Solved - MJW #1150 - Turner 950 Sports Special 1959 (rebodied c.2000s)

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Hiawatha

#25
March 13, 2013, 09:12:10 AM
TVR?

woodinsight

#26
March 13, 2013, 11:45:22 AM

woodinsight

#27
March 13, 2013, 11:46:13 AM
Quote from: nicanary on March 13, 2013, 09:07:11 AM
Interestingly, the car is LHD, and you'ld think that low-volume manufacturers would not have made a chassis in that format. How about a build-it-yourself car? Buckler?
Not a Buckler......

nicanary

#28
March 13, 2013, 11:51:15 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on March 13, 2013, 11:46:13 AM
Quote from: nicanary on March 13, 2013, 09:07:11 AM
Interestingly, the car is LHD, and you'ld think that low-volume manufacturers would not have made a chassis in that format. How about a build-it-yourself car? Buckler?
Not a Buckler......

That was a typical "canaryism" - Buckler were amongst the pioneers in spaceframe manufacture, and the pictured car has a chassis member made from a Bailey Bridge. Doh !

We're all assuming it's a 50s car because that's when the USA took to the British sports car and they were made in quantity in LHD. Is it by chance a rebodied pre-war car?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Hiawatha

#29
March 14, 2013, 05:06:56 AM
Turner?

woodinsight

#30
March 14, 2013, 06:14:05 AM
Quote from: Hiawatha on March 14, 2013, 05:06:56 AM
Turner?
Yes, that's it.
The only other information I have on it is the engine size (in cc).

LOCKED for you to fill in the missing piece.

TURNER xxx SPORTS SPECIAL

Hiawatha

#31
March 14, 2013, 07:43:06 AM
950?

woodinsight

#32
March 14, 2013, 08:26:47 AM
Quote from: Hiawatha on March 14, 2013, 07:43:06 AM
950?
Yes, well done and another point for you.

woodinsight

#33
March 14, 2013, 08:27:55 AM
Any further information on who bodied it and when may gain an extra point.

Hiawatha

#34
March 14, 2013, 08:35:50 AM
Well, thank you, it was rather unexpected.. Quite a few Turners went to USA and Road & Track road tested one. First impression from the picture suggested a much bigger car.

nicanary

#35
March 14, 2013, 08:59:38 AM
This has interested me - I hadn't realised that Turners were made in LHD but a bit of investigation reveals that about 250 950 models were built, and a large proportion went to the States, so it would have been worth the minor engineering to convert the cars.

I have found the source of the puzzle photo - the details were supplied to the Turner Registry by one Russ Filby. It was advertised on E-bay in 2007 as a car from 1959 which had been crashed in California in the 60s. The new owner from Arizona bought the remains 40 years ago, and began a rebuild. All that was kept was the chassis and steering wheel. Present situation and whereabouts are unknown.

Big car for a BMC A-Series engine. (No points expected)
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

woodinsight

#36
March 14, 2013, 12:06:20 PM
Quote from: nicanary on March 14, 2013, 08:59:38 AM
This has interested me - I hadn't realised that Turners were made in LHD but a bit of investigation reveals that about 250 950 models were built, and a large proportion went to the States, so it would have been worth the minor engineering to convert the cars.

I have found the source of the puzzle photo - the details were supplied to the Turner Registry by one Russ Filby. It was advertised on E-bay in 2007 as a car from 1959 which had been crashed in California in the 60s. The new owner from Arizona bought the remains 40 years ago, and began a rebuild. All that was kept was the chassis and steering wheel. Present situation and whereabouts are unknown.

Big car for a BMC A-Series engine. (No points expected)
Thanks for that extra information nicanary - very interesting.

(no points expected)? well you're getting one whether you like it or not!

Here's a photo that I posted recently on the Dogs and Cars photo feature.....
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