Essex Esprit Turbo - Is There a Register ?

Essex Esprit Turbo - Is There a Register ?

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Friday 20th November 2020
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As above, is there a Register of the Essex cars ?

Always been a huge fan of these, from when I saw my first one in Chingford, East London. Used to see it a fair bit, until it’s owner lost it on a bend on the Ridgeway in Chingford , in a Huge way, drivers side on, into a tree. A late pal, had the job of recovering the remains of the car. The drivers seat was half the width it should have been.
( driver somehow survived, but killed himself in a ZR-1 Corvette, in 2004 )

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Bazza 2174 said:
Yes, there is a register of all the Essex cars. It's a database of all the numbered cars. Are you after anything in particular?
Yes, interested to see if the Chingford cars details are on it plus how many others have survived.

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Saturday 21st November 2020
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The Chingford accident Turbo, was smashed to pieces, bits of it all over the road, it would have been broken. From memory it may have been Blue ? But I don’t know the reg number. W reg probably, but this was circa 81 - 83.

It would have been reported on in the Chingford Guardian news paper, wonder if there is a Guardian Archive , il do some digging.

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Wednesday 25th November 2020
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It’s possible that the car was No.20.

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Thanks for the update re no.20

Il see if the areas newspaper has an Archive from the early 80s.