The Roaring Season

by **agnewnj** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:15 pm

Quick ratio rack and pinion 16.63:1 ??

by **Spgeti** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 4:09 am

Andrew Metford wrote:I got my mate to find it on fb. Looks like a lot of bits missing, how would you rebuild it to period correct? Think I'll pass.

Give me a ring Andrew.
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Cheers

by **Andrew Metford** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:56 am

I got my mate to find it on fb. Looks like a lot of bits missing, how would you rebuild it to period correct? Think I'll pass.

by **Steve Holmes** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:00 am

Andrew Metford wrote:Is it for sale? No engine or front end by the looks of it? Can you help out the non-Facebook people please. I'm looking for a new race car, hopefully I can get hold I can get hold of my dream car, if not then something else worth the effort, and this could potentially fit that bill.

Not sure Andrew. I assume not. But I could find out if you're interested? The pics were posted by Nick Donaldson, who accompanied them with the following:

"Thought that this was appropriate seeing this car is the profile picture of this group. Dragged her out of the roof after 20plus years today. Ex mc phail twin cam escort!!"

by **Andrew Metford** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 2:40 am

Is it for sale? No engine or front end by the looks of it? Can you help out the non-Facebook people please. I'm looking for a new race car, hopefully I can get hold I can get hold of my dream car, if not then something else worth the effort, and this could potentially fit that bill.

by **Steve Holmes** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:57 am

Steve Holmes wrote:This one just popped up on facebook, having been in storage for 20-plus years. Ex-Ron McPhail twin-cam.

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Its a great looking car. Good to know they're still out there.

by **Spgeti** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 1:52 am

Another survivor....

by **Steve Holmes** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:58 am

Nick Donaldson photos.

by **Steve Holmes** » Fri Jan 25, 2019 12:57 am

This one just popped up on facebook, having been in storage for 20-plus years. Ex-Ron McPhail twin-cam.

by **Bryan** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:43 am

Thanks for those photos, Richard. :-)

Memory faulty after 30 odd years - had forgotten it was Platt in the Mk1, not Harrington.

I was one of the chaps sitting on the bank on the outside of the hairpin, and caught the incident from the other side.

by **Richard Clunie** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:31 am

Hi Bryan, not the picture you're after but three scanned images from the Motorsport Annual '80 of Bryce Platt v. Mark Rutherford; you can see the Datsuns and John Armstrong's Escort in the background. Great looking car and really quick too.... Is this the one that became Bob Homewood's Sports Sedan?

by **Les Laidlaw** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 11:55 am

I only know the brown one was sold to Mark, don't know what happened after that as I went overseas.

by **seaqnmac27** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:50 pm

So this is the LHD one built by CMR for Warren Steel then, here Mark Rutherford, then to Mike Moore, back to Warren Steel before going to Bob Homewood.

And this RHD is the ex Collingwood car driven here by Mark Rutherford.

by **Les Laidlaw** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 11:58 am

That's right Marty, the donor car was the LHD AWA Clarion Mk1, used the rack & pedal box out of it,

by **Marty** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:36 am

My memory says that the brown Rutherford car was LHD.

by **Jac Mac** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:58 am

[color="#0000FF"]FWIW I remember racing against Mark Rutherford in the brown MK2 Escort in an OSCA round at Teretonga, it would have been 1979/1980, same meeting Ian Munts Capri dropped its oil at the entry to the loop.[/color]

by **seaqnmac27** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:16 am

Bryan wrote:I had a b&w photo published in MotorAction (the old newsprint mag) of the Rutherford Mk2 Escort spinning at the Ruapuna hairpin after contact with (iirc) the Harrington Mk1 Escort. From memory there were Datsuns 3-wide right behind them (iirc Aitken and Cook). Would have been a Shellsport race in the early '80s?

Unfortunately the negative and my prints have got damaged over time, would be keen to know if anybody has a copy of that paper.

This the one?

by **seaqnmac27** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 7:12 am

Les Laidlaw wrote:Think you will find the Rutherford Mk2 was built at Reg Cooks for Warren Steel.

Ok I am confused. I have got a reference from 1980 of the Warren Steel one going to Rutherford, but then I have another reference, and picture of Mike Moore driving the ex Warren Steel Mk 2 before it went back to him. Then another reference in 82 to the Collingwood Mk2 which he drove at the end of 80/81 Collingwood then built up the Trueno, and then that Escort being purchased by Mark and Ron Rutherford.

by **Les Laidlaw** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:00 am

seaqnmac27 wrote:I suspect that would be from 1980 or 81. The Escort was built up by Rod Collingwood who lost his sponsor and could not develop it, so he sold it to Mark Rutherford. This car then became the donor shell for Bob Homewoods Escort Sports Sedan.

Think you will find the Rutherford Mk2 was built at Reg Cooks for Warren Steel.

by **Les Laidlaw** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:00 am

seaqnmac27 wrote:I suspect that would be from 1980 or 81. The Escort was built up by Rod Collingwood who lost his sponsor and could not develop it, so he sold it to Mark Rutherford. This car then became the donor shell for Bob Homewoods Escort Sports Sedan.

Think you will find the Rutherford Mk2 was built at Reg Cooks for Warren Steel.

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