Solved NIC#1066 - Turner-Ford V8 (chassis #002)

[nicanary]

What is this car?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[tobytwirl]

It's a Turner, probably chassis no 2, but rebodied in the 60s/70s. It originally had a 2.2 litre Vauxhall engine and probably still had it in the photo.The photo shows it in 1953.

[nicanary]

That's the car. Well found. The original car has been a previous puzzle but this re-incarnation is in effect a different car.

Through its history the Vauxhall motor was upgraded to a tuned Zephyr, and later to a Ford V8 (believed to be first a 260ci and later a 289ci), owned by Geoff Brown from 1958 who probably started the ball rolling with the Zephyr.

In this photo it has a Ford V8 and it was quite successful in sprints and shorter races.

[tobytwirl]

Hmm - I had Turner for some years and knew of this car, but never knew it had been converted to a V8. The attached photo shows it with its 6cyl engine.

[nicanary]

There is a thread about the car on a well-known website which is where I obtained my information. I would trust the forum members to be correct. PM sent.

[barrett]

Using a modified TWM or Nordec body shell, by the way