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SPEEDEX’s and their owners
This page draws together some of the stories about owners and their cars. This falls into three categories.
1. Recollections of cars built in the fifties and sixties
2. Stories about current owners rebuilding cars
3. Cars being currently being raced or used actively
Recollections
UAR 600, the Kimber Austin
This article was written by the owner/builder Pat Kimber in the mid sixties and published in the 750 MC Bulletin early in 1967.
Click on the picture to read about UAR 600
BOA 225, recollections of the building and running a 750 in the ‘60’s
Colin Usher has sent a recollection of how he built and used his SPEEDEX 750 in the early ‘60’s. His father worked at the Austin Longbridge works. Colin is still into this type of car, see his own website address at the end where he is building a Robin Hood, a Lotus 7 type derivative. Thanks Colin!
Click on the picture to read about BOA 225
ZV 1086 (formally VY 5618) Cyridwen, a 750 restored by Ian Clayton
Ian has been the initiator and brains behind the SPEEDEX Information Exchange. Here he describes how his 750 was restored and how the usual none technical problems that all special builders face were overcome
Click on the picture to read about Cyridwen
JH 7958 a rebuilt 750 owned by Neil St. Clair-Ford
Click on the picture to read about JH 7958