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I'm new to posting over here. I've seen a few of your cars knocking about at various events and thought I'd introduce myself with a few details of my competition car for those that are interested.
I've spent the last couple of years preparing the car, after spending the best part of a year before that finding one which was clean enough. This was near concourse condition, and whilst some people have criticised me for stripping a car in that condition, I don't have the facilities to rebuild a shell and wanted to start with a solid base.
It's a Mk2 Fiesta XR2, built for modified production class (though it's not overall very competitive in this class yet
), and I've recently done my first couple of events in the car at Harewood.
Pics of most recent event here:
And a little vid from the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EULzRZN03MYouTube - Woodford's XR2 at Harewood.
And some of the car:
Those with experiences of Mk2 XR2s will appreciate how rare it is to see this...
The only rust on the car was from the odd stone chip !
I only graduated from Uni last year, and did most of the work while studying so as you can imagine my budget is very limited, and I'm currently looking for a sponsor or even someone who can lend me a trailer/van for events (as I'm driving there at the moment) so if you know of anyone who can help please get in touch
My next event is an Auto66 sprint at Elvington on 9th September. I do love the car and it's a lot of fun out there, but deep down I'm a rally boy, and keep getting niggling thoughts of changing direction and going down the road rally route. I will own a tasty Mk1/2 Escort one day
That's me, and my car-hope to see some of you guys at various events. I've had a good look through the competition cars on here and there appears to be a very good bank of knowledge to call on so expect to see me around the place asking questions and drooling over some of the machinery!
Cheers
Paul
I'm new to posting over here. I've seen a few of your cars knocking about at various events and thought I'd introduce myself with a few details of my competition car for those that are interested.
I've spent the last couple of years preparing the car, after spending the best part of a year before that finding one which was clean enough. This was near concourse condition, and whilst some people have criticised me for stripping a car in that condition, I don't have the facilities to rebuild a shell and wanted to start with a solid base.
It's a Mk2 Fiesta XR2, built for modified production class (though it's not overall very competitive in this class yet
), and I've recently done my first couple of events in the car at Harewood.Pics of most recent event here:
And a little vid from the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EULzRZN03MYouTube - Woodford's XR2 at Harewood.
And some of the car:
Those with experiences of Mk2 XR2s will appreciate how rare it is to see this...
The only rust on the car was from the odd stone chip !
I only graduated from Uni last year, and did most of the work while studying so as you can imagine my budget is very limited, and I'm currently looking for a sponsor or even someone who can lend me a trailer/van for events (as I'm driving there at the moment) so if you know of anyone who can help please get in touch
My next event is an Auto66 sprint at Elvington on 9th September. I do love the car and it's a lot of fun out there, but deep down I'm a rally boy, and keep getting niggling thoughts of changing direction and going down the road rally route. I will own a tasty Mk1/2 Escort one day
That's me, and my car-hope to see some of you guys at various events. I've had a good look through the competition cars on here and there appears to be a very good bank of knowledge to call on so expect to see me around the place asking questions and drooling over some of the machinery!
Cheers
Paul
Unless you're going to spend alot of money on tyres,suspension and engine tuning you might be better off putting the back seat back in and running in the roadgoing class
i assumed the carpets had to be kept as i was told thats why mine were left in, including the back seat (even though the fixed seats, harnesses and rollcage make it almost impossible to use)
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