RE: TVR Scamander prototype set for London Concours
Discussion
edoverheels said:
I just can’t imagine how TVR went bust.
This wasn't a TVR. The writer is completely wrong to call it a TVR. It was PW's personal project after he sold TVR - and after TVR had effectively closed. Various ex-TVR engineers worked on the project but that's not to say it was ever a TVR.Can the Pistonheads staff update the article, please? Thanks.
Ahonen said:
This wasn't a TVR. The writer is completely wrong to call it a TVR. It was PW's personal project after he sold TVR - and after TVR had effectively closed. Various ex-TVR engineers worked on the project but that's not to say it was ever a TVR.
Can the Pistonheads staff update the article, please? Thanks.
Yes, seem to remember an article in Evo or maybe Autocar (or both) along these lines, “This is what Peter Wheeler is doing next after TVR” kind of thing. Certainly was not referred to as a TVR at the time.Can the Pistonheads staff update the article, please? Thanks.
myhandle said:
Ahonen said:
This wasn't a TVR. The writer is completely wrong to call it a TVR. It was PW's personal project after he sold TVR - and after TVR had effectively closed. Various ex-TVR engineers worked on the project but that's not to say it was ever a TVR.
Can the Pistonheads staff update the article, please? Thanks.
Yes, seem to remember an article in Evo or maybe Autocar (or both) along these lines, “This is what Peter Wheeler is doing next after TVR” kind of thing. Certainly was not referred to as a TVR at the time.Can the Pistonheads staff update the article, please? Thanks.
I vaguely remember my old team mate (who was the TVR works driver) telling me about PW going mad and penning a speedboat over a weekend after he decided that TVR making engines and fiberglass meant boats were an obvious opportunity for diversifying into.
IIRC it was hilariously unbalanced and capsized with one of the (reluctant) engineering team at the helm before it had made it halfway out the port.
Unless I've made all that up, PW must have refined his buoyancy skills from the lessons learnt
IIRC it was hilariously unbalanced and capsized with one of the (reluctant) engineering team at the helm before it had made it halfway out the port.
Unless I've made all that up, PW must have refined his buoyancy skills from the lessons learnt
SpudLink said:
I still don't understand it. I guess it's because I've never lived anywhere that needs a car capable of traversing the water.
The problem with amphibians as 'go anywhere' vehicles is that they can be good (enough) on land, and good (enough) on water, but they're usually pretty useless on the steep or boggy bits that often separate the two.It's OK driving the thing in and out of Windermere on a concrete slip, but try to do the same on a loch with 50 metres of semi-liquid peat around its edges, up in the Highlands, or in and out of a river with a 6 foot bank both sides, and you're onto a loser.
Jon_S_Rally said:
That episode is 30+ years old. I think it might be time to replace that reference 
30 years old and STILL relevant though, The Simpsons was waaaaay ahead of it's time As for this thing, absolutely mental. I've been of two minds about whether to attend the show this year but this may tip it.
Equus said:
The problem with amphibians as 'go anywhere' vehicles is that they can be good (enough) on land, and good (enough) on water, but they're usually pretty useless on the steep or boggy bits that often separate the two.
It's OK driving the thing in and out of Windermere on a concrete slip, but try to do the same on a loch with 50 metres of semi-liquid peat around its edges, up in the Highlands, or in and out of a river with a 6 foot bank both sides, and you're onto a loser.
You sure about that.. It's OK driving the thing in and out of Windermere on a concrete slip, but try to do the same on a loch with 50 metres of semi-liquid peat around its edges, up in the Highlands, or in and out of a river with a 6 foot bank both sides, and you're onto a loser.
Not a TVR. Came after PW sold to NS. It's registered with the DVLA as an "Oceanid" or a "Commander" depending on which portal you believe - although Commander and Scamander could be mistaken to a degree.
Oceanids were Greek mythological sea nymphs, and Scamander was a river god, again Greek mythology.
Ancient Greek myths also inspired TVR names under Peter Wheeler - Chimaera, Cerbera & Typhon, whllst the Sagaris was an ancient battle axe
Oceanids were Greek mythological sea nymphs, and Scamander was a river god, again Greek mythology.
Ancient Greek myths also inspired TVR names under Peter Wheeler - Chimaera, Cerbera & Typhon, whllst the Sagaris was an ancient battle axe
The Wookie said:
I vaguely remember my old team mate (who was the TVR works driver) telling me about PW going mad and penning a speedboat over a weekend after he decided that TVR making engines and fiberglass meant boats were an obvious opportunity for diversifying into.
IIRC it was hilariously unbalanced and capsized with one of the (reluctant) engineering team at the helm before it had made it halfway out the port.
Unless I've made all that up, PW must have refined his buoyancy skills from the lessons learnt
I remember having a very long but narrow boat in the Yard in then 80s .We fitted a Rover V8 into it a strange looking thing ..Can’t remember if it was to do with Noel Edmond who was in the papers at the time for being conned out of money by some bloke for a boat project ..IIRC it was hilariously unbalanced and capsized with one of the (reluctant) engineering team at the helm before it had made it halfway out the port.
Unless I've made all that up, PW must have refined his buoyancy skills from the lessons learnt
rs mexico said:
I remember having a very long but narrow boat in the Yard in then 80s .We fitted a Rover V8 into it a strange looking thing ..Can’t remember if it was to do with Noel Edmond who was in the papers at the time for being conned out of money by some bloke for a boat project ..
Discussed recently on THIS thread.It would have taken more than a Rover V8!
Mouse Rat said:
FourWheelDrift said:
edoverheels said:
I just can’t imagine how TVR went bust.
It didn't under Wheeler.He, IMO, was incredibly arrogant and this was ultimately their undoing. He baled when the company was already faltering.
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