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Sep 23, 2026

Rob MooreHOST
76:47
Right.
Nick WhaleGUEST
76:47
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.
Nick WhaleGUEST
77:00
Um, but a good one is a good one.
Nick WhaleGUEST
77:04
So I know that sounds obvious, but they weren't all good.
Carl HartleyHOST
78:40
Um, but yeah, that's the only TVR that I've ever, I've ever, you know, done a deal on.
Rob MooreHOST
78:46
Mm.
Nick WhaleGUEST
78:47
Yeah, I mean, I was a TVR fan because I was a Peter Wheeler fan.
Rob MooreHOST
78:49
Right.
Tim AylenGUEST
22:04
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.
Tim AylenGUEST
22:12
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.
Tim AylenGUEST
22:21
And, you know, you look at the cool Peter Wheeler years with the Chimera, the Griffith, the Cerbera, he revitalized that TBR brand.
Tim AylenGUEST
22:30
And I, you know...
Tim AylenGUEST
22:32
I thought that that was a great story.
Brian ThomasHOST
22:59
No, you can.
Brian ThomasHOST
23:01
All I was going to say was the whole point of a TBR really is the sound, the character, the performance.
Brian ThomasHOST
23:14
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.
Will ChandlerHOST
10:09
...
Will ChandlerHOST
10:09
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."
StuartGUEST
10:17
Yeah.
Will ChandlerHOST
10:17
That's not allowed.
Will ChandlerHOST
11:35
Yeah
StuartGUEST
11:35
... uh, was the driver.
StuartGUEST
11:37
And, um, you know, Peter Wheeler again, he was running all sorts of random engines in his car.
StuartGUEST
11:41
You know, it's like, he's the boss, he can, he can have a 10 liter Rover V8-

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