Turner Sports Cars   Chassis Number Unknown CGH 88B


Information courtesy of Terry Smith , Derek Bentley and Russell Filby













This Turner registration CGH 88B was not known to the register until August 2008 when Derek Bentley met the owner while showing his own Turner at the Festival of Transport at Hellingly, East Sussex.

The car belongs to Terry Smith who bought the Turner in 1967, when he was 22 years old, Terry did a number of sprints and hill climbs in the car and at one time had a Lotus twin cam engine fitted.

It then sat in Terry's garden where it became overgrown by bushes over the years as shown in some of these photos.

The car has a log book and From this the reg. no is confirmed as CGH 88B and It was first registered 13th October 1964 as a Turner-Ford Mk II to Richard Simon Miles Clay, c/o Richard Clay & Co., Devereaux Chambers, Devereaux Court, London WC2. The 2nd owner was 07-04-65 Direct-Sales, 20, Church Road., Hove, Sussex then 09-03-66 R C F Charnley, Thyme House, Challoners Close, Rottingdean, Sussex. Terry extracted the car in 2009 and following a full restoration the car has been transformed as shown in the top 3 photos , The other 2 photos show the car when on the road in the 60s.