Colin McRae shows off his car collection (cossie included)
03-10-2007, 02:23 PM
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Colin McRae shows off his car collection (cossie included)
Someone sent me this on a DVD this morning so I thought I'd share it 
It's Colin McRae showing off his collection of cars and bikes to John Desborough. That offroad kart looks like fun
I didn't know he had the 3 door cossie 
I hope it still gets restored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEpHqd-cSEE
It's Colin McRae showing off his collection of cars and bikes to John Desborough. That offroad kart looks like fun
I didn't know he had the 3 door cossie I hope it still gets restored.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEpHqd-cSEE
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03-10-2007, 05:08 PM
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i remember reading that he lost a few cars in a fire including a propper 6R4 
wasent there a 3dr going about for sale a while back & the owner said it was an ex collin mcrae car??
nice garrage tho
wasent there a 3dr going about for sale a while back & the owner said it was an ex collin mcrae car??
nice garrage tho
03-10-2007, 05:51 PM
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his offroad buggy thing with a 1300 hiyabusa engine looks like fooking madness..... hes pushing it proper too what about the mk2 escort in the background
03-10-2007, 07:46 PM
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Will look forward to watching this when I get in tonight 
Any chance you could do me a DVD of it please mate?
Any chance you could do me a DVD of it please mate?
03-10-2007, 09:36 PM
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His Mk2 is unbelievable, no expense spared although rumour had it that the IRS didn't work as well as expected.
Certainly looks VERY impressive in any videos I have seen of it
Although a Skoda on 3 cylinders would of looked impressive with Colin McRae driving
Certainly looks VERY impressive in any videos I have seen of it
Although a Skoda on 3 cylinders would of looked impressive with Colin McRae driving
03-10-2007, 09:53 PM
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Yeah his mk2 is a right toy.Had the chance to see it up close and personal on one of the rallys.The work that gone in to it is unbelievable
Certinaly got the best of everything on it. I wouldnt like to see what he actualy spent on it.
Think they had a lot off trouble with the rear diff IIRC
The 2.5 millington engine has some bark to it
Certinaly got the best of everything on it. I wouldnt like to see what he actualy spent on it.
Think they had a lot off trouble with the rear diff IIRC
The 2.5 millington engine has some bark to it
03-10-2007, 10:06 PM
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i knew his 22b was special as it was up for sale for 100k not long ago but didn't know it was one of the prototypes.
hes also what this site is all about really.he could have chosen any rally car for himself but he wanted to do it in an old ford
everyone knew he wasn't quite right but that confirms it 
hes also what this site is all about really.he could have chosen any rally car for himself but he wanted to do it in an old ford
everyone knew he wasn't quite right but that confirms it
03-10-2007, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by krypton
Yeah his mk2 is a right toy.Had the chance to see it up close and personal on one of the rallys.The work that gone in to it is unbelievable
Certinaly got the best of everything on it. I wouldnt like to see what he actualy spent on it.
Think they had a lot off trouble with the rear diff IIRC
The 2.5 millington engine has some bark to it
Certinaly got the best of everything on it. I wouldnt like to see what he actualy spent on it.
Think they had a lot off trouble with the rear diff IIRC
The 2.5 millington engine has some bark to it
03-10-2007, 10:49 PM
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Think most of his car would be price less.I would hazard a guess tht the mk2 may be worth the most poss the 3dr if it was to go to the likes of a charity auction
03-10-2007, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by krypton
Yeah his mk2 is a right toy.Had the chance to see it up close and personal on one of the rallys.The work that gone in to it is unbelievable
Certinaly got the best of everything on it. I wouldnt like to see what he actualy spent on it.
Think they had a lot off trouble with the rear diff IIRC
The 2.5 millington engine has some bark to it
Certinaly got the best of everything on it. I wouldnt like to see what he actualy spent on it.
Think they had a lot off trouble with the rear diff IIRC
The 2.5 millington engine has some bark to it
03-10-2007, 11:19 PM
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Yeah i think it was some whare about that the engine alone is in about the 30k mark then u got things like magnesium seq g/box/, lots of carbon, proflexes all round, Ap's an loads of other stuff plus DJMs time
03-10-2007, 11:21 PM
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IIRC it was nearer 150k, quite sure there was 2 cars built that were very similar and one was for sale in Motorsport News for a serious amount of cash !
Made the world cars look cheap
Made the world cars look cheap
03-10-2007, 11:31 PM
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I know there was one for sale in ireland a white one that had same engine and gear box in it.Think it was craig bennet that had it for sale. I will have a hunt for the fast ford mag that they featured mcraes car in.
This is a quote from the man himself when he done the manx in it
“It was still damp on Saturday morning, but the stages were drying. The best stage for me was Tholt-y-Will. It’s a very fast stage, mostly 5th and 6th gear, with only a couple of hairpins,” McRae said on his website.
“That meant we didn’t lose out as much to the 4WD machines. They really score on the twisty stages where exit speed from corners is much greater than a 2WD car. So we were only 1.2 seconds behind Kenny McKinstry in the WRC Impreza - the Escort was working well in there!
McRae in typical pose on the Manx Rally“If that was my best stage, Campbell’s (his co-driver) was possibly stage 12, although he got a bit nervous when I started looking for 7th gear. The Escort is geared for 139 mph in 6th and it was on the rev limiter at times, but it only has 6 gears - I could really have done with a 7th gear!” McRae said
This is a quote from the man himself when he done the manx in it
“It was still damp on Saturday morning, but the stages were drying. The best stage for me was Tholt-y-Will. It’s a very fast stage, mostly 5th and 6th gear, with only a couple of hairpins,” McRae said on his website.
“That meant we didn’t lose out as much to the 4WD machines. They really score on the twisty stages where exit speed from corners is much greater than a 2WD car. So we were only 1.2 seconds behind Kenny McKinstry in the WRC Impreza - the Escort was working well in there!
McRae in typical pose on the Manx Rally“If that was my best stage, Campbell’s (his co-driver) was possibly stage 12, although he got a bit nervous when I started looking for 7th gear. The Escort is geared for 139 mph in 6th
and it was on the rev limiter at times, but it only has 6 gears - I could really have done with a 7th gear!” McRae said
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Shame he was interviewed by him and not someone who also had a passion for cars, I can't believe he walked up to the cosworth and asked 'What's this'. Awesome video though.
03-10-2007, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by krypton
“It was still damp on Saturday morning, but the stages were drying. The best stage for me was Tholt-y-Will. It’s a very fast stage, mostly 5th and 6th gear, with only a couple of hairpins,” McRae said on his website.
“That meant we didn’t lose out as much to the 4WD machines. They really score on the twisty stages where exit speed from corners is much greater than a 2WD car. So we were only 1.2 seconds behind Kenny McKinstry in the WRC Impreza - the Escort was working well in there!
McRae in typical pose on the Manx Rally“If that was my best stage, Campbell’s (his co-driver) was possibly stage 12, although he got a bit nervous when I started looking for 7th gear. The Escort is geared for 139 mph in 6th and it was on the rev limiter at times, but it only has 6 gears - I could really have done with a 7th gear!” McRae said
“That meant we didn’t lose out as much to the 4WD machines. They really score on the twisty stages where exit speed from corners is much greater than a 2WD car. So we were only 1.2 seconds behind Kenny McKinstry in the WRC Impreza - the Escort was working well in there!
McRae in typical pose on the Manx Rally“If that was my best stage, Campbell’s (his co-driver) was possibly stage 12, although he got a bit nervous when I started looking for 7th gear. The Escort is geared for 139 mph in 6th
and it was on the rev limiter at times, but it only has 6 gears - I could really have done with a 7th gear!” McRae said
04-10-2007, 12:04 AM
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I've got to watch them then. I saw a Duke video that was shot on the Isle of Man in the mark 2 but I didn't know it was competitively.
04-10-2007, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Benni
Shame he was interviewed by him and not someone who also had a passion for cars,
.... that would have been cool.How comes collin didn't do the "star in a resonably priced car" thing....he should have
although i remember when he came on top gear for that three car race around silverstone where clarkson set of first in a Ford Cougar and then collin in the foci and last the F1 car.....
04-10-2007, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 4x4
Originally Posted by Benni
Shame he was interviewed by him and not someone who also had a passion for cars,
.... that would have been cool.How comes collin didn't do the "star in a resonably priced car" thing....he should have
although i remember when he came on top gear for that three car race around silverstone where clarkson set of first in a Ford Cougar and then collin in the foci and last the F1 car.....
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