martinrs500labatts

hi all,

done the ford saloon championship this year, but after selling my ANZ car to a guy in australia,

i bought a 4x4 cossie engined focus last week and was going to use this or a modified version of it for the ford saloons next year,

after being frustated about a deal i was trying to do to buy another race car, and a few other cars not being whot they where advertised as, i bought the focus as a stop gap, and low and behold as soon as i pick it up the deal for the original car is back on,

so now i have bought the car i was after, so i have steve scott doing a few jobs that need doing to the focus then it will be sold on,

this is the main reason i am not doing the ford saloons next year is the car i plan to race next year is a merc!

this car is a merc version of the ford rs500 as in, they made 500 road cars so they could race these cars to this spec,


i still have the two sierra touring cars left and have no plans to let them go, so ford are still in my blood.

but with there value and original conditions ect i can not use them for ful on racing, and they are confined to demo laps and the odd show ect.

so look out for me next year as i plan to race in brit cars long distance racing and possible a few rounds of some of the southern championship where multi makes are welcome.

a couple of pics of the new car
merc 190e evo2 DTM


first outing will be on 29th dec at donnington park for the noicey track day.

Rick

MadMac

Dont like mercs generally, but I do like that one!!

jr

thats the ex rouse car isnt it martin

Mark Shead

Cool Merc I would be frightend at the running costs I would expect the 500's to be quite cheap.

Mark

martinrs500labatts

cheap as chips mark,

well my chips might cost more then the average ones

and yes rouse old that he won 10 races in brit cars,

very reliable as all rouse races have been long distance ones and you can get 4000 miles on an engine if you are carefull

DOO

martinrs500labatts

sierra touring cars are not to bad to run,

but main problem is real cars are worth two much money for me to use,

and designed for slicks which we are not able to use in ford saloons,

the merc is state of the art tecnology

and is much more advanced then the rs500 ever where,

the ford use the same stuff from 87/88 and the merc is a 92 car and has moved on a lot more,

it has a lot less power but is a much faster car round the track, than most cars,

with only 385bhp it will beat most cars with 600 bhp round the black stuff

martinrs500labatts

notice the number 1 on the side now

as rouse won the championship on the second year of trying with his sun julian rouse co driving.

jr

remember the merc form last years britcar at brands, was stunning then

MikeR

Very nice car mate good luck with it,

Mike

ark1

if you don't mind how much you sell the anz car for?

martinrs500labatts

car only and no spares was 35k

these cars when original are going up in value and the new owner is racing it next year in historics championship

first time australian historics has let the rs500 race there,

so in australia they are now well sort after and a peter jackson sierra recentley sold there for over 60k

whot makes me laugh is when people tell me there rs500 touring car copy is worth loads ect

as with anything only cars with the original shell and history command the big money.

AlexF

awsome!

Hopefully see you at donno

Alex

callum

lovely looking merc i work for mercedes up here but no 190 like that in our garage lol so do you still not feel like selling any spares if you arent racing next year give pm if you are cheers

martinrs500labatts

at the moment i am keeping the spares for the my other two rs500 touring cars

i have a few bits

from memory i have spare not on cars:

20 17" BBS centre lock wheels

front and rear set of hubs and nuts bearings for centre lock wheels

front shocks

front uprights

front stuct top mounts

front discs

pulleys

getrac gearbox

race engine

four different 9" diff racios

gearbox cooler

drive shafts

rear springs

clutch

two full props

three sets of ht leads

T4 turbo

new door

new tailgate

plus a lot more little parts that i can not remember without opening the garage door lol

quite a few bits hiding in there these days,

when i pick up the merc this weekend

it has a few spares with it like 10 wheels, front bumper, three spare diffs, gearbox racios ten spare dics and bells new pads, shims for the carbon fibre prop, spare extra gear racios, two straters ,two alternaters
loads of belts ect
and three 25 litre fuel churns for the quick full tanks,


so even more stuff in there soon lol

martinrs500labatts

SVM 286

Saw Mr. R running the Mercedes in the night time short endurance event in November 2004 at Brands Hatch.
I think it was called 'Race Into The Night' or something similar.

