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We have been trying to get to this show for the last few years but the starts had not aligned…. until this weekend! Its quite expensive with the admission and then parking (and maybe some food!) so was not sure what to think but there was plenty of Fords! and …

Ju had a good run out with a couple of fellow Mk1 owners in the AVO club on Saturday and managed to run some of the tracks in the Forest of Bowland. Thanks to Ian Daws in his Mk1 Mexico for route! Nothing like a bit of gravel under the …

I had to sit out this years Mull Rally so Dave had to make the trip up to Mull in torrential weather with a new navigator Brian Foggo. With an all new schedule running more daylight stages in the Friday opening leg one starting with three stages, all went well …

Just before tucking the Escorts away for the winter we joined the Oval Owners and the South Staffs RS Owners on their stand at the Historic Rally Festival at Weston park. Some amazing cars….just need to have a word with the weather for next year! There were plenty of cracking …

The rain stopped just long enough for me to fit some new number plates and go out for a spin! I decided to go for aluminium press plates with the old letter spacing as I have a old photo of the car with the same style plates on. next job …

How about this! Andy Rouse’s  ‘missing’ 1989 BTCC car has been discovered and is for sale through iconicauctioneers.com (formally Silverstone). #0189 was driven and prepared by Andy Rouse during the entire 1989 British Touring Car Championship, achieving six wins, six poles, and four fastest laps resulting in third overall in …

Now the Escort is home one of the jobs on the ‘ToDo’ list was to keep the moisture out of it! but shopping around no one had a bubble available that would fit in my garage…Sounds like a challenge! My first plan was to make my own bubble using a …

I managed to sneak along with the local AVO drive out on Sunday, I don’t think they noticed its a Mk2! Once we got over the early worries about the weather and got on the road it was nice to meet up with some of the North West AVO Owners …

Fancy a nice unrestored Mk3 Turbo? this one looks nice! Presented in largely unmodified and factory specification, this Series One is a quite remarkable survivor. Having been SORN and dry-stored for at least 20 years, it presents in superb overall condition. Running well, the vendor tells us that it just …

I’m a sucker for a yellow Escort!! and this ones is a bit rare, a 4 door 1600 Sport! The photos below are from Ebay some years ago when I saw it for sale before it was restored, bit of a change! Ford Dealership Truro Garages Limited supplied the Ford …