up to £2650 at the mo

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-GARTRA...QQcmdZViewItem

 

does that include the girl?

 

Would he throw the bird in aswell?

 

Very nice.... the car I mean

 

my old car and dougs befor me

 

I had that car built for me back in 1988/89..............As Dunc said, he was the second owner

A road going 4x4 turbocharged Escort that was concieved and built three years before Ford/Karman build one

Based on a brand new bodyshell (purchased fron Dagenham Motors for £ 890.00 + VAT IIRC).......The shell was delivered to Gartrac in Godolming, Surrey.

Gartrac did all the bodywork mods - including the distinctive bonded-on wheel arches.....Then the bodywhell was painted Ford Azure Blue at John Wlesh's place in Fleet (Hants) after that it was delivered to Turbo Technics in Aldershot where they built the 250 BHP engine - 2.8 Cologne V6 Turbo, and installed all the suspension/trim etc. Later the standard suspension was replaced with LEDA by Graham Hathaway (Maldon, Essex).

I got pics of the Fast Ford feature review (cover and 3 pages) if anyone wants me to post them up

 

BTW it was in that car back in 1989/90 that I first met YUM (Dave Moss), we used to have the "odd" late night race through Kingston one-way system - his Turbo Technics Turbo XR2 was also a VERY quick car

 

Nice motor, shame about the rear lights tho

 

that car is very very cool! doug you get about dont you mate

 

Sad is'nt it?

All these years and I'm STILL driving shonky old modified Fords........shame on me

 

hi mate can u post thouse pics of your escort mk4 gartrac the ones in the mag feature cheers

 

Gartrac Mike Sorted!

I also owned a RWD Gartrac G6 for a couple of years (Q829 CPE) - was perl white, had the usual rivit corrosion showing through on the alloy arches when I bought it, got John Welsh to paint it Azure Blue.

 

Smart that Doug

 

Jakki Degg hubba hubba

Nice looking car, could do with some non chaving n decent stuff put on though

Doug - Looks like you need a shave and a haircut in the magazine above!

 

It's a nice car IMO for the track some one will buy it

 

that jakki degg aint it?

 

I got that Magazine! Is your hair still the same Doug

 

nice, bet that was fun at the lights??

 

I remember doug coming in to the car shop i worked in, donkeys years ago! Still looks nice...

 

nar your one cool guy mate

 

I am planning on going to look at this sometime over the weekend.

 

Who, Doug or the car?

 

Thanks for all the kind comments!

If the car still looked the same as it did back then I would be sooo tempted to buy it.........YB power rocks !!!!!

 

put a reserve on it then

 

Doug Stirling

you know what they say,, the man who dies with the most toys wins


did you sell the 355 in the end?

 

Yes, it went about 3 weeks ago

 

i did a lot off work on this car when i got it from doug, a very very long time ago, had the car for about 7 years and was going to cossy power it my self but didnt and sold it and got the escort i have now could be so nice again but at 5k and a shed load more to spend on it to get it right it whould be better to go get an escort coss to start with, because as i found out when it comes to sell a car like this for strong money its hard to sell as people whould rather have a car that they know and can put a price on easy, than one they carnt and havent evern heard off

Whould be to see a nice 400+ bhp engine, box and diffs and all the other bits in this car and see it out on track, thats if the shell is still ok

 

cool mate,, is the hunt on now then?

 

Well, from late Feb/March onwards

 

Doug buy it back and stick your lump in....

 

......... sort of want to, but it does not make any sense money wise.

As an example I just bought a nice Silver Saph 4x4 for a couple of K less then the reserve on that Gartrac........and of course the Saph came WITH a YB engine/ABS etc, but most importantly it came with good resale price more or less guarantied

 

thats right doug the only thing this car has going for it is its different but not 5k different, you can buy so much more for this money

 

BTW thanks for your help & advice in sorting out the workshop heating/pump setting etc - perfect now

 

no problem mate, a pair off your old speakers will do nicely thanks lol

 

Tell you what, swap you a pair of Stirling LS3/5a V2 for a new Worcester 24 CDi (for the house) fitted

 

doug, is it just a boiler swap, ie is there a combi allready fitted and needs replacing or is it more

 

PMSL @ Dunc weighing it up

 

lol tiff

 

Well, it would be a straight swap - the one installed is only 5 years old BUT has never been serviced..........