Turner sports car owners rev up for nostalgia

They put Wolverhampton on the map of the sports car world - and dozens of them revved up some nostalgia of the glory days.

Turner sports car owners flocked to Bantock Park yesterday to show off their prized vehicles which remain in the hearts of car lovers even today.

Welsh engineer and motor racing enthusiast Jack Turner produced around 620 cars in Wolverhampton between 1949 and 1966. Among those showing off their cars was Ken Robbins, from Bridgnorth, who worked as an apprentice at Turner Sports Cars from 1958 until it closed in 1966.

The 67-year-old bought his Turner 950 in 2005 for £500 and spent two years - and £3,000 - restoring it to its former glory.

The first Turners were built at The Old Smithy in Seisdon, South Staffordshire, before the works moved to 32 Merridale Street, Wolverhampton, around 1953.

Mr Turner decided during 1954 to produce an ffordable, entry-level sports car. But after producing cars which raced at Silverstone, Crystal Palace, Turner Sports Cars went into liquidation in January 1966.