Oceanid Scamander RRV 2008

[Tsukishima]

Peter Wheeler's Scamander RRV '12

​

Prior to his death, ex-TVR owner, Peter Wheeler, decided that despite the fact that he no longer owned TVR, he still had the fire to build wild and crazy cars. From that fire began the project that he dubbed the Scamander, which is named after the Greek river god. This amphibious machine came to life just before Wheeler’s death, but it was a very rough machine that still needed a lot of work to be perfect.

After his death, Wheeler’s wife and a group of engineers completed Wheeler’s project and made it into something that Wheeler would have been proud of. This RRV, as Wheeler called it, has a V-6 turbocharged engine that cranks out about 300 horsepower and is said to hit 100 km/h in eight seconds.

 

[lxmmy]

Looks like it belongs in a sci-fi movie.

 

[CORRUPTEDDISC]

Looks like it belongs in a sci-fi movie.

Like the tank/truck in Aliens. Except if it was this, being a Peter Wheeler creation, it would have probably broken down and everyone would have died much more quickly

 

[JKgo]

...I love it. Hopefully it doesn't smell like a canoe factory inside...

 

[Famine]

Peter Wheeler's Scamander RRV '12

​

View attachment 422459


Prior to his death, ex-TVR owner, Peter Wheeler, decided that despite the fact that he no longer owned TVR, he still had the fire to build wild and crazy cars. From that fire began the project that he dubbed the Scamander, which is named after the Greek river god. This amphibious machine came to life just before Wheeler’s death, but it was a very rough machine that still needed a lot of work to be perfect.

After his death, Wheeler’s wife and a group of engineers completed Wheeler’s project and made it into something that Wheeler would have been proud of. This RRV, as Wheeler called it, has a V-6 turbocharged engine that cranks out about 300 horsepower and is said to hit 100 km/h in eight seconds.

View attachment 422460
View attachment 422461
View attachment 422462

This car's been doing the rounds again over the last few weeks, as it was one of the special guest stars of the London Concours. Having not really turned a wheel in a decade, the Wheeler family got it going again and it's officially back on the road.

One note of merit is that every outlet around has been calling it the "TVR Scamander", despite the fact it was created by Wheeler himself (the original design was Wheeler's too, although the overall design is from Wheeler's TVR design chief Graham Browne) and not registered until four years after he sold the company to Smolenski.

It was actually registered as an "Oceanid", so it properly should be known as the Oceanid Scamander. I've placed that into the title in place of the original name (which still forms the header), along with the fact that it is officially a 2008 vehicle. Wheeler himself drove it about as a prototype, and invited journo Harry Metcalf to do so (also in 2008), making it difficult to accept as a 2012 car given that he died in 2009...