JeeExEll Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 Absolutely gorgeous late Mk1 2-door in German 'S' spec. (I remember reading they did some run-out production Mk1s for Germany with the 2.8i engine).
JeeExEll Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 Couple of short motorsport vids (3.30mins and 5mins) featuring Irish rally driver Frank Kelly, enthusiastic co-drivers, and the blue Mk2. The in-car footage is immense. Driving this Escort must be absolutely fantastic. Bit of an understatement at 0.45. (See also the late Simon McKinley in the white Mk2 on youtube. Late as in dead, not just dawdling. Killed in a single-seater accident in 2015). chaseracer, bunglebus, gm and 1 other 3 1
skattrd Posted September 28, 2019 Posted September 28, 2019 Not really shite, but Hoovie is giving away his Masser live on youtube. … sadly we don't get a chance to win it.
JeeExEll Posted September 29, 2019 Posted September 29, 2019 Amishtat, Disco Fever, sheffcortinacentre and 2 others 5
Fumbler Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 Yes yes buy Polonez. I don't understand... face 1
egg Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 In the mid-90s, you got your Ford US catalog on CD-ROM ProgRocker, LightBulbFun, BL Bloke and 1 other 4
ProgRocker Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 10:02 PM, egg said: In the mid-90s, you got your Ford US catalog on CD-ROM Wow, the Ford Aspire looks shite. Somehow I ended up in posession of a CD ROM of the original Ford Focus back in 1998/9. I didn'y have a PC then so I used one of the PCs at college to check it out. I think I flogged it on eBay some years ago. egg 1
Remspoor Posted October 5, 2019 Posted October 5, 2019 Not so many cars but well filmed and a reminder of those who fought for us all of those years ago.
Conan Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 cor blimey etc. Alan_Green, JeeExEll and Remspoor 3
JeeExEll Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 ^ That is indeed quite mad. Found an old Top Gear featuring the Lotus Cortina, never seen this one before. Remspoor 1
face Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 4 hours ago, JeeExEll said: I always liked the 131 2000 Sport versions of these. Far cheaper second hand than a RS2000 and sounded better. Really nice seats too and a more 'chunky' looking interior. But, oh boy, could they rust!! A friend had a wreck of a 1300 2-door which his mum gave him. Like the one in this vid but orange and S-reg. Late one afternoon around 1987/8 a stone hit his toughened windscreen and smashed it into a million bits. Problem was he was in Portree on the Isle of Skye (hillwalking trip) and he lived in Aberdeen, with work early next morning (postman). And it was a freezing November night. Drove it all the way home in the dark with no windscreen at all. About 220 miles. “Italian Marina”? Is he trying to put people off?
Fumbler Posted October 6, 2019 Posted October 6, 2019 Mother Fumbler learned to drive in a 131 Mirafiore estate in sporty flavour. Father Fumbler was able to hightail it at 70 (over railbridges and got air) to Godfather Fumbler's wedding. Oh yes, it rusted. It rusted good, and this was after they had a shit brown coloured Renault 12.
paulplom Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 My dad had (I think) a talbot horizon rollered with black gloss. It had a fiat twin cam engine fitted and went like stink. What talbots were rear wheel drive?
JeeExEll Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 ^ Talbot Sunbeam? Or maybe Avenger. For a brief period late 80s you could buy kits for installing the Fiat TC into various cars. I think Street Machine mag (or maybe CCC) covered this in a feature. More Fiat, this time FWD. Neat looking cars, but when last did you see one?
JeeExEll Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 Driving road test after about 11.30. Listen to 1700 German V4. face 1
bunglebus Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 6:12 PM, Remspoor said: That's awesome, I've lived in Chelmsford most of my adult life so this is much appreciated Remspoor 1
Sudsprint Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 19 hours ago, JeeExEll said: ^ Talbot Sunbeam? Or maybe Avenger. For a brief period late 80s you could buy kits for installing the Fiat TC into various cars. I think Street Machine mag (or maybe CCC) covered this in a feature. More Fiat, this time FWD. Neat looking cars, but when last did you see one? I had two, a red one and a blue one with stripes all over it. Superb little cars and by no means the most rust prone FIAT in the 70s. It was totally outclassed by the Alfasud Sprint and Scirocco although it was a lot cheaper.
JeeExEll Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 This is absolutely fucking mad. From 1981. DAF racing in reverse. Skip to about 1.00min. face 1
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