SpecificationThe White Elephant is a one-off hand built TVR prototype which was Peter Wheeler's personal transport for the first few years of its life. Based on a developed and modified SEAC chassis and a Tasmin FHC stripped down and chopped body shell, this car is the only TVR to ever be factory fitted with an Australian Holden engine. The 5 litre V8 is said to have been developed to 350+ bhp with around 370 ft/lb of torque. As we research the Elephant's history, strip her and then carefully and lovingly re-build her, we shall publish on this page all the idiosyncrasies, oddities and quirks (and believe me there are plenty) which could only be associated with a hand built TVR development prototype. |
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Completed in September 1988 by John Ravenscroft, Neill Anderson and Peter Wheeler, the car has a totally unique body comprising of a fibreglass inner shell which was covered by a thick coat of heavy modelling foam which in turn was over-coated with the finishing layer of fibreglass to give the Elephant its unique shape.
© 2008 Howard Bryan
