Peter Wheeler was the man who transformed TVR from cottage car-maker into one of the world’s great sports car marques. We chat to his family about his legacy and redeveloping the old factory site -
The TVR works in Bristol Avenue was never a particularly handsome place, looking more like a factory making something mundane like kitchen equipment – probably because before it became the home of TVR Engineering in the early ’70s that’s exactly what it did. It looked vastly more attractive with sports cars crowding the parking spaces out front, particularly during the successful Wheeler era.
Bristol Avenue is a part of Vicky’s heritage, too. She joined TVR in 1994, initially working with Ben Samuelson on the PR side. ‘No-one had a job title as such, we filled in wherever needed, so I started looking after the Tuscan race weekends with Ben as well. Then, further along the line, I ended up as Peter’s PA.’ They later married and had three children together.
Joe is fully aware of his father’s legacy, partly because since the age of five he has owned one of the best cars created by the company: the black Sagaris in the picture on the right. On a summer’s day back in 2010 he went with his sisters and mum to a local TVR dealership to choose a car. Flanking Joe’s Sagaris are the Tuscan chosen by Elizabeth and the Cerbera chosen by Anne .
While his sisters are now old enough to be insured to drive their TVRs on the road, so far Joe – who is doing his A-levels alongside his racing – has only been able to drive his Sagaris up and down a few private roads on the family estate. This is despite passing his test first time and now having three seasons of racing behind him. ‘He’s been driving stuff around the estate since he could walk,’ says Vicky.
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