Hives helped set up the production line at Griffith Motors in Syosset, New York. It was during these club events that one David Hives was introduced to the TVR management, and he would become a key TVR employee a decade later. Driven by Wilkinson in a number of car club events (such as sprints and hillclimbs) in 19, the car was quick enough to earn several awards. This car was painted yellow, and in contrast to the rounded bodywork of the first and second cars, it was styled with a blunt nose and a squarish vertical panel as the grille. Instead of the sidevalve Ford engine, it was fitted with the 1,200 cc 40 hp OHV four-cylinder engine from an Austin A40. Around this time, the car was refreshed: it received a new body style with a lower nose, and some different instrumentation and equipment (including a tachometer from a Supermarine Spitfire and Marchal headlamps from a Delage.) Īfter the sale of the Number Two car, TVR began work on Number Three, which again used the same chassis and suspension design. An auto enthusiast local to Blackpool purchased the car for use in competition, although it was eventually registered for road use in 1952. The bodywork was again constructed by Les Dale, and it was similar in appearance to the first car. However, the front suspension design was changed to use wishbone control arms and a single transverse leaf spring. TVR Number Two began with the same chassis design found on the first car, using the rear axle, springs, dampers, brakes, and steering from the Morris Eight, as well as the same sidevalve Ford engine. Photographed at Lakeland Motor Museum, Newby Bridge, Cumbria It was later crashed and salvaged for parts. Later that year, TVR Number One was sold to Wilkinson's cousin for £325. Although neither Wilkinson nor Pickard found the finished bodywork to be very aesthetically appealing, it was functional, and the two men conducted the first successful test drive on the runway at Squires Gate aerodrome in 1949. After repairs, the body was styled and built from aluminium, and painted British racing green. Even before the car was bodied, it was crashed by the man hired to create the bodywork, Les Dale. The engine was a Ford 1,172 cc sidevalve from a 1936 van, tuned to 35 hp. The Hotchkis-style rear suspension used the live axle from a Morris Eight, and the front suspension was of an independent trailing-arm design. In 1949, TVR built its first original chassis. One-off specials: TVR One, Two, and Three (1949–1953) Trevcar Motors was subsequently renamed to TVR Engineering (dropping several letters from Wilkinson's first name), and it continued to find general mechanical engineering work through the following years. In 1947, local auto enthusiast Jack Pickard joined the company. Initially, the company performed general engineering work (not always automobile related), and would also refresh and service cars and trucks.
In 1946, he purchased an old wheelwright's workshop in Beverley Grove, Blackpool, to start an engineering business that he named Trevcar Motors. Trevor Wilkinson ( – 6 June 2008) was born in Blackpool and left school at 14 to start an engineering apprenticeship at a local garage. 2013–present, syndicate of British businessmen led by Les Edgar.1946–1965, founder Trevor Wilkinson, who left in 1962.The history of TVR can be divided into several eras, each of which is associated with the company's owner at the start of that period: The abbreviation TVR stems from the name of the company's owner Trevor Wilkinson, his first garage sporting the letters T, V and R. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles. TVR is a British manufacturer of sports cars.
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