What happened to Dave Sayers Mk1 V6 Cortina GTA built

[JAY PS]

Does anyone know what happened to the black mk1 Gta motors,Morden built in the 80s was featured in street machine ?

[b17ant]

Was wandering about that myself!. Would be nice if somone could respond with some info!

[inspectorgusset]

remember they built a british racing green one i seem to remember it had a v6 and was owned by a guy called dave sayers from sutton or carshalton

[Mrs O/H/C]

i remember the red v6 mk2 tina they built, a friend of ours had it, as for dave sayers mk1, that ended up with a v8 in it !!, so what happened to their yellow escort van that they had ??

[JAY PS]

Blimey ,i think thats the guys name ,have to look in the loft ive got the mag somewere here.

 

Anyone no what became of it !

[dssean]

I used to own their old red mk1 pro street with a v6 and westminister axle pulled the v6 out, fitted a chevy 350 small block and sold it .Gutted!!! reg was LYU 424D. it had a cream vinyl roof and cream leather interior and gold perspex windows.. think they gut who had it before me was dave gettard??

Wish i still had it.

[inspectorgusset]

if was about the same era ? did it use to run with a holley carb i think i can remember it coming down the earl beatty in motspur park

[you'll get 10s on that]

Hi

Dave Sayers' Cortina wasn't black but Alpine Green...a VERY dark Talbot colour (I think) Yes the V6 ( which was heralded "the car that beat the dyno" in the Street Machine article) was pulled and a Buick 454 V8 fitted. If I remember correctly it wasn't a good move and I don't think it ever ran any faster!!!!

 

The V6 engine was bought by "Animal" (Brian Deveraux) and was going to be fitted into a 100E (TAP252)by GTA but that never happened. I bought the engine and a manual gearbox and fitted it up into another 100E. Parted with that in about 1989 as an unfinshed project. My son bought TAP 252 which we caged and pintoed and eventually sold on.

 

Yes I remember many a night at the Earl Beaty burning out and similar good behaviour

 

As for "Beaker's" yellow van (was originally red) that was converted into a pickup by Gary and very pretty it was too. Not sure of its wearabouts now though

 

I also bougth Gary's grey primered V6 Mk2 Tina which I eventuall broke for the engine and box to put in a 105E but was stoled from my lockup never to be seen again.

[JAY PS]

Just dug out the Street Machine Aug 84 mag

Yes it was Alpine Green and the reg is MPH643D

The enquiry is complete

 

The vehicle details for MPH 643D are:

 

Date of Liability 01 04 1984

Date of First Registration 07 06 1966

Year of Manufacture Not Available

Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1498CC

CO2 Emissions Not Available

Fuel Type Petrol

Export Marker Not Applicable

Vehicle Status Unlicensed

Vehicle Colour GREEN

 

That means when Street Machine dyno feature was done it wasnt taxed but there is tax in the window and look at the engine cc!

Was it then only used for the strip !!

I will add photos later

[JAY PS]

[KJ 1320]

I haven't seen Dave for years!

the Black one that I think you're on about was "jakes" Ian Porter's

[Mrs O/H/C]

I haven't seen Dave for years!

the Black one that I think you're on about was "jakes" Ian Porter's

 

Dave used to live 2 doors away from us 9-10 years ago

[KJ 1320]

I spoke my m8 Chris who owns the M.O.T. Bay which is next door to where GTA used to be and Dave is still about doing a bit of building work, as far as he knows Dave bought the Cortina back as a rolling shell but that was 4-5 years ago