An unusual but very effective British made traditional sports car from the fifties Jack Turner was a Welsh engineer who set up a manufacturing business to produce sports cars in the late forties, early fifties.

His first project, in 1949, was a supercharged MG race car known as the MGK3.

His aim was to produce a simple, affordable, entry level sports car.

Cars were supplied either as ‘finished items’ or it was possible to buy them in kit form.

The Turner Sports car Company, based in Wolverhampton, carried on until 1966 when ill health intervened and Jack decided to close the business down.

As was often the case in that period sports cars were simple but effective and the Turners were no exception.

Over the years engines came from a variety of sources such as Coventry Climax, Ford and BMC.

PSJ 261 is a Mark Two model built in 1961 and it came with the bombproof BMC Series A engine that was produced in vast numbers, appearing in cars like the Austin Healey Sprite.

On the race tra...