Ed Turners

[scottie]

what happened to that place?


scottie

[englishrodder]

Dunno, But I bought my first Pop there! - with a 1600 X flow in it...was my first car at 17 for 3 years!

[A32Flathead]

Dunno, But I bought my first Pop there! - with a 1600 X flow in it...was my first car at 17 for 3 years!

My mate bought a Pop with a 1600 X Flow in it there too....Beige & Brown it was

[scottie]

Dunno, But I bought my first Pop there! - with a 1600 X flow in it...was my first car at 17 for 3 years!


funny that, my first car was a pop with a 1600 xflow in it bought it from a local guy up here though


scottie

[AL]

Steve Law started his Speed Shack company out of the back of Ed Turners.

[englishrodder]

My mate bought a Pop with a 1600 X Flow in it there too....Beige & Brown it was

Strangely mine was burgandy and beige....

[A32Flathead]

Strangely mine was burgandy and beige....

Actually....it may have been Burgandy & Beige.....his Chevy was Brown & Beige, not the Pop....

It was sold back to Ed's I believe....Guys name was Audie Murphy...yes, really

[englishrodder]

Actually....it may have been Burgandy & Beige.....his Chevy was Brown & Beige, not the Pop....

It was sold back to Ed's I believe....Guys name was Audie Murphy...yes, really

Sounds like it could be the same car! - Reg plate was OXX385
I then crudely put a Rover in it (First time..didnt know better!) and sold it back to Ed-Turners....

[MisteR Tee]

I believe they are still in the area, working with Yanks but i don't know where exactly. I used to pop in a lot when in the area & almost bought a steel Y type RV8 sedan from them, first met Steve Law there then as well. Took me ages to realise the significance of the name!!

[1960Zody]

I remember all the adverts in the back of the mags for the place but never visited , anyone got any pic's of the place as I'd love to know if it was the Palace of Glittering Delights I always imagined it to be , or just a shed with some cars in ;-)

It was a 'showroom' type deal near the railway station in Hayes,
Used to ride past it on my old C15 whan I worked at Heathrow Airport.
I remember standing outside lookingat a candy blue? and red chopped 100e with a rover in it and a Jag axle, which was just out of my price range at that point.
Spent the next couple of weeks looking at it as I want past and scrounging around to get the extra cash together.
Finally got the amount needed, I think it was only £2500, and went back and...

Yup, it was gone.

[EireRodder]

God, this thread takes me back, I remember all the ads in the mags. I was in UK on business way back when, took a stroll at lunchtime, and stumbled across the showroom. I was gob smacked, not realizing I was in the area, I have vague recollections of a rail on the wall or upstairs (?).I had their business card in my pocket for years aferwards, must have a look for it in the archives.

[plumpcars]

It was in Hayes Ratty....don't expect too much! :D;)

[mr1958cadillac]

Ed Turner's... remember it well, I tried to P/X my 32 Roadster for a 5 window coupe back in 88 at Ed Turners, such a cool place in the middle of the shops...

Bit of a trek from Bromley.... but it was like a drive in car show.. COOL :)

[Adam]

Used to spend a lot of time there. It's where I first met Steve. Been mates ever since from his first shop over the bridge to the one where he is now. Quite a few of the old crowd are still involved with Rods' Customs & Drag vehicles like Paul Dickens who runs PDM.

[randrhotrodimports]

My Yellow 29 ModelA coupe ended up for sale there, always something interesting to look at there.

[mr1958cadillac]

My Yellow 29 ModelA coupe ended up for sale there, always something interesting to look at there.

That was probably the one I was trying to buy / p/x.......:)

[Tiki Des]

Could be worse , at least it wasn't in Heston !

Heston was a nice place ..................... once!

and yeah, i went into ed turners a few times, maybe it was me but i wasn't that excited about what cars were there.

