My Gartrac Escort G6

[eglf]

I think they mainly used mk2 running gear.

[eglf]

img171 by XRMOTORSPORT, on Flickr

img046 by XRMOTORSPORT, on Flickr

Some more rally photos from the 1980's

[Caddyshack]

eglf said:

I think they mainly used mk2 running gear.

Really, just a live axle...seems a little simple.

I used to have a shop in Godalming as. Saw a few Gartracs. My dad was friends with John Welch and I think Martin Schance. It is odd as I became friendly with Trevor Reeves much later on in life and guess he raced them at one point.

[Paynewright]

I remember chatting to an owner at Bruntingthorpe in the late 80’s. He’d basically brought a written off 2.8i capri and swapped over the running gear. It was red and looked awesome! I’m sure I have a photo somewhere.

Ian

[eglf]

[quote=Caddyshack]

Really, just a live axle...seems a little simple.

Mk2 body shells were starting to get tired by then and one option was to modify mk3 shells to take mk2 parts.

Edited by eglf on Wednesday 17th October 11:14

[eglf]

img060 by XRMOTORSPORT, on Flickr

img036 by XRMOTORSPORT, on Flickr

Last couple of photos.

[tortop45]

Regarding the suspention.the road going gartrac=g6 had custom single leaf springs on the back and 2.8 capri legs on the front with roller top mounts .not to sure about the g3 which was the of road version.

[Buckers64]

AndyTill said:

The guy who originally owend your g6 was a guy called Rick Lemon....facebook him sure he be happy to chat with you...eastbourne area

I remember the G6 of Rick Lemmon and Martin Yorkshire very well. Believe it was originally purchased by Rick from the Brundall motor co in norwich and remember seeing it being driven about Eastbourne often. One time Rick caught the front crossmember on a raised manhole cover and tore the subframe out the chassis. Also back in the day was a grey g6 owned by Mark Downing with was v6 but had a rs500 lump fitted. I did drive this one a couple of times and it was fast but the steering was very stiff and the brakes poor as no servo was fitted.