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Stiff
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'kin 'ell
Posts: 3,013
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Jun 13, 2009 13:32:21 GMT
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Rest in Peace  |
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Jun 13, 2009 13:48:01 GMT
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Awesome bloke who brought back the British sports car single handed.
He truly is one of the defining men in the motor industry over the past 20 years.
RIP.
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Jun 13, 2009 13:51:00 GMT
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Jun 13, 2009 14:17:03 GMT
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According to Pistonheads..."Wheeler died last night in hospital after a short illness at the age of 64" You kind of imaged he would go in a high speed TVR fireball, not in Hospital after an illness  RIP.  |
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Jun 13, 2009 15:53:28 GMT
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What! This guy is a true hero and a real maker of history as the only person I can think of to ever succesfully make money out of interesting low-volume sports cars (except Morgan perhaps). I wonder what he died of. Has anyone seen his latest project? Its some sort of bizarre amphibious machine.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Potter
Part of things
'E who dares wins,eh Rodders??!
Posts: 304
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Jun 13, 2009 16:09:14 GMT
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Rest in Peace.
I wonder what will happen to TVR now. There's no one to stand between them and the H&S people now. No more terrifying TVRs probably. Sad
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More cars than sense or money!🙄
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Jun 13, 2009 16:17:23 GMT
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He's had nowt to do with TVR for a few years now  anyway its dead as a doornail is it not? |
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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Filthyjohn
Part of things
Currently on the road: 1/11
Posts: 705
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Jun 13, 2009 16:24:25 GMT
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Threatening to unleash a 1000hp speed12 road car earned this man my undying respect. He made TVR the mentalist sports car legend that they'll be remembered as, even though they failed later.
RIP
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'95 Volvo 945 Turbo
'87 Volvo 765 TIC
'75 Opel Manta A 2.0 16v,
'86 Volvo 360 turbo,
'62 amazon,
'67 MGB GT.
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Peter Wheeler RIPmilfordcubicle
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Jun 13, 2009 16:41:43 GMT
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 Sad news, I wondered what he was up to after TVR. |
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Jun 13, 2009 17:08:48 GMT
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RIP Very few TVRs in my bucket and no Wheeler-era ones.   |
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Jaguar S-Type 3.0 SE
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Jun 13, 2009 17:42:40 GMT
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For me - his finest hour was the Tuscan. Boy would I love to have one of these as a road car:  As far as I know, Peter himself was in nearly every single race of the series over the years.....and used it as a personal development for the mechanicals of the road cars. If it met his approval on the track, it was good enough for a road car. A true personal legend to me..... |
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Jun 13, 2009 19:15:30 GMT
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Does everyone know the Trevor/TVR naming convention? Yes? Okay then.
What happened to these? Did they follow every other British institution and end up overseas?
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DutyFreeSaviour
Europe
Back For More heartbreak and disappointment.....
Posts: 2,944
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Jun 15, 2009 13:00:14 GMT
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darn- weekend away and missed this. That man was responsible for producing the very few post 95 cars I truelly want...... Chimera experience was honestly life altering - stonking! RIP - present day needs more like you around, not one less ........ |
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Back from the dead..... kind of
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