he did it himself in a council lockup would you believe

talented man now has his own engeneering company

 

davie tell the truth you only got into cossies cos you reconed it would impress the slappers in the balbirnie arms back in the mid 90,s when you told them what you drove

 

mk1 astra gte that was my first car in 1995..................they still look great,il try dig out that mag,

 

worked 4 me ,pity about you tho eh!

 

oh forgot to say i first got interested in cossies when i saw my first one ever around the start of august 1986..it was a black 3door, took me another 3 years before i owned my fisrst one.....i actually wish ford had never made them because i,d be a lot better off than i am now

still, i,m cured of my cossie obsession now..onwards and upwards

 

lol good comeback

 

cmon kev get the pics scanned of you with your first 3 door and saff,,or what about the e type jag you sold just b4 the prices went through the roof (real tears)

you have some good old photo's tho ,so lets see them

 

dont you have anything for the 1/4 mile anymore mate??that black esco cos you had a while back was good to watch

 

no, not interested in it anymore....my escort wasnt black it was petrol blue..you might be thinking of andy gallachers car?

davie, i,ll see if i can dig some pics out over the weekend

 

sorry i meant blue,just mind the 2 of them

 

Was hooked on cossies just after my dad bought an orriginal3-door from ford in 1988, was just a boy then, can remember me saying that i want one off those when i gro up.... and yep, got me an escort in 2000
Never regreted it since

 

The escort cossies dominated rallying when I were a lad, then on my paper round one day after I had forgotten about them a bit one came off a slow roundabout, squatted down and promptly fooked off into the distance. At that point I realised I was having me one of them! One day

 

the blue one you mean might have been charlie shaw,s andys mate?

mine was the fast one

 

actually looking at that pic i think its dovboys saff lined up beside me ...about to be buried!


he was so impressed he bought the engine out of it!

 

Going for a ride when I was about 12 in a 4x4 rouse sport saff (think it was number 96 maybe... if its still out there black or grey). Scared the fook outa me!

All I remember is someone saying "can you feel that acceleration pete?" and my uncle saying "Feel it he's in the bloody boot".

From that point my dream car wasnt a ferrari or lambo blah blah blah it was a ford sierra!

 

I drove this car a few years back.....
we were cruising along our local bypass when a guy on a R1 pulled up beside us ...The owner of the car said 'go on floor it!' so I did.......
you should have seen the look in the bikers eyes as we crept away from him!
to say he was surprised was an under statement!!!

 

djm motorsport did the conversion for mike

 

I was brought up with Fast Fords, my dad imported a 2door mk5 cortina shell from Germany when they first came out and built it up himself with a 2.1 Burtons bottom end and a Howley Racing head and twin 45's and a police transit gearbox as they were 4 speed with over drive, his mates had the likes of TT 2.8i capri's mk1 & 2 escorts one being a genuine twincam and a friend owning a capri RS2600 that was one of the top boss's at Halewood plant. Then the first time I seen a 3dr cossy was at the 85 motor show when then I said to my Dad one day I will have one of those and as usual at the age of ten I got the usual parents pat on the head and he said yes ok son !!!
What a differece 20 years makes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

TOPGEAR!


Penny Mallory testing a black 3dr as part of a motorshow special....


One day I will have a cossy

 

I remeber that 309 form Fast Car front cover back in the day