Miniliteman Posted May 31, 2021 Report Posted May 31, 2021 Hello all, after lurking for some time decided to register on OSF. My name is Leon and live in the Netherlands. Many moons ago we had an Escort RS Club (Mk1 and Mk2) but that has ceased to exist. We (my mate Aad, his car is on the Minilite Retards Club page, and myself) organised the RSOC European Event in Baarlo (speedwaytrack) in 1992-1994 and the Classic Ford Event in Venlo 2010-2014. See vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofqak2kuWsc For over 25 years I own a Mk2 RS. Car is a '79 RS2000 restored/rebuild with Roger Clark's Manx 1981 MCD car in mind. Strengthened shell, Safety Devices rollcage, homemade loom, FIA kill-switch, battery in boot. OMP seats, Sabelt harness, alloy 45 litre fuel tank, twin Facet pumps. Leda struts with Koni inserts, tensionstruts with 5/8" Gartrac ARB, rollertopmounts, WCXM, quick rack. Single leaf springs, Bilsteins, 4.1 diff with ZF LSD. Mag Minilites (8Jx13 and 9Jx13 for the road, up to 11.5Jx13 for sprints/slalom) All steel BDE spec engine, 1790 cc, twin 45's, Tony Law exhaust, Lumenition ignition, Quaife SCCR gearbox, Tilton clutch. Regards, Leon. 1 2
BaileyMex Posted May 31, 2021 Report Posted May 31, 2021 Welcome to OSF, great looking car there Nice spec as well
John escort mk1V6 Posted May 31, 2021 Report Posted May 31, 2021 Welcome Leon , you have a very nice mk2.
Miniliteman Posted May 31, 2021 Author Report Posted May 31, 2021 Thanks all. The colour is Sebring Red by the way, not a Mk2 colour but that's how MCD sprayed Clark's car.
katana Posted May 31, 2021 Report Posted May 31, 2021 Hi Leon, good to see you registered and can confirm your instrument VR is working well.
Admin Vista Posted May 31, 2021 Admin Report Posted May 31, 2021 Welcome to Old Skool Ford 👍 We have quite a few members from the Netherlands, sadly the change of venue for Classic Ford Show a few years ago, followed by the Covid crisis, has meant that we haven't seen @JP.and crew for quite some time now.
Miniliteman Posted May 31, 2021 Author Report Posted May 31, 2021 37 minutes ago, katana said: Hi Leon, good to see you registered and can confirm your instrument VR is working well. Hello SIR ! Don't forget the Brexit Vista, visiting the UK and also buying or selling parts from/to the UK has become much more difficult. Parts from the UK have become 30% more expensive. The 'old' BDE did 177 bhp on the engine dyno. I changed to a 4-bolt head 2 years ago with a bit wilder inlet cam (L1). 2
notenoughtime Posted May 31, 2021 Report Posted May 31, 2021 Welcome to OSF lovely car you have with a proper engine I’d love to own a BD engine
Admin Vista Posted May 31, 2021 Admin Report Posted May 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Miniliteman said: Hello SIR ! Don't forget the Brexit Vista, visiting the UK and also buying or selling parts from/to the UK has become much more difficult. Parts from the UK have become 30% more expensive. The 'old' BDE did 177 bhp on the engine dyno. I changed to a 4-bolt head 2 years ago with a bit wilder inlet cam (L1). Visiting the UK for tourism reasons is exactly the same as it was before, it's just not so straight forward if you want to work here. And the parts themselves haven't become any more expensive, it's the tariffs and taxes European governments are applying that have added to your costs (though I appreciate the net effect is the same).
Monza Posted June 1, 2021 Report Posted June 1, 2021 Welcome to OSF Leon. Lovely mk2 [emoji7][emoji108][emoji106]Sent from my Hammer_Energy_18x9 using Tapatalk
JP. Posted June 1, 2021 Report Posted June 1, 2021 Scott, thanks for reminding me I still excist.. got an email you posted my name.. Leon welcome, we know eachother so no introduction needed. Yess, I am still Old Skool Ford to the bone as part of the Dutch crew but with Covid we where not able to attend anything, so Linda & I had lots of quality time!!! IN THE GARAGE Its at the paintshop now. We very miss our UK trips. 3
Admin Vista Posted June 1, 2021 Admin Report Posted June 1, 2021 2 hours ago, JP. said: Scott, thanks for reminding me I still excist.. got an email you posted my name.. Leon welcome, we know eachother so no introduction needed. Yess, I am still Old Skool Ford to the bone as part of the Dutch crew but with Covid we where not able to attend anything, so Linda & I had lots of quality time!!! IN THE GARAGE Its at the paintshop now. We very miss our UK trips. Good to hear from you JP, look fwd to seeing you again when the Chinese plague dissipates a little more
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