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There’s always loads going on in and around the kit car scene and you can rely on Complete Kit Car to keep you up to date with what’s happening.
Fury Under New Ownership; New Model On The Way THE FISHER FURY has changed hands... and is now under the ownership of a man who has 17 years experience with the marque. Steve Hughes has bought the company and has set up his new operation, Fury Sportscars. Steve worked with BGH Geartech and, before that, Mark Fisher, so few people know more about the Fury than Steve! He built the first V8 powered Fury and also the first motorcycle engined version of the car. Fisher Sportscars were amongst the pioneers of bike engined cars and instrumental in setting up the 750 Motor Club’s RGB Championship. The re-energised model benefits from a refurbished workshop (Fury Sportscars operates from BGH’s old premises) and a new website has just been constructed. A car lift has recently been installed in the factory and chassis construction has been brought in-house where previously it was subcontracted. Initial focus is on upping the quality of the bodywork. As we go to press, the body moulds are being overhauled to bring the finish of new bodies up to scratch. Perhaps more excitingly, a new model is due to be launched in 2011. Details are limited at present and there are no photographs, but it promises to be a very different shape to the existing Fury.
Steve Hughes takes on the Fury with 17 years experience.
Le Mans bonnet with a Spyder body is just one of the Fury’s permutations. Full screens, doors and classic bonnet also available.
Significantly it uses car’s the established and proven underpinnings and it will be possible to retro-fit the new body to existing cars. Meanwhile, the Fury in all its various guises will remain available. Both the classic and Le Mans bonnets are still in production, and it can be fitted with or without a windscreen and doors. It’s fair to say that the Fury has been a little forgotten for the last few years. It’s Steve’s full intention to give it a push and get it back on the map with a concerted investment and development effort. The factory will support several cars in this
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year’s 750 MC Complete Kit Car Championship and it will have a presence at the Stoneleigh and Detling kit car shows. The previous owner of the marque, gearbox specialist BGH Geartech, continues from new premises. BGH’s new contact details can be found on the opposite page.
CONTACT Fury Sportscars, Unit 8 Verralls Business Centre, Maidstone Road, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2AF. T: 01580 713777. W: www.furysportscars.co.uk