Where are they now?

Only a fraction of the bodies and special parts have survived through to the present time. The ‘thing’ to do with old cars in the 70’s and 80’s was to restore them to an original condition. Specials were often looked down on and just regarded as a source of spares. Many good or re-buildable cars were probably broken up fairly recently. I remember that modified, tuned or special parts were very cheap to buy – I wish I’d bought more then!

 

This page is recalling cars that previous owners remember, they may eventually be found in some barn or shed? Some of these cars may still be around but have been reregistered, these older plates can be quite lucrative in the registration market.

 

If you have any memories of a SPEEDEX, the parts, the SPEEDEX company or the characters involved please let it be recorded here.

BNN 369

Jem Marsh’s 1959 Goodacre winning 750. Sold in 1960 to Tunbridge Wells dentist Richard Eade who competed from 1961 into 1963. Anybody know any further history of this famous car?

AUO 290, a Silverstone seen being rebuilt in the late ‘80’s. It must be still around, has it been reregistered?

JU 8924, CMK 733, ACR 456, 3027 JH, BOA 225, AWP 127, DY 9939

750’s recalled by previous owners or seen in photographs from the ‘60’s.

 

OD 67

Believed to have been a prototype 750 body subsequently given a ‘chummy’ radiator a different tail and re-registered. Seen in recent years in Austin 7 circles? Where is it now?

VJ 9343

Prototype 750 with a curved tail in a picture on the Marcos site Total Sportscar.Com, taken from an early SPEEDEX sales brochure.

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DYY 354 The registration of the cutaway drawing car described as Jem’s Goodacre winning car. Pictures of Jem’s championship winning car in action show it as BNN 369, why does the drawing have a different registration? A picture in the 750MC Bulletin shows DYY 354 racing. It looks remarkably similar to the 750 used in many of the adverts. DYY 354 is thought to be the ‘factory demonstrator’? Is it still around?

DV 7133

Jem’s second (?) special the ’Marshtin’. This is the car that was used widely until the Speedex 750 racing car was built. It was the car used in the ‘Hollywood Motor Maniacs and European Motor Rodeo’, driving over and off a moving ramp didn’t do the front suspension any good—it was re-straightened a number of times!

UAR 600 A 750 built by Pat Kimber. Used as everyday transport for 10,000 miles before selling minus the highly tuned engine and close ratio gearbox, where is it now?

756 ENM The prototype Sirocco built by Peter Hammond—the cars designer. This is the only picture I’ve seen of what I presume are SPEEDEX Ford wheels? Sold to a Mr Raper of Luton in 1963, is it still tucked away somewhere?

CXR 307

A Silverstone raced by a Mr Yearsley in the 750 Formula from 1961 to 1963