markk
09-04-2008, 22:23
Well i cannot believe how long it has been since i started my last thread on my old car :clint: http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread.php?t=98762
so after a few rallies a 4wd 3door i loved it and would never venture back to 2wd im afraid for competition use, especially on gravel.
Once the 3dr was sold the plan was to buy an ex- group a escort cosowrth to rally, but as with all plans thing change, and after seeing a certain vehicle builders work with the mk1 and mk2 foci i decided that maybe this was an avenue to go down, :confused: so i approached a guy called Andrew Gallacher www.andrewgallacher.com (http://www.andrewgallacher.com) about building an escort group a car into a focus mk1, i made the trip 300 miles to look at his fascilites for the project and to see his work for my own eyes, im a little scepticle at times ! ! :O his work was excellant to say the least, so the date was arranged, the car was sourced, all was set, until the MSA sent me a copy of their new regulation for the coming years rallying, and after so many phone calls with the technical dept at the MSA decided it was too big of a risk to build the car and not be able to run it at the events of my choice :rsocmoan::rsocmoan::rsocmoan:
the focus was sold on.
the focus conversion was cheaper than buying a used escort coworth shell and just putting a cage in it ! but it was not to be, so enter the new purchase .............
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/andysagain013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/andysagain008.jpg
after much thought about the future and having looked at other disciplines decided that it would be better to try and build my own ulitmate spec escort :lmao:
the car was shipped straight to Andy Gallachers, and the designs for the shell were to be copied from a pukka WRC shell, but to try to improve it along the way, after all they are the best part of a 15 yr old design ! :cool:
we would make our own suspension parts to the similar spec to the wrc items and change where neccesary, some current photos
rear strut turret plates
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18012008052.jpg
front tops
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18012008055.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18012008047.jpg
full WRC body kit
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/02032008140.jpg
9" rear diff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18032008199.jpg
the shell in its build at the moment
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008224.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008223.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008227.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008215.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008214.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008216.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008217.jpg
i will add somemore later !!
hope you like :banana::woohoo:
so after a few rallies a 4wd 3door i loved it and would never venture back to 2wd im afraid for competition use, especially on gravel.
Once the 3dr was sold the plan was to buy an ex- group a escort cosowrth to rally, but as with all plans thing change, and after seeing a certain vehicle builders work with the mk1 and mk2 foci i decided that maybe this was an avenue to go down, :confused: so i approached a guy called Andrew Gallacher www.andrewgallacher.com (http://www.andrewgallacher.com) about building an escort group a car into a focus mk1, i made the trip 300 miles to look at his fascilites for the project and to see his work for my own eyes, im a little scepticle at times ! ! :O his work was excellant to say the least, so the date was arranged, the car was sourced, all was set, until the MSA sent me a copy of their new regulation for the coming years rallying, and after so many phone calls with the technical dept at the MSA decided it was too big of a risk to build the car and not be able to run it at the events of my choice :rsocmoan::rsocmoan::rsocmoan:
the focus was sold on.
the focus conversion was cheaper than buying a used escort coworth shell and just putting a cage in it ! but it was not to be, so enter the new purchase .............
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/andysagain013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/andysagain008.jpg
after much thought about the future and having looked at other disciplines decided that it would be better to try and build my own ulitmate spec escort :lmao:
the car was shipped straight to Andy Gallachers, and the designs for the shell were to be copied from a pukka WRC shell, but to try to improve it along the way, after all they are the best part of a 15 yr old design ! :cool:
we would make our own suspension parts to the similar spec to the wrc items and change where neccesary, some current photos
rear strut turret plates
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18012008052.jpg
front tops
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18012008055.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18012008047.jpg
full WRC body kit
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/02032008140.jpg
9" rear diff
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/18032008199.jpg
the shell in its build at the moment
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008224.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008223.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008227.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008215.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008214.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008216.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/markk/escort/21032008217.jpg
i will add somemore later !!
hope you like :banana::woohoo: