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Bassfiend said:
Please don't think I'm speaking ill of the dead but Peter Wheeler certainly appeared to be one of those incredibly energetic and enthusiastic entrepreneur type personalities who built TVR into a minor icon ... however unfortunately he also built it into a position where it simply could not ever possibly hope to continue as it was and to make the transition into a "modern" car would have required a paradigm shift in the cars, the factory and the workforce as well as one hell of a lot of investment in new tools (development tools I mean, not spanners), new production techniques, new safety equipment and a resultant diluting of the TVR "DNA"...
I'm sure that we would have all made TVR "work" if we'd had the chance (just like my dad could manage his favourite football team to victory in every match if he had the chance) but at the end of the day Smolenski was sold a fish that had been landed for a few days, had glassy eyes and was at best "on the turn".
Or - more succinctly - an ex-parrot.
He just hadn't realised that it was already dead.
I couldn't agree more with all of that and can't hold any ill will to either of them. One gave us TVR as many know and love but failed to move it forward into the 21stC, the other had the right ideas but lacked the experience, money and class to do so. I'm sure that we would have all made TVR "work" if we'd had the chance (just like my dad could manage his favourite football team to victory in every match if he had the chance) but at the end of the day Smolenski was sold a fish that had been landed for a few days, had glassy eyes and was at best "on the turn".
Or - more succinctly - an ex-parrot.
He just hadn't realised that it was already dead.
DonkeyApple said:
lazyitus said:
Can't these boat type people learn to spell properly? 
Bad spelling, roof on, not going quickly. Definitely a Chim in spirit. 
If you're up for a blat sometime we'll see if your legendary TVR can hold its own against a lowly 'Chimp'
Suspect that might be a whole lotta fun
(and I'll bring my mates... Pete? Alex? Nigel? Phil? Anthony? Richard? Neal? etc etc )Griffs excluded except for Beaver and Angry Jock
Chilliman said:
That is SO not funny, Typhon boy
If you're up for a blat sometime we'll see if your legendary TVR can hold its own against a lowly 'Chimp'
Suspect that might be a whole lotta fun (and I'll bring my mates... Pete? Alex? Nigel? Phil? Anthony? Richard? Neal? etc etc )
Griffs excluded except for Beaver and Angry Jock
Indeed. Us fixed head Tiv guys should stick together. If you're up for a blat sometime we'll see if your legendary TVR can hold its own against a lowly 'Chimp'
Suspect that might be a whole lotta fun
(and I'll bring my mates... Pete? Alex? Nigel? Phil? Anthony? Richard? Neal? etc etc )Griffs excluded except for Beaver and Angry Jock
The car's going to get tucked away for winter any time soon but if we get a little dry spell then a quick run out to somewhere like the Two Brewers or the Boot would be fun.
I'll even buy a pint to apologise for all the abuse.
DonkeyApple said:
Chilliman said:
That is SO not funny, Typhon boy
If you're up for a blat sometime we'll see if your legendary TVR can hold its own against a lowly 'Chimp'
Suspect that might be a whole lotta fun (and I'll bring my mates... Pete? Alex? Nigel? Phil? Anthony? Richard? Neal? etc etc )
Griffs excluded except for Beaver and Angry Jock
Indeed. Us fixed head Tiv guys should stick together. If you're up for a blat sometime we'll see if your legendary TVR can hold its own against a lowly 'Chimp'
Suspect that might be a whole lotta fun
(and I'll bring my mates... Pete? Alex? Nigel? Phil? Anthony? Richard? Neal? etc etc )Griffs excluded except for Beaver and Angry Jock
The car's going to get tucked away for winter any time soon but if we get a little dry spell then a quick run out to somewhere like the Two Brewers or the Boot would be fun.
I'll even buy a pint to apologise for all the abuse.
Meeting up and a beer that is Chilliman said:
DonkeyApple said:
lazyitus said:
Can't these boat type people learn to spell properly?
Bad spelling, roof on, not going quickly. Definitely a Chim in spirit. If you're up for a blat sometime we'll see if your legendary TVR can hold its own against a lowly 'Chimp'
Suspect that might be a whole lotta fun
(and I'll bring my mates... Pete? Alex? Nigel? Phil? Anthony? Richard? Neal? etc etc )Griffs excluded except for Beaver and Angry Jock
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