
The Clipper was supposed to be a TVR car. TVR's plans were for it to compete with the likes of Aston Martin and Jaguar.
According to legend, a British designer, Trevor Frost, (who was working for Carrozzeria Fissore in Turin, Italy, under the name of Trevor Fiore) sketched the design on a napkin during a lunch at a Blackpool pub in 1963. The car was to sit on a TVR frame and be powered by a Ford 289ci V8.

By the end of 1965, before Fissore could deliver cars # 4 & 5, TVR went bankrupt. Martin Lilley bought the TVR company and the rights to manufacture TVR cars, but for reasons that remain unclear, that didn't include rights to the Trident. Frost and Fissore, along with TVR dealer, William Last, secured the rights to the Trident and created Tridents Cars Limited. They renamed the car the Trident Clipper.


This is a highly restored (over restored?) car. Essentially it's a show car. I'm just pointing it out because it's a very cool, very rare car.

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