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Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:49 am
by stylussprinter
rossco61 wrote:Interesting List, Well done, Matt.
To add to my line ---- Chassis Number, never found out ? Peter never supplied one !
Current Owner ---- Ross Faggotter
Home Town ---- Laura, South Aust.
Colour --- Not finished so no paint, but maybe a Pearl Yellow/Orange ---- or a pearl medium Blue ---- or a pearl Plum !!!
Engine ---- Is an 1800 Nissan Turbo, uprated!
Is a Classic.
Kit Date --- May 2001 ------ Maybe someone can fathom out a number from this date ?

AND that is more than 10 years ago, better get back to it !!!
Rossco
Well mine was supplied in September 1997 and numbered SSC970032 . At that time Pete Powell claimed to be selling 20 kits a year :?: If that's true then you'll be approx'ly SSC010092 to 112 ish :roll:

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:06 pm
by Sook
As my car is SF92... I guess that it's a Fury-based chassis. Does anyone know how many cars were built on the modified Fury chassis'?

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:43 pm
by stylussprinter
Sook wrote:As my car is SF92... I guess that it's a Fury-based chassis. Does anyone know how many cars were built on the modified Fury chassis'?
Only Jeremy Phillips will know that but I really doubt he built 92 chassis with Stylus bodies so his numbering system probably didn't reflect models :roll:

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 3:02 pm
by MattD
stylussprinter wrote:
Sook wrote:As my car is SF92... I guess that it's a Fury-based chassis. Does anyone know how many cars were built on the modified Fury chassis'?
Only Jeremy Phillips will know that but I really doubt he built 92 chassis with Stylus bodies so his numbering system probably didn't reflect models :roll:
Possibly a Sylva Fury 1992 chassis, but definitely not the 74th Stylus kit made !

I might just email Jeremy and ask him if he knows :-)

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:05 pm
by Sook
MattD wrote:
stylussprinter wrote:
Sook wrote:As my car is SF92... I guess that it's a Fury-based chassis. Does anyone know how many cars were built on the modified Fury chassis'?
Only Jeremy Phillips will know that but I really doubt he built 92 chassis with Stylus bodies so his numbering system probably didn't reflect models :roll:
Possibly a Sylva Fury 1992 chassis, but definitely not the 74th Stylus kit made !

I might just email Jeremy and ask him if he knows :-)
That was my thought. Maybe it was a Fury chassis that was lying around spare and had the necessary mods made to fit the Stylus body. If such thing as a Fury register existed it may shine some light on it. Maybe I'll ask the question on the JPSC forum.

It's interesting how few Sylva Stylus' there seem to be when compared to the two SSC incarnations.

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:58 pm
by MattD
MattD wrote:
stylussprinter wrote:
Sook wrote:As my car is SF92... I guess that it's a Fury-based chassis. Does anyone know how many cars were built on the modified Fury chassis'?
Only Jeremy Phillips will know that but I really doubt he built 92 chassis with Stylus bodies so his numbering system probably didn't reflect models :roll:
Possibly a Sylva Fury 1992 chassis, but definitely not the 74th Stylus kit made !

I might just email Jeremy and ask him if he knows :-)
Have had a reply from Jeremy - he doesnt know as he gave his info to Peter Powell - so guess Tim must have it :roll:
Jeremy is going to ask his chassis subcontractor if he kept any records though, so not done just yet !

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:01 am
by Sook
I see Craig's car is SF920107 and is a Fury chassis so there may be a few cars in this configuration.

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:29 pm
by farwest
it all seems to be a complete dogs breakfast and theories could run forever. my chassis no is ssc030108 and i hope that this helps someone!

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:54 pm
by stylussprinter
farwest wrote:it all seems to be a complete dogs breakfast and theories could run forever. my chassis no is ssc030108 and i hope that this helps someone!
Well to me that indicates an SSC manufacturer in 2003 chassis number 108 :wink:

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 1:36 am
by kevp
When did Tim stop selling? So if numbers are true there must be 120 odd cars about.

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 11:26 am
by stylussprinter
kevp wrote:When did Tim stop selling? So if numbers are true there must be 120 odd cars about.
When we all went down to LLANDOW for the Stylus day in August 2007, Tim did come but at that point hadn't sold a kit for at least a year . So probably at some point at the end of 2005 or beginning of 2006 , was the last kit sold :?:

The best sales numbers per year were when Pete Powell had the premises at Guildford and before that near Guildford . He took over the Stylus build rights in 1996 and I bought my chassis 32 in 1997(Andy Bailey had chassis 14 --- Pete didn't start at number 1) .Pete had about 6/7 yrs selling 20 per year before moving to Wales to cut overheads, so he said at the time.

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:33 pm
by MattD
stylussprinter wrote:
kevp wrote:When did Tim stop selling? So if numbers are true there must be 120 odd cars about.
When we all went down to LLANDOW for the Stylus day in August 2007, Tim did come but at that point hadn't sold a kit for at least a year . So probably at some point at the end of 2005 or beginning of 2006 , was the last kit sold :?:
I think Pete&Matt have the last road kit sold, which they say in earlier posts was in 2004.

Tim then built his LHD IRS chassis for a customer order which was never sold/delivered - l think that's the last one & the chassis Tim was building up for his own use/demo.
Would need to get Tim in a pub to find out what else happened at the time & since, if you can find him :-)

Numbers wise, it is fairly logical really & split into 3 groups.

Sylva / Jeremy supplied kits are SF or S prefix, with a 92-95 date + 2 digit chassis no.
Early ones are Fury chassis, late ones are Stylus.
Mike Burke has "no.17" and I think is the last Sylva supplied chassis.
At a guess - Approx 10-15 sold.

Specialist Sportscars - SSC(1) - are SSC prefix, with a 96 to 03 date + 2 digit chassis no.
All Stylus chassis, most live axle, some de-dion.
Starting Chassis No 10. No.10-24 made by Nev Powell
Latest chassis on the register is 114 (Whiterabbit). The only one that doesn't fit this is Giacomo's Italian demo car - No 179.
At a guess - Approx 100-110 sold

Stylus Sportscars - SSC(2) - are SSC prefix, not dated, then [R/S RT/Classic] [ L/I Live/Ind] [xxx Chass No]
Tim went his own way on numbering in an effort to start fresh & identify his own cars.

Not a happy story though - First car 010 was Alec's car, Last sold kit 013 was Pete&Matt, plus the LHD chassis 014.
I might be wrong, but I make that 5 cars that Tim produced. One day I'll ask him !
So low numbers, plus poor kitcar marketplace, plus illness, plus other troubles No wonder he decided to back out for a while :shock:

Overall - 115 to 130 Stylus chassis manufactured. Registered road cars - about 50.


Timewasting though it is - I quite like this detective work !

Re: Stylus Units Sold

Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:50 pm
by stylussprinter
Keep going Matt -------------------- someone's got to do it :lol: