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This really should have got built! What do you think? (unfinished) Paul

Always was poor with numbers! that should have been P40 chopped mat. Sorry. Paul

Hand made with P38 fibre glass think you can see it in this picture

Thanks, the speedster happened cos I broke the screen surround off whilst making a converible and I did not know what to do with it! Paul

Latest off my production line, love to do the speedster for real, what do you think? Paul

brilliant, what are those wheels?

Thats what I thought when I saw it. A good Ford nut I know whose seen everything! Says hes never seen another. Paul

Picked this up a couple of years back at a toy fair of all places! Its a folder full of documents and photos. Lots more photos apart from those I have put up, but you get the idea. Paul

I have posted my model Corsairs so thought I better do the real one! 2.1 EFi & 5 speed, 16 inch alloys Rack & pinion rose jointed adjustable TCA's & tension strut 2.250 coil overs Princess 4 pots & Capri vented discs. Sinle leaf springs with AVO adjustable shocks all round, 2 inch lowering blocks. Rover electric leather seats stereo with sub & amp. Tinted glass. Car was Ford experimental vehicle given to Norwich College for apprentices to work on. Chassis different at rear to normal. Lots of other stuff. Then we have my previous Corsair 2000E. V4 with Capri 2.8 injection 5 speed box Leda 2.250 coil over front suspension, Capri single leaf springs Opel Manta Recaro seats recovered in black leather. Photos courtesy of Mike Key and Street Machine magazine. Crayford Cabriolet (the rarer one!) My old racer about 1979 Willment overhead inlet valve conversion and 4 speed box, Blydenstyne stock car cam Lastly my sons old 2 door Corsair now in Marc Strettons hands Sorry heres another my 1500GT powered Popular about 1978 All done for now post seems a bit big, sorry but I have been around along while! Paul

Most are but a few aren't. Paul

Here are a few of my 1/43 models Mostly Cararama but the white BDA powered 2 door is Dinky

Check out www.automodels.co.uk for 1/43 scale Mk1 Escort/Capri/Mk1 Cortina/Corsair models by Cararama very resonable prices too. Paul

Had same problems after having my box rebuilt, went and bought new seal from Fords, went to take the old one out and it all but fell out! put new one in problem solved. Many years ago I worked for Borg Warner experimental garage in Letchworth and we had a load of problems with Avenger oil seals, turned out we had had a huge batch of seals with no wire spring inside worth a look just roll the outer lip back and check! Paul

I hope I am wrong but I bought a pair of strut inserts for sons Escort without nuts. Ended up going to a pal who runs a small engineering shop and he told me they were unusual in that they were AMERICAN EXTRA FINE thread and almost impossible to find. He ended up making some for me. Paul

That's interesting (aka a concern) what reason was given for refusing to honour the agreed value? The premium charged is linked to the amount of the agreed value surely? I will have to check with him I will get back on that one. Paul

No my mate had a nice Pinto powered 2 door Mk1 Cortina written off on agreed value of £5,000 insurance would only give £3000 no amount of Solicitors on the case made any difference. Went on for ages but never got anywhere. Now he has a new toy, the Supercharged ST170 powered ratty Cortina that was in Classic Ford back around Christmas. Paul

Ford Corsair Club are holding their annual Rally this year at Wicksteed Park Northants on 19th/20th June £6.00 to get on to Wicksteed Park and come and see us. Paul

As a member of the Cottered Banger Club back at the end of the 60's we would get phone calls offering to pay us to take away taxed and MOTed Mk1 Zephyrs and Zodiacs because thats what we raced no one wanted them. I payed £5 for a taxed MOTed Mk1 Consul that I used for work for a few months with nothing wrong with it! One lad turned up with a mk1 at Braefield and failed scrutineering because his car was non standard, it had triple SU's a Raymond Mays head and a Sunbeam Rapier overdrive box! Paul

WITH. PAUL

Been a member for a few years but never posted anything so maybe I should get under way! No Corsairs seen yet so maybe I can rectify that as PRO/Club mag Editor for Corsair club. Paul