areas.
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The G3 was marketed as a body chassis unit or as a body only for fitting to Ford chassis.
In Group: Sports And Performance Cars Before 1980, Appearance
Appearance - 2 seater Sports
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