TVR White Elephant Restoration

The White Elephant is a one-off 1988 TVR prototype - the only TVR ever to be powered by an Australian 5 litre V8 Holden Bathurst race engine - and one of only a handful of TVR Prototypes to survive today.

Commissioned and driven by Peter Wheeler, the Managing Director of TVR, it was eventually decided that this 185mph TVR prototype was still too dated for the 1990's and that Australian engine logistics could also be a problem; so the project was shelved and 12 months later the new TVR Griffith was born…

The Elephant was rescued from the 'TVR Graveyard' at the rear of the Factory just a week before Peter Wheeler sold the company in July of 2004. A truly remarkable one-off hand built British sports car; this is the story of her restoration and the rebirth of a true Blackpool Rocket...

Latest Elephant News

November 2011 - It's all happenning! After more than two years struggling with pre-prototype Holden Bathurst race engine parts, the engine rebuild is at last complete and we can now re-fit it into the chassis. Once this is done later this month the rolling chassis will be taken to Surface & Design to have the body remounted. We can then take the Elephant back to the shed to complete the rebuild.

We're out next year! Nelly should be running by the new year, so we will take the opportunity to test and snag her over winter so she will be in good shape to attend plenty of TVR Car Club events throughout next year.

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