heres a quick update for anyone interested

got this ex lawrence bristow labatts car a couple of years back

it ended up in new zealand and i imported it back to the uk.

with its very bright paint job from around 1996 when it last raced

had a few options

FROM THIS AS IT WAS WHEN I GOT IT.















original labatts colours which it ran in 1990










SECURICOR AMEGA ran in 1991




ARQUATI / CAM SHIPPING





WELL IN THE END I DECIDED IT HAD TO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL COLOURS/ GRAHICS















straight from the body shop to the sign guys for the graphics to be done

got a couple of quick pics so i can have a before and after


hopefully i made the right choice

 

Brian

 

I'm not sure it'll look right with the big arches and the labatts colours!!

I'm sure it'll be nice.........just not quite "right"


The securicor omega colours look cool too!!!

 

wow

 

trouble is the securicor and arquati colours,

i dont have any good photos so getting the grahics right would be evan harder

when the cars finished i will post some pics up.

 

would never get bored of seeing pics of your touring car collection absolutley superb mate!! if you have anymore pics get them up! infact you should put a thread up of all your rs500's over the years and what you have done with them.

 

Fantastic stuff Always loved your collection of cars Martin

 

BEAUTIFULL, deffo right choice there mate!!

 

nuts

 

cool car, how wide are your bbs rims. sorry my bad english

 

12.5" by 17" rears with 305mm dunlop slicks / wets

10" by 17" fronts with 265mm dunlop slicks / wets

the rear is tubed and can take very wide wheels

 

Absolutely stunning Martin! I think you've definately made the right choice mate!

Can't wait to see the finished article!

 

stunning as always with your cars

 

looks a 100 times better..nice work..

 

Great livery choice mate ! Congrats for the incoming job !

 

I have no doubt it will look spectacular, however, it's really a completely different car with them arches, I'd have wanted to have gone with a paint scheme that was used when it had the kit.

 

Will look great when the graphics are put on. keep us updated!

 

One waord "AWESOME" should look the absolute nuts when it's stickered up

 

agree with above, still a great project tho.

and most of all it's yours so you can do whatever you want to it!

steve

 

looks mint m8

 

Id have gone with the ARQUATI colours, maybe suit the arches more? Does look seriously cool though!

 

i know whot your saying, which is why i had to give it some thought , but trouble is without any good pictures of the 91/92 colours it was to much working out and guess work

atleast i can get the labatts graphics 100% correct

and parked next to the harvey car it will just add the its look

also its not as if its not the original bristow car anyway

 

martin I presume the work involved to return the arches to original is too great to consider doing it.
imagine having both cars side by side back to 87/88 spec!!!
now that would be awsome

steve

 

yes mate

un like the graham goode car i restored, this car has had the rear inner arches tubed to except the massive wide wheels and evan the cage has been changed for this to all work

i was told lawrence spent 20k plus modding the car for the 93 thunder saloon series and this involved evan the boot floor / rear beam/ rear arms ect ect

not did not just stick some big body kit on there,

this car won the 93 thundersaloon championship and is considered the best handling sierra thunder saloon from this era of racing








as you can see it has been modded slightly!

 

yikes even the strut top towers were chopped of and remade, would be a hell of a job to try and restore that by the looks of it.
does look like it's been well done back in the day

steve

 

the rear beam/ suspention is all different as well

and they spend a lot of time getting it so it can run this low, most thunder saloon sierra seam to sit to high at the back





this is the harvey car

 

Cool car & collection you have Martin

 

Shame you were unable to restore it to its original thundersaloon livery....no one got any decent pics any where from back in the day? Either way...its gonna look a million times better than the colour chart it was wearing when you bought it Another top job on keeping the sierra's racing heritage alive Martin

 

that looks awsome. looking forward to seening it all finished

 

thats look really nice m8 keep up the good work

 

nice
what diff is it running??

 

This car was awesome at combe last year!!! it was a good few seconds faster than all the big power 4x4' evos etc. Loved watching it! will it be there this year martin?

 

martin, i have some question about the diff. who made them? what class? do you have any story about them? or do you have some info about them. hope you can answer my question. i think it`s the same on my friends rs500, but we don`t know much about it. i heard it been used on some rallycross 500 ????????? thank`s

 

That is AWESOME !

I can't say I was a fan of the multi coloured paintwork you bought it with but it will look great with the new Livery.

Strangely a guy a I know has a ex thunder saloon (now unarched) and the tubs, cage and bracketry is identical, no idea where the shell originally came from but I know he has had it a long time.

Look forward to seeing the completed pictures

 

am luving it

 

the diff is a 9" fixed spool

same ones they use in the australian v8 race cars

the original rouse 9" lcd diff was replaced after they kept braking it,

problem is the 12.5 " wide rear tyres have massive grip

with this fixed spool diff they is nothing to brake

harder to drive, but the cars been set up for it so does work well.

 

Wicked pics Martin, anymore of the car being restored yet mate?

 

Wow

 

thanks a lot for the answer martin