djstaffy Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 What a month ive had after some T**T wrote off my mk1 cortina wagon been totally depressed, then last week heard whisper about mk1 escort with a v8 may be for sale, well went to look at it in week, bought it & picked it up yesterday. made some enquiries on its history it turns out its a famous car that used to race in the real steel rover v8 championship in the early 90's, finished 2nd in 95 , 4th & 5th in previuos years,it started drag racing in 82!its running a race rv8 with 2 stage nitrous etc,will run 10.5 sec 1/4 all day long! to say im happy would be nowhere near!! been sat in garage for approx 10 yrs going for full rebuild on it,cant wait!! Djstaffy 1
Fiesta Steve Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 Cool find, are you going to turn it into a road going car ?
djstaffy Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Posted May 13, 2012 Found bit more history on it today guy called Tim Hines raced it in 80's it was yellow then, often racing against Steve green in hi mk1cortina in finals! Mad! then it was raced by Trevor langfield was blue then, raced like this in 90's, then was raced by mike szekely until series ended, (think I spelt names right!) I am looking at possibly making it road legal, gotta see what's involved first!
lotusless Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 Cool find, are you going to turn it into a road going car ? steve
mk3cokebottle Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 kev jenkins prob raced against this sweet looking car
KJ 1320 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 kev jenkins prob raced against this sweet looking car I did mate when it was blue with Trev Langfield and Mike Szekely
Skoty Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 thats cool man iv actually seen pictures of this car racing, would love to own something with abit of history.
fieldy1972 Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 you lucky sod. excelent find mate. sorry to hear about the cortina. every cloud and all that very cool project. not envious at all.
djstaffy Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Posted May 13, 2012 Trevor langfield been in touch, its got a thread on rodsnsods.co.uk under history archive Thanks for great comments guys, I havnt stopped smiling since I bought it! Will be putting a build thread on here & rns, were taking our first proper look at it tomorrow Danny
PaulMags Posted May 13, 2012 Report Posted May 13, 2012 when's it coming in for a paint you kept this one quiet
djstaffy Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Posted May 13, 2012 Paul, heard bout car bout 3 weeks ago, was told it was a mk1 wiv a v8 no mention of it being a drag car!!!! got guys number on Wednesday, bought it then, picked it up yesterday, I'll be needing couple of panels for it, we can talk paint then!!! Danny
puddy Posted May 14, 2012 Report Posted May 14, 2012 kev jenkins prob raced against this sweet looking car I did mate when it was blue with Trev Langfield and Mike Szekely Don't remember this car at all , thought it might have been the other mk1 escort with a v8 rover (TVR) lump,managed to run a very high 8 completely stripped down, Ian Hampstead's I believe Kev . puddy
KJ 1320 Posted May 14, 2012 Report Posted May 14, 2012 kev jenkins prob raced against this sweet looking car I did mate when it was blue with Trev Langfield and Mike Szekely Don't remember this car at all , thought it might have been the other mk1 escort with a v8 rover (TVR) lump,managed to run a very high 8 completely stripped down, Ian Hampstead's I believe Kev . puddy Ian has still got the escort puddy spoke to him a short time ago
D-FENS Posted May 15, 2012 Report Posted May 15, 2012 Pretty sure Steve Law from the well known "Speed Shack" shop in West Drayton raced in this series as well .I think he still has his mk1 escort that he raced not sure if it was blue or red in colour.He used to be on Rods an Sods site and they had a thread about the rover v8 racing and he posted a few times.
KJ 1320 Posted May 15, 2012 Report Posted May 15, 2012 Pretty sure Steve Law from the well known "Speed Shack" shop in West Drayton raced in this series as well .I think he still has his mk1 escort that he raced not sure if it was blue or red in colour.He used to be on Rods an Sods site and they had a thread about the rover v8 racing and he posted a few times. Steve has still got his Escort which is red in colour mate
Flinty Posted May 15, 2012 Report Posted May 15, 2012 Nice find !! Puddy was Ian hampsteads the burgundy coloured mk1 ? There must be loads of old racecars tucked away waiting to be rediscovered .
puddy Posted May 15, 2012 Report Posted May 15, 2012 Nice find !!Puddy was Ian hampsteads the burgundy coloured mk1 ? There must be loads of old racecars tucked away waiting to be rediscovered . Yeah I think it was . Kev,what happened to Chris Peggs escort and Pat Lizniks Viva, I think that ran a high 8 as well. puddy
Admin Vista Posted February 5, 2017 Admin Report Posted February 5, 2017 Holy thread revival batman! Just had this from someone connected with the guy who raced the car originally. Based on this, the car DJStaffy has bought probably isn't what he thought it was. "The car is still in Ian's garage. Exactly where we parked it after the 1996 World Finals when it damaged the engine - and that's where it still is now... It was his first ever car and he will never sell it.."
puddy Posted February 5, 2017 Report Posted February 5, 2017 Lol , we never said it was Ian's (hampstead) car . I mentioned that later in the thread to Kev on a completely separate question. puddy
Admin Vista Posted February 5, 2017 Admin Report Posted February 5, 2017 Lol , we never said it was Ian's (hampstead) car . I mentioned that later in the thread to Kev on a completely separate question. puddy Yes, see that now I've re-read the whole thread
puddy Posted February 5, 2017 Report Posted February 5, 2017 Yes, see that now I've re-read the whole thread Keep up ! puddy
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