Tornado Talisman meet at the Talisman pub!

[TonyBrooks]

Thought you might be interested in these few images. The Talisman pub in Parkgate, Southampton has a bar dedicated to the Tornado Talisman car with lots of photos etc. Once a year the club has a meet there and last night we had the rare occurrence of three Talismans in the smae place. A Tempest, a Rochdale and a Fairthorpe also turmed up. My car is the red one on the right, the blue car is owned by the formed MD of the Tornado Car Company who is extremley knowledgeable about all the cars and the other red one will be at Goodwood this weekend and on Monday it will feature in a repeat of a 1963 road test with a period Lotus Elan

[srdtvr]

Hi Tony
Only just had a look at your reply - what a great line up at the Pub !!

How much would a Talisman like yours cost these days ?

Thanks

Steve

[benjj]

They're absolute crackers. Looking forward to having a poke around at it in the flesh next week

Just looking at old Throckmorton roadbooks. Really looking forward to the Le Mans start and flat out test!

[JCW]

I've not come across these before and a quick search suggests 186 were manufactured? Any idea how many remain?












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Edited by JCW on Monday 8th October 13:39

[Vintage Racer]

Owned my Talisman back in the 80's.

Remember taking the restored 'rolling chassis' to display on the club stand at Stoneleigh and scaring everyone to death when we started up the Cosworth engine!

Reg No, was 5116 PP - Would love to know if it has survived?

Also owned a Fairthorpe Electron Minor with Fiat Twin Cam - image below: