Oldish Pic and Mull Rally

[pnwrs2000]

So ive finally managed to get my photobucket thing working and found this picture that was taken a few years back. Id spent weeks of nights and loads of weekends with my mate to bodge together his unarched mk2 into an arched mk2 with 2.3 Duratec in time for the Tunnocks Tour of Mull rally.

With only a few niggling bits needing attention we headed off to Mull to do the rally and although the car was, in my view, far from perfect, it didnt half look (and sound ) the part and he was doing some decent stage times too.

 

So anyway, of all the places for me to go and watch he decides to have a bit of an off right infront of me and ends up parked about 5 metres away from me and his wife. No one was hurt but the car was wrecked .

 

Only thing that we could use again was the engine . Oh and there's now a passenger side rear alloy arch as a good spare, should we ever need it again (highly likely !)

 

Cant wait to go to Mull this year for a look, although my mate isnt doing it this time as he's just made a bit of a mess of the new car at Pendragon Stages at the weekend. Anyone spot a theme here.......?

 

Best bit is, he wont let me drive the bloody thing because i might prang it !

 

[Vista]

There in one image is why two doors cost so much

[lotusless]

mk2 escort coupe !!!!!!!!!! glad there were no injuries

[pnwrs2000]

There in one image is why two doors cost so much

 

Too bloody right !

[Andrade]

That sucks big time, at least rollcage did its job!

[pnwrs2000]

That sucks big time, at least rollcage did its job!

 

Yeah it did but it wasnt half a funny shaped cage when we took it out of the car. Seat sub frames were a right mess too.

 

If you look on You Tube under Orange Escort Crash or something, the video of it is on there. Scary really just how cream crackered the car ended up after what was quite a quick (time) accident really

[Andrade]

If you look on You Tube under Orange Escort Crash or something, the video of it is on there. Scary really just how cream crackered the car ended up after what was quite a quick (time) accident really

 

 

oww just saw the vid! that was quite an impact.. at least ur ok!

[pnwrs2000]

If you look on You Tube under Orange Escort Crash or something, the video of it is on there. Scary really just how cream crackered the car ended up after what was quite a quick (time) accident really

 

 

oww just saw the vid! that was quite an impact.. at least ur ok!

 

Good un init

 

Cant remember if the gear indicator thing said 5th or 6th but it was definately not driving miss daisy !

 

It wasnt me driving though, it was my mate. I got the lovely task of staying with the car on the side of the hill until the complete stage had finished, the sun had gone in and darkness had fell all around. Only then could we collect the car and drag it back through the town

[Vista]

I think the comment at 0:14 has it down perfectly

 

 

Is there a white one gone off in the same place in the bottom left of the video?

[Andrade]

I got the lovely task of staying with the car on the side of the hill until the complete stage had finished, the sun had gone in and darkness had fell all around. Only then could we collect the car and drag it back through the town

 

that sucks even more.. I think there are people out there who would rather die with the car then have it wrecked at the garage after all the hard work that we put in these machines!

[pnwrs2000]

I think the comment at 0:14 has it down perfectly

 

 

Is there a white one gone off in the same place in the bottom left of the video?

 

Yeah the white one did exactly the same only a few minutes earlier. Callum Duffy (local legend in a very nice blue mk2 with montecarlo arches and a BDA) very very nearly did the same just before the white one. On the plus side, its definately a good place to watch , although that rally has done nothing good for the price of 2 door shells

[pnwrs2000]

I got the lovely task of staying with the car on the side of the hill until the complete stage had finished, the sun had gone in and darkness had fell all around. Only then could we collect the car and drag it back through the town

 

that sucks even more.. I think there are people out there who would rather die with the car then have it wrecked at the garage after all the hard work that we put in these machines!

 

Better safe than sorry and all that. Another mate of mine stuffed his car yonks and yonks ago and we ended up leaving it at the bottom of the ditch thinking it was out of sight so wouldnt come to any harm. Needless to say, a few hours later when we came back with a friendly farmer and his tractor we found that all the good / salvageable stuff had been whipped away by thieving scumbags

Cant see that sort of thing happening in Mull though tbh but better safe than sorry

Was unbelievably cold though !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[D4N]

The steps have took so many mk2 escorts in its time seen a mk3 go off there last year there. Cant wait to go this year! Amazing place mull

[Wessie]

I think the comment at 0:14 has it down perfectly

 

 

Is there a white one gone off in the same place in the bottom left of the video?

 

Yeah the white one did exactly the same only a few minutes earlier. Callum Duffy (local legend in a very nice blue mk2 with montecarlo arches and a BDA) very very nearly did the same just before the white one. On the plus side, its definately a good place to watch , although that rally has done nothing good for the price of 2 door shells

 

we now own duffy's car

 

glad to here no-one was hurt