Essex Esprit Turbo - Is There a Register ?
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As above, is there a Register of the Essex cars ?
Always been a huge fan of these, from when I saw my first one in Chingford, East London. Used to see it a fair bit, until it’s owner lost it on a bend on the Ridgeway in Chingford , in a Huge way, drivers side on, into a tree. A late pal, had the job of recovering the remains of the car. The drivers seat was half the width it should have been.
( driver somehow survived, but killed himself in a ZR-1 Corvette, in 2004 )
Always been a huge fan of these, from when I saw my first one in Chingford, East London. Used to see it a fair bit, until it’s owner lost it on a bend on the Ridgeway in Chingford , in a Huge way, drivers side on, into a tree. A late pal, had the job of recovering the remains of the car. The drivers seat was half the width it should have been.
( driver somehow survived, but killed himself in a ZR-1 Corvette, in 2004 )
The Chingford accident Turbo, was smashed to pieces, bits of it all over the road, it would have been broken. From memory it may have been Blue ? But I don’t know the reg number. W reg probably, but this was circa 81 - 83.
It would have been reported on in the Chingford Guardian news paper, wonder if there is a Guardian Archive , il do some digging.
It would have been reported on in the Chingford Guardian news paper, wonder if there is a Guardian Archive , il do some digging.
Essex 020 was registered RCT 312W, passed to sales 7/11/80 with chassis number 10944. It was supplied and first owned by Cathedral garage but was fire damaged in June 2008, Cat B and taken to a scrap yard to be sold off for parts. I bought the Compomotive wheels and tyres from the breakers.
It was subsequently bought by a serial Esprit owner with the view to putting back on the road but that came to nothing and so was finally sold to Lotusbits to be broken for parts. They stripped the car and as I recall and the front end bodywork was subsequently grafted on to a black S3 N/A Esprit that had been in an accident.
There are some pics of it looking worse for wear somewhere.
It was subsequently bought by a serial Esprit owner with the view to putting back on the road but that came to nothing and so was finally sold to Lotusbits to be broken for parts. They stripped the car and as I recall and the front end bodywork was subsequently grafted on to a black S3 N/A Esprit that had been in an accident.
There are some pics of it looking worse for wear somewhere.
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