Peter Wheeler
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Search complete. 8 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Peter Wheeler".
Sep 23, 2026
Auction Expert: The Soaring Supercar Bubble WARNING & The Next Big Investment Cars
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76:47Rob MooreHOST
Right.
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76:47Nick WhaleGUEST
Um, the AJ-P engine, which is in the Tuscan, slightly different, because that was built, designed, and developed by Al Melling and Peter Wheeler on a relatively limited budget.
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77:00Nick WhaleGUEST
Um, but a good one is a good one.
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77:04Nick WhaleGUEST
So I know that sounds obvious, but they weren't all good.
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78:40Carl HartleyHOST
Um, but yeah, that's the only TVR that I've ever, I've ever, you know, done a deal on.
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78:46Rob MooreHOST
Mm.
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78:47Nick WhaleGUEST
Yeah, I mean, I was a TVR fan because I was a Peter Wheeler fan.
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78:49Rob MooreHOST
Right.
In Charge of the TVR 350i With 3 On The Column Classic Car Podcast
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22:04Tim AylenGUEST
So swapping out the V8, which was, you know, it wasn't the Fatoine, it was only a 350, it wasn't a 420 or a 400 or a 450.
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22:12Tim AylenGUEST
You know, the fact that Peter Wheeler, you know, shoehorned a Rover V8 in the Tasman in the first place, you know, and which was a great idea.
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22:21Tim AylenGUEST
And, you know, you look at the cool Peter Wheeler years with the Chimera, the Griffith, the Cerbera, he revitalized that TBR brand.
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22:30Tim AylenGUEST
And I, you know...
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22:32Tim AylenGUEST
I thought that that was a great story.
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22:59Brian ThomasHOST
No, you can.
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23:01Brian ThomasHOST
All I was going to say was the whole point of a TBR really is the sound, the character, the performance.
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23:14Brian ThomasHOST
By putting a Tesla motor into the TBR, you've certainly got the performance, but The electric style of acceleration is revolutionary and different enough that Peter Wheeler would have probably been excited by it.
Collapsing Bugattis, £200k Gearboxes and a Criminal's Mercedes - Ft SBR Engineering
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10:09Will ChandlerHOST
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10:09Will ChandlerHOST
if you got to have a go in it, because the, the famous story being that Peter Wheeler took it home one night, ready for production, drove it once and said, "We cannot sell that to the public."
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10:17StuartGUEST
Yeah.
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10:17Will ChandlerHOST
That's not allowed.
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11:35Will ChandlerHOST
Yeah
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11:35StuartGUEST
... uh, was the driver.
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11:37StuartGUEST
And, um, you know, Peter Wheeler again, he was running all sorts of random engines in his car.
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11:41StuartGUEST
You know, it's like, he's the boss, he can, he can have a 10 liter Rover V8-