Turner Whitson
 

Thanks again G-CPTN for those sites. Yeh, it does resemble a London Taxi cab doesn't it! It was said to be good for 70 mph and 40-45 mpg. They also produced a front wheel drive milk float, I have a couple of Turner supercharged 1955 L40s (one almost fully restored), so any info regarding 'Turners' products is always of great interest to me.
'Also interesting that you worked for them in the 70's, on the gearbox side. Do you by chance know Larry Hopkins?

No I never worked for Turners - I was responsible for installing Turner (and Eaton) gearboxes into Bedford Trucks.

I never visited Turner or Eaton premises - their reps always visited us in Luton (on a regular basis to keep in touch and ensure that they never lost out on new installations).

I don't know Larry Hopkins - sorry.

Turner Whitson,
 

No problem G-CPTN, Still an interesting conversation and thanks again for taking the time to reply with so much Turner info! the more the better.

I enjoy a challenge, and even more when information is found (whether by me or other members).

I'm still learning - I knew nothing of the vehicle, but now I have added to my knowledge.

This is the same company that made the Yeoman Of England tractor, it had a Turner V4 diesel engine, I met someone in New Zealand that had two fully restored examples for sale.

http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Muse...ial/Turner.htm

http://www.tractordata.co.uk/others/pages/turner/

http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Muse...r/Products.htm


Turners built the L-series engines under licence from Jenbach.

Thanks G-CPTN, yeh you're correct, The L series was taken on by Turners under licence from Jenbach as a twin only and it was an untested incomplete design at the time. The 60hp triple and planned 75hp V4 were all their own work. The two stroke diesels were an incredible ahead of their time engine for the mid 50's and it's such a great pity they never caught on. I expect to have mine up and running any day now.