This fascinating book tells the complete story of the early days of TVR, from Trevor Wilkinson establishing the company in 1946 through to the Martin Lilley years, which came to an end in 1982. The...
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This fascinating book tells the complete story of the early days of TVR, from Trevor Wilkinson establishing the company in 1946 through to the Martin Lilley years, which came to an end in 1982. The design and development of these classic British sports cars, with their defining characteristics of tubular backbone chassis and glass fibre bodywork, are described in detail.
Illustrated with over 200 colour and black and white photographs the book covers:
- All the early years, including the Sports Saloon, the Jomar, the Open Sports
- TVR's first true production car, the Grantura from 1958
- Griffith models with their remarkable 289cu in Ford V8 motors
- The Vixen and Tuscan range of the late 1960s
- The M Series models launched in 1972
- The Tasmin range introduced in 1980
Product specification
Binding
In hardback
Pages
192
ISBN / EAN
9781785003516
Publisher
Languages
English
Publication date
01/2018
Colour illustrations
223
Illustrations
31
Dimensions
21 x 26 x 2 cm
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