British Specialty Cars

Jack H. Turner made several specials, as well as designing engines, before turning to car manufacture, in which he was one of the more succesful and respected specialists of the 1950s. His first cars (1951-52) were real specials.
Turner's definitive Sports was launched in 1959 with a restyled body-variant of its predecessor, the 950 Sports. It was still based on the Austin A35. Coventry-Climax-engined Turners, good for 100 mph, and scored some competition wins. The Mk II (1960) and Mk III (1963) brought Ford Engines to the marque, as well as Triumph Herald front suspension.
In 1996 Turner's illness effectively brught the firm's trading to an end.

Best Estimates of Numbers Produced
Model	Dates	Specification	Number
Turner Special	1949	Single seat supercharged racing car Based on pre-war MG Magnette	1
Bardon Turner	1950	500cc Formula 3 racing car	1
Early Production	1950-53	First batch of chassis. Various bodies Including Formula 2 racing car	8
Kieft Turner	1954	Kieft Formula 3 racing car with Turner. 4-cylinder twin-ohc 500cc engine	2
803	1955-57	BMC A 803cc	40
	1957-58	BMC A 948cc	65
950	1958-59	BMC A 948cc	161
		Climax FWA	5
Mk I	1959-61	BMC A 948cc	106
		Climax FWA	35
		Climax FWE	1
		Alexander BMC	17
Mk II	1961-63	BMC A 948cc	58
		Alexander BMC	20
		Climax FWA	6
		Climax FWB	17
		Ford 105E 997cc	12
		Ford 109E 1340cc	31
		Ford 116E 1500cc	17
MK III	1964-66	Ford 122E	71
		BMC A 1098cc	1
GT	1961-64	Ford 109E/116E	10
Total Number of Turner Cars Produced:			685

**Still Known to Exist (not necessarily in running order) - January 1999**
Country	Number
UK	124
USA	90
Continental Europe	28
Australia	9
New Zealand	3
Canada	2
Japan, Malta, S.Africa, Sri Lanka	1-1
Total Number in 'known' existence:	260

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