1952 TURNER SPORTS 1.5 Litre Historic Race Car
£79,995
Vehicle Specifications
- Year: 1952
- Mileage: 1,026 miles
- Fuel: Petrol
- Transmission: Manual
- Colour: Red
- Body Type: Sports
- Seller: Mark Robins Vehicle Solutions
Description
The car presented here is one of just seven cars built by Turner Sports Cars between 1950 and 1954, one being an F2 car and the others sports cars. This example is chassis #006, built in 1952 and first road-registered in 1953. It was originally purchased by Wilfred McDougall of Wolverhampton, who raced it at a number of different circuits and hill climbs around the UK during the mid-1950s including Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Mallory Park, Oulton Park, Shelsley Walsh, Castle Combe and Charterhall in Scotland. The full race history of Turner #006 for this early period of the car’s life include: Charterhall International in August 1953, Castle Combe in April 1954, Brands Hatch BRSCC and International in May 1955 and August 1954 respectively and Silverstone in August 1954. Although no evidence at this stage has been found linking #006 to Goodwood, it is interesting to note that two of its sister cars (Chassis 003/JDA 555 and Chassis 004/MAB 121) did race at Goodwood in period. Following McDougall's early racing with the car, #006 was then advertised for sale by him in the January 1956 edition of Autosport Magazine. Subsequently it was raced by Sid Diggory, Gerhard Krassner and Peter Hill amongst others, with the car being re-bodied by Gerhard Krassner in c.1960 with Rejo bodywork. It raced with this body during the early 1960s, in some instances actually entered as a Rejo, including when raced by Krassner on 14th July 1962 at Oulton Park. Krassner continued to race the car until 1964, when he sold it to Peter Hill, and replaced #006 with an HWM-Jaguar. In c.1968, Peter Hill decided to restore the car back to its original specification and was fortunately able to buy back the original body. By that stage, the well-known VSCC competitor, Dr. Malcolm Brydson, had acquired the original body from Krassner to fit to a Riley Kestrel Sprite chassis. Fortunately, Brydson had changed his plans and decided to race an Alvis instead and offered Peter Hill the original body in
