Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Yes, and the problem with that is...............That's really just an Escort shaped object though with a crazy amount of modifications.
It'd be even more fun, if it looked fairly standard
Yes, and the problem with that is...............That's really just an Escort shaped object though with a crazy amount of modifications.
As the old Lada was that used to turn up at the car meet on the car park at Wellington Street, Leeds, iirc it was matt battleship grey, and had a Fiat 132 2.0 litre engine, it upset the owners of many a fast Ford or Vauxhall off the lights.Yes, and the problem with that is...............
It'd be even more fun, if it looked fairly standard
12,100RPM : 06:50
It sounds like an air-raid siren as it runs down
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PuFRto323w&t=417s
0 -10,000RPM, in less than a second
Built purely for the T50Is the engine a built-from-scratch unit by Cosworth, or is it derived from something else (as was the F1, a BMW V12)?
I love the interior of them. Looks like a spot you could sit and read a good book for hours !View attachment 603742
Facel Vega HK500 is one of my favorite designs , I've only ever seen one up close and it stopped me in my tracks for several minutes.
I remember them. A neighbour had one, mostly constructed from Isopon and newspaper as I recall but very capable off road. Not that capable on it (unless you're comparing it to a Fordson tractor!).It must be the time of the year?
I've just taken daughter to work, in Wakefield
Heading back home along Doncaster Road/A638, on the stretch between Wakefield Bridge ('Chantry' bridge) & the rugbyist grounds, a Daihatsu F20 came the other way
It was a very faded red (or maybe in red primer?), and on a 'T' registration (78 - 79)
I can remember them arriving in this country, & had a ride in a demonstrator, at a country fair (at Nostell Priory)
Crikey, they were a solid ride, the Land Rovers of the time, on their leaf-springs, seemed like air-suspension in comparison
More to the point, I'm surprised any have survived
This shape
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