I went there just to see the Merc, and it was worth the price of admission.
Absolutely awesome sight and sound on the full circuit in the dark with lights blazing, especially tearing along Hawthorn as flat as a strap.

Excellent to see that your taste in cars is as eclectic as it is good Martin, and i'm pleased to hear that you're keeping the two remaining 500s.

Good luck with the car. I hope she is everything you're hoping for, and I very much look forward to seeing her run again.

martinrs500labatts

i am running the merc on the 29th dec at donnington for shackdown runs

with my new co driver???





he is going to be frightenly fast and the sheer site of him will make the opersition worried.

hope he lets me have a go lol

leecavturbo

oh great my first track day 29th, and your going to be there showing me how to really do it .

martinrs500labatts

shackdown runs i.e get used to the car

but i have been told it runs consitant 1.12 sec round the short track.

GTechR

Stunning, stunning car mate, looks awsome

martinrs500labatts

Ł500,000 plus to build

with Ł2000,000 plus to develop

if i gave you 100,000 pounds today you could not build a car to this spec

thats why if you can allways buy an original race car that someone else has spent all the time and effert to develop into a race winner

some spec

carbon fibre:

front bumper splitter

rear bumper

rear spoiler

bonnet

grill

tailgate

full propshaft

all body kit

mag :

wheels

shocks

hubs

sump

gearbox casing

bell housing

diff casing

titanium:

engine parts

suspension


carbon dash

carbon touring car seat rap round

air jacks

355 ap full race six pots front

300 ap full race four pots rear

centre lock wheels

full data logging

AMG built chassie 42 driven by borg van ohman

raced by zakspeed


a little bit special

Dan

Nothing more to say than

Would love to pop up and see your cars one day!

saff_cossie

Martin I assume the sale price was quid and not $$?

Which state is the new owner in, just so I know if I stand a chance of seeing it in action? PM me if you dont want to post.

Would be fantastic to see one here.

Tony Ryan

Best of luck mate ! You already know what i think tho . Let me know how much you want for all the race car spares now you wont need them , mine runs on more modern stuff but you never know eh .

boXXer

MOIST! i love that. Looks lovely.

martinrs500labatts

i will know tony when i do a few rounds in southern saloons.

and see your car in my mirror lol

sold in ŁŁŁ

car is going to new south wales in australia

Porkie

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See you at Donno on 29th matey

DaveEscos

aarghh I can stand it NO longer!!!!



it's spelt WHAT !!!!!!!!!

Kev.H

that merc is

tint the windows put a rude bot merc sticker on the back and everyone in London will want to buy drugs off you

Versus_Creations

iTrader: (1)

Anonymous

Just SO jealous of you mate.

Absolutely awesome car, and same for the touring cars as well.

Im as green as shrek, but a bit uglier

martinrs500labatts

a few close up pics of the new car

martinrs500labatts

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rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

nice owning any evoloution car id imagine nevermind an actual race one (or 3)

Porkie

iTrader: (1)

love it

AGAR-COSWORTH

Awesome - is the spares truck now yours too Ive seen these in action in DTM and they were awesome, i assume yours is built to the same regs as DTM?

You mentioned above the Peter Jackson Racing Sierra that was reciently sold - was it the same one as was advertised by a man in Austrailia who had bought it in 1993 and raced it occasionally competitively up until 1996 where it has been in storage until now?

info here:http://www.ibcholdings.com.au/cars/sierra/

Comes with a very impressive spares package too!

rs4steve

c u on the 29th at donny martin in my original boreham tarmac rally car build no 000013 (unlucky for some)

having the car suspension setup so should be flying

Porkie

iTrader: (1)

I'll be in Skyline. Going to save Sierra until Bedford I think.