Turners excelled in motor sport: in the UK they won the Autosport team prize in 19 and achieved a class win in the Autosport Championship in 1960 as well as many individual successes in club racing between 19.
Light in weight and possessing a good power-to-weight ratio, Turner's cars were renowned for excellent handling, both on the road and the racetrack. Regarded by many enthusiasts as the definitive Turner, the Sports evolved through Marks II and III before production ceased in 1966, Jack Turner having become too unwell to continue. The bulk of production was exported, mainly to the USA, and Turners were highly successful in production sports car racing in both North America and Europe. BMC's A-Series unit remained the standard engine, with Climax units an option, as were front disc brakes and wire wheels. In 1959 Turner introduced another 'Sports', which retained the existing chassis but featured a striking new bodyshell. Coventry Climax FWA engines were fitted to some examples. The successor 950 Sports used the A35 engine and was easily distinguishable by its triangular tail fins. Sold in kit form like the original model, the A30 Sports boasted a particularly handsome two-seater glassfibre body and was fairly successful, 90 examples finding customers between 19. In 1955 Turner returned to motor manufacturing with a fully developed product – the A30 Sports – which, as its name suggests, used the Austin A30 engine, gearbox and running gear. Unusually, Turner made his own alloy wheels, supplying them also to Tojeiro. Like the contemporary Cooper and Tojeiro, the Turner used a ladder-type frame chassis with independent suspension all round by means of lower wishbones and transverse leaf springs. The first Turner road car was the Sports, seven examples of which were made as 'rolling chassis' kits during 1951/52, leaving customers to source their own engines and bodies. Turners were built initially in Selsdon, Staffordshire and then at Pendeford Aerodrome, Wolverhampton. Welsh engineer Jack Turner (1916 - 2011) started out by making a special for his own use and only became involved in motor manufacturing when he was asked to make others. "Those of us who raced Turners, of whatever mark or power, enjoyed some classic sport, safe, reliable and competitive." - Wing Commander Kenneth William Mackenzie DFC AFC (1916 - 2009)
Ğxceptionally well researched and documented.Restored to original specification over a 10-year period.ĝelivered new to K W Mackenzie by Alexander Engineering and prepared by them.
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