A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk III)

[Escort3500]

bigothunter said:

Escort3500 said:

These Escort pics bring back many childhood memories. Does anyone remember the FordSport Club? My old man had a Mk l Lotus Cortina (in special order Alan Mann Racing red/gold ) and was a member. We used to get (I think monthly) magazines, and had binders, a grille badge and FS rally jackets amongst other stuff. One of the early issues had a free big B&W wall poster of the flying Mk l Escort being tested. As a car mad kid, the poster adorned my bedroom wall for years (before I graduated to Pirelli calendars and the tennis player scratching her bum poster )

Fiona Walker

Ah, memories

[Escort3500]

[quote=gt40steve]From the archives. 1972



Yes, I remember that programme; thanks!

I seem to remember dad saying it was too far to travel

[aeropilot]

gt40steve said:

Ouch !

Hand built by Mick Jones.
Destroyed by the hand of Roger Clark.

[bigothunter]

aeropilot said:

gt40steve said:

Ouch !

Hand built by Mick Jones.
Destroyed by the hand of Roger Clark.

Met Roger once at MIRA but I knew Mick fairly well. Both sadly departed.

[gt40steve]

bigothunter said:

aeropilot said:

gt40steve said:

Ouch !

Hand built by Mick Jones.
Destroyed by the hand of Roger Clark.

Met Roger once at MIRA but I knew Mick fairly well. Both sadly departed.

You may also remember David Wood from Boreham ? He sadly passed away last August.

Youtube, The Davids' Day -1965, on the Ford Heritage channel.

I worked with the other David in the film, David Rowe, until he retired some years ago.

[aeropilot]

gt40steve said:

bigothunter said:

aeropilot said:

gt40steve said:

Ouch !

Hand built by Mick Jones.
Destroyed by the hand of Roger Clark.

Met Roger once at MIRA but I knew Mick fairly well. Both sadly departed.

You may also remember David Wood from Boreham ? He sadly passed away last August.

And Mick Jones passed away only a short time after his fellow Boreham 'legend' Bill Meade passed away, back in 2016.

[bigothunter]

gt40steve said:

You may also remember David Wood from Boreham ? He sadly passed away last August.

Youtube, The Davids' Day -1965, on the Ford Heritage channel.

I worked with the other David in the film, David Rowe, until he retired some years ago.

I don't recognise David Wood. My time at Boreham was spent on trucks with only an occasional venture into the motorsport workshop.

Great archive film when international rallying was much simpler (and cheaper) than today. Makes me wonder if all that extra hassle and expense is worthwhile.