70 Years of TVR. Bye-bye to Blackpool

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Rumours about TVR coming back from the brink continue to flow in. We would certainly not be surprised. But while the amount of TVR’s near death experiences is impressive, with owners coming and going, one thing stood the test most of the time: the factory itself at one of the UK’s more remarkable seaside resorts: Blackpool. The place that appears to be made entirely from casinos, roller coasters and bingo halls all glued together with candyfloss, was the home of TVR for decades. It worked though and the two seemed to have been made for each other. TVR’s were always extreme but aesthetically pleasing, loud but lively. If the British bulldog would be a car, then it would be a TVR.

But new TVR’s will not hail from Blackpool. Wales is said to become the new birthplace, following into the footsteps of Aston Martin. Oh – and Gilbern. Now, did anyone remember that it is 70 years ago this year that TVR was born? Born and raised in Blackpool, the late TVR-founder Trevor Wilkinson was 24 years old when he did just that. Don’t think he had no experience whatsoever. Trev had left school at 14 to start an engineering apprenticeship at a local garage. That’s the spirit. Let’s hope the new born TVR will keep that in mind too.

(Words and archive picture Jeroen Booij)

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