[scottie]

found these all from 1990



http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/tarmacghost/jul90cc.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/tarmacghost/MAY90cc.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/tarmacghost/nov90cc.jpg



http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/tarmacghost/AUG90sm.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/tarmacghost/MAR90sm.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d111/tarmacghost/may90sm.jpg

scottie

[MisteR Tee]

Well done Scottie, that brings back memories! Looks pretty cool don't it? Shame it wasn't always like that.

[Cragarsarecool]

Al,

By Steve Law, do you mean The Lion King?

[A32Flathead]

Sounds like it could be the same car! - Reg plate was OXX385
I then crudely put a Rover in it (First time..didnt know better!) and sold it back to Ed-Turners....


Sounds like you bought it after Audie sold it back to them!

Small world huh?

[englishrodder]

Great pics - Thanks.

It was actually Ed Turners that got my interest in Rods, I was out in Hayes one night and saw gold Pop....and was gobsmacked...went back every week until I got my first loan to by my 2nd car at 17 from them - the Pop with the 1600 X-flow.

[kc]

did a deal and sold my tubbed up left hand drive white mk2 zodiac to ed turners in about 91 / 92 just before they vanished... always worth a look in there, had some good stuff, and some tat!

kev

[englishrodder]

did a deal and sold my tubbed up left hand drive white mk2 zodiac to ed turners in about 91 / 92 just before they vanished... always worth a look in there, had some good stuff, and some tat!

kev

And I bought it!
Completly rebuilt it after fettling the motor some more with a bit of NOS added, had Nick Butler build a 4 link coil sprung watts linkage rear after snapping 3 half shafts in the 9"!
Tied the chassis in with 4" x2" box to replace the inner sills.

Then sold it to a guy who wanted to part it out to use the running gear on his Willys coupe project.
Last time i saw it was painted a minty green
Dave

[AL]

more as in 14 year-old drops his chips kinda way :eek:

Like you've ever dropped a bag of chips!

[kc]

And I bought it!
Completly rebuilt it after fettling the motor some more with a bit of NOS added, had Nick Butler build a 4 link coil sprung watts linkage rear after snapping 3 half shafts in the 9"!
Tied the chassis in with 4" x2" box to replace the inner sills.

Then sold it to a guy who wanted to part it out to use the running gear on his Willys coupe project.
Last time i saw it was painted a minty green
Dave strewth, small world isnt it! i saw it two or three years ago at wheels day, i remember talking to you at the pod, then watching your mate break a half shaft while burning out... tried to have a chat with the owner at wheels day, didnt get very far, didnt let on my past association with the car, he didnt want to socialise!

kev

[Brizey]

I used to drop by Ed`s quite a lot when it existed, just to check out any new cars in stock.
This is what the premises looks like now. It still has the `deco`ish stepped fascia above the door.
The inside still appears to be the same except a temporary shop is constructed inside on the left which appears to be a mobile phone shop.
Pic taken at 5am this morning on my way home from work.
http://usera.ImageCave.com/BRIZEY/Ed%20Turners%20001%20(Small).jpg

[Tiki Des]

I used to drop by Ed`s quite a lot when it existed, just to check out any new cars in stock.
This is what the premises looks like now. It still has the `deco`ish stepped fascia above the door.
The inside still appears to be the same except a temporary shop is constructed inside on the left which appears to be a mobile phone shop.
Pic taken at 5am this morning on my way home from work.


are you sure you weren't casing the joint? :confused: lol

[302zeph]

I have a picture of myself and a couple of mates outside it in 1989ish I shall see if I can dig it out Cheers andy

[CAPTAIN BIGBLOCK]

it closed

[B-520]

Brought the Model Y I had from there. It closed about a week afterward.

[45 bobber]

anyone remember the three wheeled thing they had in there,:D:D:D
i think it was bond bug based,

[jay ps]

God ,remember them well ,went to look at a 2.8i green Mk1 Cortina ,it was an unfinished project ,it needed loads of work to finish ,sad was a good idea but i think the writing was always on the wall .
Some really nice cars some of the time but not always !!!!