The Ford Appreciation Thread

[Adam G]

I think the blue one starts with an 8 lol

 

[MarcB]

The Blue one is driven by Andrew Gallacher and is around 784bhp

I believe the blue focus can do knockhill race track in around 51 secs.

Andy & Charlie are crazy.

Just youtube Charlie Shaw or Andrew Gallacher





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[Poopensharten]

I think the blue one starts with an 8 lol

LOL!

The Blue one is driven by Andrew Gallacher and is around 784bhp

I believe the blue focus can do knockhill race track in around 51 secs.

Andy & Charlie are crazy.

Just youtube Charlie Shaw or Andrew Gallacher





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And i gather the running gear is all different? They're f**king insane.

 

[MarcB]

There is a few old threads on some ford forums of them building the cars.

ANDY'S Car

CHARLIE'S Car

Here is the topic on the car but its now a few years old

http://passionford.com/forum/restor...us-cosworth-800-bhp-new-season-2011-a-62.html
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[MG cup]

LOL!


And i gather the running gear is all different? They're f**king insane.

The blue one is pretty much full carbon fibre body wrapped around a space frame chassis so yeah the running gear isn't standard lol. They are two very good pilots and quite well known in UK.

This is a quality video from years ago when they still had Escorts, most will complain of driving standards at a trackday, I think its ace.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MCE3sEX7UyM

 

[Kelv]

As we are on Cossie powered focus's...

this is a good mates.

his previous escort which was replaced by the focus.

 

[Gaz.]

Saw that white YB powered RS at Cadwell, the fabrication work is insane.

 

[Bluebeard]

Just look at this. FCUKING LOOK AT IT!!!

Awesome.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300892321725#description

 

[Djw John]

I think I just drooled a bit

 

[Harko]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQp-fUqENc My old car reg YNO 910X,

It was this mint when i owned it but sold it to a right odd bod as you can tell by the video he made.

 

[Mr R.]

The seats in the RS1600i are epic..

 

[Canary172]

I'd probably have another Ford if it wasn't for their rust problems...

 

[Gally]

Just look at this. FCUKING LOOK AT IT!!!

Awesome.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300892321725#description

Oh FFS!

 

[yeecup]

 

[MG cup]

Few of my old XR2, only car I wish I kept but I didnt have the cash for or know anywhere to keep it through the winters. Had pretty much every extra from factory, head rests, both front seatbelts and wing mirrors, parcel shelf etc etc, was on 56,000 mile when I got it and had only had paint on the drivers door due to a bash.

Nice spec too with Gaz coilovers, Ashley manifold, piper exhaust and piper cross filter.

 

[kpowell911]

My Pals into his Fords, all owned by the same household

Swapped the Orange ST for an RS (the Mallard ES Cos is a relation too

From an RS Meet

 

[Willliams]

Few of my old XR2, only car I wish I kept but I didnt have the cash for or know anywhere to keep it through the winters. Had pretty much every extra from factory, head rests, both front seatbelts and wing mirrors, parcel shelf etc etc, was on 56,000 mile when I got it and had only had paint on the drivers door due to a bash.

Nice spec too with Gaz coilovers, Ashley manifold, piper exhaust and piper cross filter.

Oh my.... how that brings back some very fond memories for me. It looks identical to my old XR2, only with a few less miles on it. Such great little cars, even if the 4 speed box left me continually looking for another gear when I hadn't used it on a motorway for a while lol. Thanks for sharing your pics dude. Is the car still about? Know where it is now?

 

[MG cup]

Yeah awesome fun, twin choke carb made it feel like a turbo when it kicked in tbh, I was 19 at the time haha. The car was sold to a guy who was going to run it from Peterhead area to Aberdeen daily for work, around an 80 mile journey, it will probably be wrecked now or have a severe case of car cancer. I did see it a year or so later at a petrol station, doubled back got the guys number and offered to buy it back, he didn't want to at the time. He had removed the stickers and it looked a shadow if its former self, I lost the number and have never seen it again, I would have another in a s**t but they have really started climbing in value now and silver ones are like rocking horse ****.

 

[wjb]

My old Fiesta RS1800

 

[MarcB]

I was there with the Escort that day.

Here is some more pictures of the blue Escort, That belongs to my Mrs Ex.

 

[MarcB]

A guy i know owned this but sold it a while back now.

 

[vRS LIL]

Kin el! That's proper minty fresh....stunning
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[Wayne-G]

^ My god that's clean!

In love with this thing...

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

please please PLEASE let that be the new design for the RS !

( yes i know it has an st badge )

 

[Wayne-G]

please please PLEASE let that be the new design for the RS !

( yes i know it has an st badge )

It would be epic if it was! Im sure i read something that the new RS is going to be 3 door only, don't know if its true or not! Fifteen 52 Built this for ken block as a track car i think.

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

all proper fords need to be 3 door, excluding the sapphs cossworths

 

[Djw John]

Forgot that I had a flickr account and opened it up yesterday and found these, loads from Crail, I'd guess about 5 years ago or so.

IMG_2902 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2914 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2913 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2911 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2910 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2909 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2907 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2905 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2891 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2899 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2900 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2954 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2946 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2942 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2941 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2939 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2929 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

IMG_2924 (Medium) by john.holligan, on Flickr

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[105e]

one of my old fords which I sold a couple of years ago

and another

 

[Niall]

A lovely FRS parked next to my brother's 182 today. People really aren't kidding when they say cars are getting bigger and bigger.

 

[DaveDreads]

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[alex-avfc]

That's my old car was immaculate!

 

[alex-avfc]

Ok to take this thread to the next level, does anyone have any 'period' photos of old fords they've owned back in their heyday? Would love to see some 80's/90's shots of xr's, rs turbos to spark of some real old ford nostalgia.

 

[DaveDreads]

Totally forgot I had these, I took them at a car meet a few years ago,
talking about Cossies in GC reminded me I had them.

PLus a Mk1 Cortina with a V8 shoehorned in there. :approve:

 

[DaveDreads]

 

[Kelv]

Haven't seen that V plate Escos for years, built by Reyland and originally owned by a guy called Gaz in the Tamworth area.
lovely clean car.

 

[Stu.]

This thread needs deleted!! Too much want.

 

[Mork of Ork]

My mate's newly acquired Puma with my Fiesta peeking from behind.

 

[MarcB]

 

[Short Norman]

He needs a bigger trailer

 

[DaveDreads]

I want that RS2000 so badly it almost hurts.