The Roaring Season

TonyG wrote:Magenta ? Well there you go, I always though it was PINK !!!!! Lol.

I thought Magenta was a fancy drink.

No Rod, the Magenta I`m talking about is actually one of those horrible Porsche car factory colours from whenever!

BWilliams wrote:Here's a pic of my brothers Escort at the Hanmer rallysprint,1989.I think it was his first proper outing in the car,with the rally being the day before and the sprint on the day of the photo below.
This was taken at the ford,which you can see some spray from it in the background.Yes,it did land ok,but bent the some parts of the suspension in the process.
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Woah! Terrific photo! That is some SERIOUS air!

And here is another,this time at Ashley Forest at the "dipper",probably 98-99ish.

Have recently received my copy of the new book 'Alan Mann - A Life of Change' and have had a quick look through it. Some great photos and, I am sure, some interesting information.

One item I did note was that whilst the team were waiting for the Mk I Escort to be made available from the factory (even though they had already seen the car and done some work on a race model and under dire threats from Ford UK if any info was leaked ) they were racing their Mk II Cortina and had installed an FVA engine in it for the start of the 1968 (I think) season. I had never heard of a Cortina with an FVA - that would be a sight and sound to gladden the senses.

There is a front on photo of the car but there is absolutely nothing to suggest that the car isn't anything but standard.

fullnoise68 wrote:No Rod, the Magenta I`m talking about is actually one of those horrible Porsche car factory colours from whenever!

No Steve, isn't the Magenta a rare (unusual looking) model of MG? think Ray Green owns one...

car was mine, all suspension and cage done by Murray Soames, body and rest done by us. ran a 1600 BDA when first built, then 1600 twin cam. was sold to Vern McLaren less motor and gear box. Bryce didn't own or drive it, was built about same time as Bryces, witch was based on Rex Harts Escort

crunch wrote:No Steve, isn't the Magenta a rare (unusual looking) model of MG? think Ray Green owns one...

http://www.classic-kitcars.com/classic-kitcar-details.php?30

Nope, Ray does NOT have one of these... AMCO's stable has something closer!

Hart1598 wrote:car was mine, all suspension and cage done by Murray Soames, body and rest done by us. ran a 1600 BDA when first built, then 1600 twin cam. was sold to Vern McLaren less motor and gear box. Bryce didn't own or drive it, was built about same time as Bryces, witch was based on Rex Harts Escort

Take it you are talking about my car.
Hart1598, can you email me please as that fills in a missing piece I been looking for.
Murray saw car years ago in Whangaparoa and said was his 'old one'.
who had after Vern.

Email mailto:?subject=&body=

Phone 09 402 6832

Cheers

I have borrowed the pic of Wayne Huxfords Escort from Rods Scrapbook Cuttings thread, however my understanding is that these are the same car.

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Have picture some where of orange Huxford escort in south island not sure of it's history.

Notice Ken Sager name on on door if Frist car, was this after Brian Blackberry or was it a guest drive.

Looks like Bob Homewoods Corrolla in back ground.

Sager bought the car off Blackberry. then in 79 repainted it. 1980 it was sold to Mike Moore in Palmy. when it first appeared as the Frist car, it was referred to in MotorAction as the ex Huxford Escort. not sure where it went after Mike Moore. You posted 2 pics of the Huxford car on your Scrapbook Cuttings thread Rod, this is the better of those 2, do you have another one? My understanding is that Huxford built this car, that is based on something I vaguely remember Dave McKinney saying on another thread.

seaqnmac27 wrote:Sager bought the car off Blackberry. then in 79 repainted it. 1980 it was sold to Mike Moore in Palmy. when it first appeared as the Frist car, it was referred to in MotorAction as the ex Huxford Escort. not sure where it went after Mike Moore. You posted 2 pics of the Huxford car on your Scrapbook Cuttings thread Rod, this is the better of those 2, do you have another one? My understanding is that Huxford built this car, that is based on something I vaguely remember Dave McKinney saying on another thread.

That sounds pretty right, as South Island shot was a xmas meeting I think when groups travelled south.

In looking through some MotorActions, I would like some more information on 2 Ford Escorts as they are both completely new to my knowledge. Peter Hustler drove what is variously reported as a 7 or 6.5 litre Escort and the second is the ex Osborne Falcon engined Escort. Any pics? where are they now?

John Osborne's Escort went through a couple of hands including Dave Agnew, who fitted a 4 cylinder turbo Toyota engine. Steve Donaldson now has it amongst his collection of Escorts, which, I understand includes the Ron McPhail/Wayne Ross car.

Anyone got photos of the Escort that Lynn Rogers built and raced way back. It would have been one of the first built. Was a purple/burgundy colour and was a quick tidy car. Lynn was very clever with these engines and was involved with the development of Bruce Manons 2ltr (amongst many others) way back. I think he went onto be also behind a lot of development for TRD.

PS my computer has pooped itself so using missus when I can.

crunch wrote:No Steve, isn't the Magenta a rare (unusual looking) model of MG? think Ray Green owns one...

Close Crunch......you would be thinking of the MG Magnet. And maybe Magneta...? The colour magenta is based on a red......(just saying...)

crunch wrote:No Steve, isn't the Magenta a rare (unusual looking) model of MG? think Ray Green owns one...

Close Crunch......you would be thinking of the MG Magnet. And maybe Magneta...? The colour magenta is based on a red......(just saying...)

Jizim wrote:Close Crunch......you would be thinking of the MG Magnet. And maybe Magneta...? The colour magenta is based on a red......(just saying...)

Perhaps Crunch was thinking of Magenta the castle maid from Rocky Horror - definitely an unusual looking model.

MG Magnette (1953-68)

Magenta (colour) definition from wiki

Magenta is a violet-red or purplish-red color, and one of the three primary colors of the subtractive CMYK color model. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMYK (subtractive) color models, it is located midway between red and blue. It is the complementary color of green.

Magenta was first introduced as the color of a new aniline dye called fuchsine, patented in 1859 by the French chemist Francois-Emmanuel Verguin. Its name was changed the same year to magenta, to celebrate a victory of the French and Sardinian army at the Battle of Magenta on June 4, 1859, near the Italian city of that name.

The web color magenta is also called fuchsia.

And just to keep it on topic, the Escort's descendent Fiesta was available in Hot Magenta