Vale Special

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

When I was at my Brother's place yesterday, his Father-in-law (who is a great bloke to talk to - used to be a draftsman at Ford and loves his engineering) was telling me about his friend who owns a 'Vale Special.'

I've found a pic on the net of one:



I've never heard of them and we don't know much about them. Does anyone else? Would be good to have some more info.

TIA.

[Riley Blue]

www.valespecial.co.uk

[Roy C]

I remember seeing a Vale Special at a car show in the 1990's. It looked very homemade.

They made a 4-seater version with the unfortunate name of the Vale "Tourette."

[silverfoxcc]

Roy, the reason behind that name is that when cornering at speed you are continually shouting out

Fuuuuuuuucccccckkkkkkk this is great


Checked and they are not a relation. Dad always wanted to have one

[esso]

There was one of these parked in a old Coventry city-centre garage showroom for years.Eventually the garage closed and the car disappeared.

[sprocketman01]

Hi Vale Specials were Triumph based, best bet is to talk to Graham Shipman at the Pre 1940 Triumph Owners Club,he is the club Registrar and archivist,and veritable mine of information and a really nice chap to boot
Link should be:
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If you get nowhere come back to me and I'll put him in contact with you he will be I have no doubt thrilled to hear from you especially if it's an unknown/forgotten motor car.
Value wise not worth a fortune (few pre war Triumphs are) but an interesting find nonetheless!