Days Out

My first trip down to Hatton in the Escort for the AVO National day and I was wishing for the air con of the Focus daily! The Mex was also asked to fill a gap in the Rallye Sport Escorts stand so I was surrounded by some top Mk2 RS’s! …

The local Oval Owners Classic meet saw more Fiestas turn out than Escorts for a change! Top car was this 1.3 Supersport fitted with all the optional extras, quarter opening windows, headlight wipers with the massive washer bottle and sunroof. The XR2 was a close second and nice to see …

Ju also managed to get out on Sunday with the AVO Owners for their Drive It Day. All looking amazing in the sun!

With the sun shining I had the chance to show the Escort for the first time this year at the Oval Owners meet at Autobrite HQ. For something different this year a number of cars were invited inside the showroom and PRU was one of them! Car of the day …

A day out to cheer on a friend in a Non Ford!! Luckily there were also some nice Fords!! Pierre decided to use this event as a bit of a shakedown for his newley build 205 While there were plenty of Escorts my car of the day was this Repsol …

I joined the Oval Owners Club for a trip to Mallory Park for Ford Fest, but we hadn’t counted on the weather! Thanks to Will Brewster for this photo as at this point I was hiding in the car! You can see the rivers of water running down the road! …

Well the rain held off just long enough to have a trip down to Mallory Park for the 2024 RS Owners Club National Day. With a move down the M1 to Mallory Park the RS Owners Club continues the trend on Show cars and track action! Lots of nice cars …

The Sun Gods were shining on Sunday when I joined the South Staffs RS Owners and the Oval Owners for a trip to Brown Edge! Plenty of Fords of all types made the trip and the show was packed. Some lovely concours contenders, the very tidy early P reg Mexico …

Quick the rain has stopped let get our for an hour! so we popped to the Easter Motor Show & Autojumble at Weston park. Being a little more south there was a quite a few cars I have not seen before, A very nice Mk1 Lotus Cortina. And a different …

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 …