HOW MANY SPEEDSTERS IN UK?

[914-6]

Just thought I'd ask to see if anyone knows.

Cheers

Ian

[Mike Smith]

Ian,
You`d better start counting - more than you might think - we have 2

[914-6]

Thanks Mike, I'm sure there are many hiding away.

cheers
Ian

[alfacat]

I wonder if it's a bit like Alfa GTAs...
'Of the 594 they built, a thousand still exist'!

All the best
Ian F

[roy mawbey]

I think the number of new RHD speedsters delivered to AFN in Isleworth could be under ten cars. There must be quite a few LHD ones now in the UK probably imported from sunnier climates World wide.

I stand to be corrected on that figure by someone that has the real true figure possibly like Mike has maybe?


Roy

[Yellow491]

Also rhd drives assembled in africa are in the uk and a couple of converted to rhd.

[Hugo 356]

No Speedsters, only removable hardtop Bs were assembled in South Africa. Mike might remember doing a PPI on one for me about 20 years ago. I followed his advice and dodged that one. 6 or 7 of the knock down kits fell into the Suez Canal on their way from Stuttgart to Jo'burg - wonder if they're still there...

[356Monkey]

Mike and Paul have a fantastic database of the 356 production with a particular focus on RHD , It's destined to be published one day - I'd buy it for sure!!.

I read that AFN only supplied 3 RHD speedsters in the UK.

[roy mawbey]

I stand to be corrected but Bill Goodman editor of PCGB magazine bought a RHD Speedster for £50- and restored it Reg no. OV3. Also another PCGB guy bought a RHD drive one and I think? PRS and Gantspeed were involved on restoration. Apart from that Delwyn Mallet friend of KS also has owned a RHD one for many years. I have some pics of his red car I took in the early 70's. I saw that car first in the mid 60's parked near Isleworth a number of times. Rare car to see then.
I guess Mike can confirm but that's 3 cars. Maybe a couple more gone to rust heaven?

Roy

[Phil Parry]

[quote="Hugo 356"]No Speedsters, only removable hardtop Bs were assembled in South Africa. Mike might remember doing a PPI on one for me about 20 years ago. I followed his advice and dodged that one. 6 or 7 of the knock down kits fell into the Suez Canal on their way from Stuttgart to Jo'burg - wonder if they're still there...

That's funny. Mike Smith and I spent an afternoon ploughing through the shipping casualty records at LR (Lloyds Register of Shipping) a couple of years ago to see if we could find a record of the loss of that particularly interesting cargo...

[Hugo 356]

...and? Or do we have to wait for the book?

Apparently they were trimmed locally. I like to think at least one was spec'd with a crocodile or zebra hide interior