For The Love of Cars

[iva cosworth]

burger81 said:

Those escorts weren't rwd as standard were they?

Yes,MK1 and 2 up to 1980 were RWD.

[HD Adam]

jet_noise said:

Was Harris using some sort of gunk on the mains to see how even they were at one point?

No, that's assembly lube.

[GC8]

He was using it like a Plasti-gauge to show where it was tighter.

[aeropilot]

e21Mark said:

The Don of Croy said:

Well I enjoyed it - and I think Mr. Glenister does a better than average job as the laissez-faire presenter...

SydneyBridge said:

Retired copper was well chuffed to see a Mexico police car

Did anyone else notice the BMW in the background on private plates that resembled the retired copper's surname?

Wasn't the Police Escort on a Kent registration too, rather than a Liverpool one?

Nope.

HKF was a Liverpool County Council area registration.

[s m]

aeropilot said:

Nope.

HKF was a Liverpool County Council area registration.

One of my Mk2 RS2000s was an ex Liverpool unmarked car ( OKB )

[Iminbits]

This is in my local paper this week, explains the format behind the programme.

http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/News/Philip-...

touche to the Brewer

[e21Mark]

s m said:

aeropilot said:

Nope.

HKF was a Liverpool County Council area registration.

One of my Mk2 RS2000s was an ex Liverpool unmarked car ( OKB )

Thanks. I thought the K eluded to Kent, as that's what I was told as a kid. (wrongly as it turns out! )

[aeropilot]

e21Mark said:

s m said:

aeropilot said:

Nope.

HKF was a Liverpool County Council area registration.

One of my Mk2 RS2000s was an ex Liverpool unmarked car ( OKB )

Thanks. I thought the K eluded to Kent, as that's what I was told as a kid. (wrongly as it turns out! )

Well, not completely wrong.

The majority of *K* regs back then were from Kent, just not all of them.

Kent registrations were...

• FN
• JG
• KE
• KJ
• KK
• KL
• KM
• KO
• KP
• KR
• KT

The Liverpool K's were

• KA
• KB
• KC
• KD
• KF

[tbc]

Halmyre said:

tbc said:

bloody hell at the price of that DeLorean

£48k

I see the odd DMC going through the auctions and even in mint condition they usually never get above £20k

Some motoring writer (possibly Quentin Willson?) once bemoaned the fact that 'Back To The Future' has elevated DeLoreans way above the level they deserve - he said they were horrible things.

Oh they are bloody awful. I've driven a fire engine which had lighter steering and better ride.

[zeb]

burger81 said:

Those escorts weren't rwd as standard were they?

Oh my sweet lord have you been shipwrecked on some distant Caribbean Island and just made it back?

[woodnut67]

Didn't realise Ant Anstead was responsible for this piece of kit... (see what I did there !?). Saw it years ago....if only I had the wherewithal .

[burger81]

zeb said:

Oh my sweet lord have you been shipwrecked on some distant Caribbean Island and just made it back?

Haha yes serious question! Only born in 81 so know little of these.
Quite a rare thing for a car like that, no? Most rivals must have all been fwd?

[e21Mark]

burger81 said:

zeb said:

Oh my sweet lord have you been shipwrecked on some distant Caribbean Island and just made it back?

Haha yes serious question! Only born in 81 so know little of these.
Quite a rare thing for a car like that, no? Most rivals must have all been fwd?

Quite the opposite. RWD was the norm' back in those days. You had the Mini obviously, but 'hot hatches' and their FWD ways, were a relatively new thing. It was for that reason that the MK3 Escort was FWD and it wasn't exactly embraced by enthusiasts initially. A few were converted to RWD by Gartrac though, but I think rallyists moved across from Escorts to Sierras? Mind you, they ruined those by going FWD too.

When I was a kid (when we used to sit around a fire and wonder how it got there) we pretty much all had a RWD 70's cars. Escorts, Cortina, Marina, Avenger, Horizon, Chevette etc but as they rotted away, their replacements were all FWD. Youngsters used to laugh at the idea of owning / driving a diesel too. My how things have changed.

[Lordbenny]

burger81 said:

Haha yes serious question! Only born in 81 so know little of these.
Quite a rare thing for a car like that, no? Most rivals must have all been fwd?

I think you need to do some homework...mk1 k mk2 escorts ruled rallying before 4x4 cars came along. There weren't any front wheel drive cars that could match the Escorts on the road or track until the Mk1 golf turned up, there weren't many front wheel drive cars around before you were born, full stop. I really struggle to believe that someone who joins PH can never have heard of one of the greatest cars ever made.

[strummerville]

Lordbenny said:

I think you need to do some homework...mk1 k mk2 escorts ruled rallying before 4x4 cars came along. There weren't any front wheel drive cars that could match the Escorts on the road or track until the Mk1 golf turned up, there weren't many front wheel drive cars around before you were born, full stop. I really struggle to believe that someone who joins PH can never have heard of one of the greatest cars ever made.

All that 'skidding' the brightly painted ones with numbers on did. Lots of tyre smoke from the.......... back.

[toon10]

I was so worried when he said spot lamps, white paint and stripes. Wow, what a relief in the end. The yellow Mexico that was following theirs around was absolutely stunning.

[ajprice]

toon10 said:

I was so worried when he said spot lamps, white paint and stripes. Wow, what a relief in the end.

That could be a theme through the series . In the preview for next week, he wants the Land Rover painted with a black and white zebra pattern all over.

[burger81]

Jeez I can't know everything about every great car ever made! Obviously I have heard of these cars but I don't know them inside out.
That's why I was surprised they were rwd being from my era.
It's nice to come on here & learn, not be shot down because my knowledge doesn't equal yours.
Yes I could see the cars squatting & spinning up from the rear but as they were the rally & Harris modified ones I was unsure if that was standard or a mod that was common.
Now I know something I didn't before!

[rgw2012]

burger81 said:

Jeez I can't know everything about every great car ever made! Obviously I have heard of these cars but I don't know them inside out.
That's why I was surprised they were rwd being from my era.
It's nice to come on here & learn, not be shot down because my knowledge doesn't equal yours.
Yes I could see the cars squatting & spinning up from the rear but as they were the rally & Harris modified ones I was unsure if that was standard or a mod that was common.
Now I know something I didn't before!

Don't worry mate, welcome to Pistonheads where people try to belittle you at every opportunity because they know everything about everything to do with cars and if you don't, you're deemed an idiot not worthy of being on a motoring forum. It's tedious and rude but you have to overlook it or you'll get drawn into arguments worthy of a pantomime

Oh no he won't, oh yes he will - there, done it before someone else does!

[burger81]

I'm not bothered, u get used to it on forums. But that's why I come on them - to find out about cars u don't know much about.
And that is why that programme was good, taught me things I had no idea about!