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

Commissioned personally by Peter Wheeler the Managing Director of TVR, this 185mph car was used as his own personal transportation for a couple of years, before deciding that the prototype's rounded off Wedge shape was still too dated for the 1990s 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 two weeks before Peter Wheeler sold the company. This is the story of her restoration...

To download the latest White Elephant wallpaper, as featured in        800 x 600 resolution Elephant wallpaper
John Tiplers recent book 'TVR An Illustrated History' click here        1024 x 768 resolution Elephant wallpaper

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