Re: How many Sy and Ty owners in the UK
Hi all,
Garry McVann here,
I own black/black ty #1570 in the UK. I thought about selling it a few years back, went as far as advertising it in Classic American magazine but before the ad went out I drove the truck a little to check all was still working fine & loved it too much & decided not to sell.
I haven used it for about a year & very sparingly the few years previous to that.
My ty was my daily driver for about 7 years, lots of fun!!! but with a young family now & still in dept after building an extension, I dont have enough spare cash to justify getting the ty on the road making it the 3rd car in the household.
I dont think I'll ever sell it though.
Its been a while since I looked on any syty site & was pleased to find some uk discussion on here with the odd name I remember (Hi Martin - Ruth). I did have a short stint a year or two back on the uk AMVO site when it had its dedicated sy/ty page.
To awnser some of the previous questions, Dutch guy in the uk was Rob Mulder, worked in petrochem industry & his partner lived in london so spent months at a time over here & kept the truck here.
I think at one point I knew of about 16 ty's in the uk & about 10 sy's.
I was even told buy the tire garage I used,about an ex scandinavian rally driver who had a typhoon they fitted tires to a few miles from me in Maidenhead (though I have never verified this).
I have a screen rip from Russ Blands old site of some owners (6sy's & 9ty's though I knew of more). I dont know how to add it on here, but I posted a while back on the amvo site which i'll try & find to link to, in the mean time here it is the text form .....
This List is incomplete. If you're not listed below and you're a UK resident Syclone or Typhoon owner, or you know someone who is, then please email the details to me.
Some of the Towns below are 'clickable' and link to a map of the locality. Some of the Vehicles below are 'clickable' and link to photo(s) of the Syclone or Typhoon
Owner Town County Vehicle Colour VIN Email
Chris Bartels Dagenham Essex Syclone Black 274
Colin Smith Swindon Wiltshire 'Saudi' Syclone Black 2612
Dicky Day Leeds Yorkshire Syclone Black 2712 Dicky Day
Nick Andover Hampshire Syclone Black 1947
Polly Betts Leicester Leicestershire Syclone Black
Ray Wild Daventry Northamptonshire 'Saudi' Syclone Black 2827
Adam Wood Biggleswade Bedfordshire Typhoon Red/Grey 0328 Adam Wood
Chad Erickson Newmarket Suffolk Typhoon White/White Chad Erickson
Garry McVan Burnham Buckinghamshire Typhoon Black/Black 1570 Garry McVan
Mark Jackson Wheathampstead Hertfordshire 'Saudi' Typhoon White/Grey Mark Jackson
Mark Kelly Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire 'Saudi' Typhoon White/Grey 2889 Mark Kelly
Martin Ockendon Basildon Essex Typhoon White/White 541 Martin Ockendon
Neil Messent Honiton Devon Typhoon Green/Silver Neil Messent
Peter Walsh Ealing Greater London Typhoon Black/Black
Sean Walton Cambridge Cambridgeshire 'Saudi' Typhoon Black/Black
Russ's site was indeed very good & helped me a lot when I first got my ty, I ended up going the same route on lots of things as his sy, spa gauges in pillar pods, erl o2 inj , kyb's etc I even had lots of parts from him when he sold his sy, datamaster, wheels,various chips, dig, hypertk, atr. didnt bother with his syclone jacket though :-o
He sold his sy to Chris Bartels.
I wonder how many of these are now with new owners on this board? & if any of the owners mentioned above still own their trucks?