Peninsula TVR and Dulford Autmotive - Linked?

[M@H]

I mentioned this on another thread a while back but never got to the bottom of it.

Way back in the day (early 2000's) I remember Peninsula TVR's logo being repesentative of a sad looking fish looking left (or a car depending on how you looked at it). And then in about 2003 they re-vamped it a bit so it didn't look like a sad fish any more however it was still a line drawn car pointing to the left and in the same sort of pen strokes as the original sad fish; it then being:



However, I now notice the original sad fish is on Dulford Automotives logo...( http://www.dulfordauto.co.uk)

Basically if their logo was blue and said Peninsula instead of Dulford it would be the same thing!

Can anyone enlighten me at all ..it can't just be a coincidence ?

Thanks,
Matt.

Edited by M@H on Monday 13th June 18:08

[tonys]

Not 100% sure, but I seem to recall reading that somebody from Peninsula either set up Dulford or went there. Someone else will know for definite.

[markreilly]

Richard who owns Dulfords is ex Peninsula along with some of the guys,no other connection as far as i know.

[Janluke]

As I remember it

Richard was service manage at Brooklands the TVR dealer in Exeter

He left and set up Peninsula Automotive in Cullompton with a couple of other guys. They where a Marcos dealer and independant TVR, The first logo was a Marcos IIRC. Some of the Brooklands staff joined as the business grew

A few years later a local businessman got involved and he and Richard moved and rebranded as Peninsula TVR as TVR and Lotus dealer

A little while later Richard left the business moved back to the Cullompton area and set up Dulford Automotive

[dumbfunk]

Correct - Rich started Peninsula in Cullompton, moved down the road nearer to Exeter and then he left for a while before starting up Dulfords. I followed the guy not the company name and moved my business with him - a thoroughly dependable bloke to trust your car with.

[M@H]

Excellent - thanks for clearing that up chaps