Ex-TVR owner Peter Wheeler: 1944-2009

[Alec]

Ex-TVR owner Peter Wheeler died yesterday at the age of 64 after a brief illness.

1981


2009


http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/12/ex-t ... eler-dies/

http://www.drivers-republic.com/first_l ... 852b77d32c

[John Lloyd]

Sad to see.  The cars are beautiful and the brand is now lost forever.     

[AlanP]

Great shame.

I had an early Griffith 500, a terrific car, loads of character, loads of fun; probably the same as the man.

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[Bruce Fielding]

[quote="AlanP"]
I had an early Griffith 500, a terrific car[/quote]

Me too.

[quote="AlanP"]
loads of character, loads of fun; probably the same as the man.[/quote]

Not what I heard... but most car company owners are hard nuts - they need to be.

It's a sort of shame, but I think TVR had drifted away from their roots. My 500 cost about £40k new. In my opinion there is still room for a low volume British sportscar on steroids that costs about £20k - which is what all the enthusiasts in this country want.

Here's the brief:

British built
Grunty
Great sounding
Grand tourer with no frills
Looks extraordinary
Pretty impractical
and most importantly...
£18 - 24k range

They'd sell like hot cakes.

[DFext37 Fielding]

Haven't Marcos gone bust recently too, they were kinda competing with TVR??

[AlanP]

The 'dog biting a piece out of the clay model' story suggests a sense of humour does it not?

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[Bruce Fielding]

a) not PW's story, and b) not true.

But I agree, a nice urban myth nonetheless...

[AlanP]

To be filed under 'apocryphal'?

Are you sure?

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[Bruce Fielding]

Who knows... but the source who told me was quite senior at Bristol Avenue...