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14-03-2010, 07:00 PM

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i spoke to mike reed and it was only a shell he bought/may be spare shell hugh had.theres no traces of yellow
there are early traces of a blue rear end may be wen pawel przybylski used it with sony livery.

maybe have to venture across and av look-looks a gud rally

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14-03-2010, 07:21 PM

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the group a escort shell phil did was totally shotblasted inside and out,there was no paint left. the sierra hugh had before was yellow which was like council van saffron yellow and white inside..
i think Hugh like a yellow RS

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ANYWAY what rallys are we going to see WRC Jims escort on ?????

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14-03-2010, 07:26 PM

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alright karl.

just to clarify, hugh baught it in 2005.

i see the crack in the windscreen is still there also.

Yeh alright Cocker, How are the Mujahideen keeping ??? still keeping their heads down

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14-03-2010, 07:29 PM

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i think he'll be doing a few single venue tarmac rallys shake the car down and use it on the dutch tarmac-had a few offers to take the car to belgium. better value for money abroad.

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14-03-2010, 07:53 PM

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you know john morgan aka fairfield motorsport down in the welsh valleys of bridgend ?

he's good with foreign tarmac rally deals, see here http://www.fairfieldmotorsport.com/aboutus.html

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15-03-2010, 09:45 PM

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cant say i do will bare the site in mind tho.
heres a few pics of us on the dutch tarmac 2007 emmelord tank s rally

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r9 fmc(cunico martini car)
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15-03-2010, 09:52 PM

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fat that is dude.

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16-03-2010, 08:23 PM

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I see that you are mounting an mpc active diff system, were did you get hold of it?
i´m looking for one and they seems hard to find.
Reg j

Up..

I´m also restorning an wrc escort, do you have any tips were to find gpa/wrc parts
not only dewitts. You could pm me if you dont want to write here.
Thanks

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17-03-2010, 04:12 PM

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Project car in action with previous owner

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car being driven by previous owner.

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17-03-2010, 06:32 PM

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heres a few more pics on the project

new bulk head in
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old pedle box plate wen converted to rhd
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19-03-2010, 09:36 PM

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refurbished front turret
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21-03-2010, 01:39 PM

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straight through side exits should give plenty of noise

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24-03-2010, 06:53 PM

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light weight 1/4 panel

here we have a pic of light weight 909 motorsport panel.these are only 0.7mm thick as apposed to 1.4mm.

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24-03-2010, 08:07 PM

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Jim is it the Yellow car youve put the pics up of that youre selling in the Parts page as a trimmed shell ?

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24-03-2010, 09:31 PM

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Jim is it the Yellow car youve put the pics up of that youre selling in the Parts page as a trimmed shell ?

yeh,the shell is still for sale

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02-05-2010, 05:31 PM

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02-05-2010, 05:37 PM

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new fabricated engine mount.
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body shell has just come back from the bead blasters and now in etch primer. more pics too follow

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02-05-2010, 05:53 PM

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jim any pics of your rear turrets ,

they standard or modified ?

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02-05-2010, 05:59 PM

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the rear turrets are standard grp a not wrc.

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05-05-2010, 07:53 PM

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project update

body shell back from harry hocklys fully bead blasted
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bodyshell in etch primer
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06-05-2010, 09:30 AM

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Jim,

Were you at Blyton last weekend?

Car looks superb pal...every credit to you...

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06-05-2010, 04:50 PM

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Keep on with the updates!!

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06-05-2010, 05:54 PM

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07-05-2010, 11:26 AM

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Jim,

Were you at Blyton last weekend?

Car looks superb pal...every credit to you...

hi
yeh we were, only spectating tho
both escorts looked to be going well- how did you get on??
cheeRS jim

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07-05-2010, 12:11 PM

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Both cars retired...lol, reliable cars these cossie's !!! Joelly did a front diff and I did a turbo....gifted Mark (the lad in the Evo who was next to me) a two and half minute lead, so he won comfortably from Kevin Jaffary in the Subaru...

Joelly was telling me he'd been chatting to a guy about lightweight panels and I just put two and two together....small world...

Shame we never had a chat pal...

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09-05-2010, 08:06 PM

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bloody escorts,always the case wen your leading!! How do you get on with the IHI turbo,am told the difficult to get repaired? are you any time soon?

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04-07-2010, 07:14 PM

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grpa escort rebuild

up date on project so far. just painted yesterday

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shell and parts looks superb and as new!

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06-07-2010, 09:38 PM

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Great read, so love a Grp A shell!!

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07-07-2010, 12:54 AM

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Love it - keep with the updates.

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07-07-2010, 12:28 PM

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i'm confused with the shells!

great work though.

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07-07-2010, 07:54 PM

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thanks for the comments,will keep up with up dates

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28-08-2010, 06:51 PM

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update on the car. starting to do the pluming and wiring repairs

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refurbished fuel cell
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carbon air ducts
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mag handbrake
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mag pedle box
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28-08-2010, 11:39 PM

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Very nice, dont suppose you no of any grp A early 5 bolt type alloy uprights?

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Looking great and keep the good work up.Will be nice to see it all finished.My boss owns one of malcolms old ones in pilot colours,droolworthy but cant mind reg of it.Im sure cozfather will know it though.

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29-08-2010, 11:34 AM

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that looks if its going to be some car when built up.

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That's stunning!

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15-10-2010, 04:51 PM

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small up date on progress so far.parts back from powder coaters.heres some photos enjoy

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wrc spec engine
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water tank for the water cooled brakes
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diff controllers
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car coming on nicely and finally got the engine back together and fitted in the car. gearbox away for service and all components back from metal finnishers.

heres a few more pics

Enjoy

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