Peter Wheeler`s DB5 for Auction..

[pirateTVR]

Listing for Brightwells Classic auction on wednesday 28th November Peter Wheelers DB5.

Sharp looking car that appears to be well sorted ..£115-125,000 guide price.

Wasn`t his Alvis TD21 Drophead recently sold through auction ?

[YRRunner]

This gives me some small amount of hope that the Wheeler estate will let Peter's Tuscan Challenge car go sometime soon.

[V8 GRF]

YRRunner said:

This gives me some small amount of hope that the Wheeler estate will let Peter's Tuscan Challenge car go sometime soon.

Unlikely, he gave that in his will to his youngest son I believe.

[Jasper Gilder]

Very low price for a DB5

[stuarte]

Jasper Gilder said:

Very low price for a DB5

Indeed. Bargain of the century if it goes for estimate.

[robsco]

Never knew the late great PW owned a DB5. What a geezer.

[Roy C]

Was the DB5 ever raced by PW?

I saw him race that white DB4 Lightweight (DB4/362/R) a few times.
The car is still racing with it's new owner.

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Roy C said:

Was the DB5 ever raced by PW?

I saw him race that white DB4 Lightweight (DB4/362/R) a few times.
The car is still racing with it's new owner.

The description on the site suggests he didn't use it that much and it was intended to be an upmarket trackday car.

Excerpt:

Peter Wheeler acquired it in February 2006, still with only around 7 hours running time under its wheels.

Peter’s intention was to use it for fast road use and for the occasional AMOC track day so the car was entrusted to his (and TVR’s) race engineer, Brian Hosfield, to make it more suited for this purpose. This included fitting a new Borg Warner T5 close ratio 5-speed gearbox with a bespoke billet aluminium bell housing (the dog-leg gearbox was removed and fitted to a more hardcore DB4 race car that Peter also owned) and a twin-plate paddle type clutch. The interior was also made a bit more comfortable with twin period upholstered competition seats in place of the single carbonfibre seat that the previous owner had fitted. The original DB5 dash was also reinstated in place of the carbonfibre race dash that had also been previously fitted. The suspension was also made a little more road friendly and the brakes fully overhauled with new discs etc.

Over the next three years the car was only lightly used by Peter, mainly for trips to the TVR factory in Blackpool, only clocking up around 300 miles. Since his death it has seen further very light use, mainly for an annual trip to the MOT station (old MOTs on file). Still said to be in excellent running order, it is taxed and MOTd until June 2013 but will doubtless benefit from some precautionary recommissioning before being used in anger. It comes with ten spare wire wheels and tyres, including a set fitted with race tyres and a set fitted with Yokohamas, plus the base of the original rear seat in red Connolly hide. No other original trim parts are with the car.