Vehicle Enthusiasts Day @ Ford Dunton R&D Centre

[frayz]

Hey guys,

Some of you know i work at the Ford R&D Technical Centre in Dunton, Essex.
As you can imagine im one of a few hundred car mad petrolheads working there every day. Many of which like me have their own ideas of motoring nirvana of all shapes and sizes. Some are modern performance cars, other classic sports cars, kits car, projects, 2 wheels & four... and anything inbetween.

Every year Dunton puts on a special day for all us petrolheads working there, and closes its test track to allow us to display our cars, bikes and projects for everyone to see.

Vehicles are split into categories and then there is a panel of judges to award the top cars of each category, mine for example was "Worldwide cars post 1980". Judges are Ford CEOs, managers and sometimes WRC drivers lol.

364 days of the year cameras are strictly prohibited on site due to the nature of vehicle design, but during the enthusiasts day we're allowed to take snaps.

Here are some to share with you that a friend took and some quickies from my iphone.
Amazingly i won my class of which i was rather pleased about.

Anyway, heres a handful of snaps from some of kit on display. We all had a great day.

Cheers

Frayz

 

[VeinAST]

Nice pics

 

[Djw Dave]

Some awesome cars. Congrats on winning your class.

 

[Poopensharten]

Fantastic mate!

Know anything about the white Fiesta??

 

[frayz]

Cheers guys.

Yes the white fiesta st was built and owned by my good friend Chris. He is ex Mountune and the car runs the full Mountune 200 kit approx 205 Bhp. It's stripped and weighs approx 1000kg. KW suspension, st170 brakes etc.

Built for trackdays and fast road.

 

[NoahRobinson07]

The maroon GT40 and the mini So much want.

 

[Detail Chris]

Cheers guys.

Yes the white fiesta st was built and owned by my good friend Chris. He is ex Mountune and the car runs the full Mountune 200 kit approx 205 Bhp. It's stripped and weighs approx 1000kg. KW suspension, st170 brakes etc.

Built for trackdays and fast road.

nice to see a local boy! Dad worked at Dunton for 30 odd years, cool place get to see cool stuff and been on the banked oval many times! know a few people still their.

chris with the ST, isn't Ming who was a Saab tech years ago?
Got a best mate in engine r&d, Koen (Chinese fella)

nice Subaru by the way, is it sold?

chris
DetailMe

 

[lewisredfern001]

awesome pics, your car is an engineering master piece, loved your project thread.

 

[Djw John]

Missed this first time round, great pics and superb selection of cars.

 

[Clio80]

Im good mates with Dave Earthy do loads of Rallying with him, was out in Jersey with him i was navigating in a 1400 nova where we finished just behind him!

That Mk1 Escort rolled on the first proper stage out there and f**ked it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA3KrfPiqbM

Me naving in the Nova http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4olxbyVelbQ

 

[Cliotoby]

God that Impreza is nice.

 

[ch!ppen]

Some very nice cars there... Nice to see there's a lot of people working there who actually have passion for cars outside work!

Scooby looks awesome as ever, really liking it

 

[Lawro]

Your impreza is stunning! Love that 205 too.

 

[frayz]

nice to see a local boy! Dad worked at Dunton for 30 odd years, cool place get to see cool stuff and been on the banked oval many times! know a few people still their.

chris with the ST, isn't Ming who was a Saab tech years ago?
Got a best mate in engine r&d, Koen (Chinese fella)

nice Subaru by the way, is it sold?

chris
DetailMe

I believe Chris was called Ming, Christopher Johnson.
Yes he's a good mate of mine. Koen, doesn't work in engine R&D, because I do lol. I think he's still an apprentice, maybe finished now? Nice lad, worked with him in our area.

As for my car, I'm not really pushing a sale. If it sells it sells.

Shes still here for now. Lol.

 

[frayz]

awesome pics, your car is an engineering master piece, loved your project thread.

Missed this first time round, great pics and superb selection of cars.

God that Impreza is nice.

Some very nice cars there... Nice to see there's a lot of people working there who actually have passion for cars outside work!

Scooby looks awesome as ever, really liking it

Your impreza is stunning! Love that 205 too.

Big thanks guys.

Glad you like it. It's taken a lot of money and even more man hours to get it where it is now.
You can drive it away for an offer over £25K if you like

 

[frayz]

Im good mates with Dave Earthy do loads of Rallying with him, was out in Jersey with him i was navigating in a 1400 nova where we finished just behind him!

That Mk1 Escort rolled on the first proper stage out there and f**ked it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA3KrfPiqbM

Me naving in the Nova http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4olxbyVelbQ

Yeah I'm good mates with Dave, he now works in our engine lab with me. We have a good crack together and get on well.
I love the C2, it's a cracking little car

 

[BREMBO]

Great pictures, love the old Escort estate

 

[Detail Chris]

I believe Chris was called Ming, Christopher Johnson.
Yes he's a good mate of mine. Koen, doesn't work in engine R&D, because I do lol. I think he's still an apprentice, maybe finished now? Nice lad, worked with him in our area.

As for my car, I'm not really pushing a sale. If it sells it sells.

Shes still here for now. Lol.

Blimey small world aye! Yeah Ming I used to work with, and Koen is an apprentice, shows how much I don't listen to him about his job lol! Will mention to him about ya!
Chris

 

[McGherkin]

I'd be very disappointed if your car hadn't been best in class!

That BMW powered seven looks rather tasty.

 

[Mr R.]

Love the MK2 RS1800

 

[JackJack]

Great pics some very nice cars there.

 

[jon_r]

You can't beat an old MK1 or 2. Lovely!

Some great cars there. I bet that M powered 7 goes well to 100! Big old weight out front though.