Triggers Broom - Mike’s Sylva Striker story
F
ans of the TV series Only Fools and Horses will recall that Trigger had the same broom all his working life except that it had 3 new shafts and 6 new heads in the time he had it. Bit like my Sylva Striker.
on the road.
Eventually I made an honest man of myself by grasping the nettle of SVA and was given the current reg number of ACU299L. The first car was ACU289L and surprise surprise not many people noticed – not even many of my close The original build started in 2001 and was competitors. finished in 2002, since then it has run with two registration numbers as it is the So unknown to most the Striker has had second Striker I have built and for a while 2 registration numbers but, in its time, it it ran with the reg of the first car in has had two different engines and two events whilst car number one was used different gearbox setups. Early doors it
Striker #1 bodywork got trashed even before it got painted 18
