In reply to noddaz:
It is pretty awesome, though. 
In reply to noddaz:
It is pretty awesome, though.
Stefan (Not Bruce) wrote:NickD wrote:Wouldn't surprise me, but those situations can breed some interesting choices depending on how the rules are written. There's also potential sponsor tie-ins and sometimes, just for the hell of it because its racing and racing should be fun.Stefan (Not Bruce) wrote:Wasn't Thundersaloon just kind of a silhouette class anyways?NickD wrote:They WERE sold in the UK as a Rover and in the US as a Sterling, so perhaps that helps with car classification? Doesn't explain the Ford power though, but sometimes you go with what you know.Trackmouse wrote: In reply to NickD: Ok, I have so many questions about that car! Why a first ten legend? Why to rwd? And then why ford motor? I love it, but I must understand it.Sorry for the late reply. Hmm, A) Why not? B) Why not? and C) Why not?
Yes it was a silhouette class. My fav that i actually saw was a Sierra Cosworth with a Porsche 962 engine in the nose.
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chandlerGTi wrote:
Wide body MkIII Escort, so 80's cool. Ford nearly went Group B with one pre RS200.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Wide body MkIII Escort, so 80's cool. Ford nearly went Group B with one pre RS200.
Crikey!! 
How did I not post these here? Forgive me and please allow me to correct that issue now.
Adrian_Thompson wrote:chandlerGTi wrote:Wide body MkIII Escort, so 80's cool. Ford nearly went Group B with one pre RS200.
How different were they from the 80s Escorts we had here? The shape looks similar. I always liked that body style.
Wall-e wrote: How different were they from the 80s Escorts we had here? The shape looks similar. I always liked that body style.
Like many cars in the late 70's and early 80's the American version was a massivley diluted and crapped up version of a basically good car. See also Cavalier, Chevette, Daweoo LeMans.
BAsically the same car deep deep deep underneath. Each of these cars were great family haulers, brilliant hot hatches and outstanding race and rally cars over in Europe. The Escort XR3 and RS1600 and the Astra GTE were super hot Yuppie status symbols in the 80's, while over here they were turgid piles of unimaginative crap.
I never realized there was a European Cavalier. All this time I'd been holding out for a Japanese one.
subtle box flares.
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In reply to Lof8:
While displaying an appalling lack of 'box' with the flares, that is very cool.
Heads up, box flares are now haute coutoure. TRA Kyoto, maker of the Rocket Bunny series of widebody kits, has a new line out called Pandem, which are (hellaciously expensive) box flares with the obligatory exposed fasteners:
I suppose the clear aesthetic superiority of the box flare over other kinds of flare could only fly under the stancebros' radar for so long 
Adrian_Thompson wrote: In reply to Lof8: While displaying an appalling lack of 'box' with the flares, that is very cool.
You're looking at it wrong. It's a box with flares instead of box shaped flares.
noddaz wrote: While these are not actually box flares...
That is the opposite of a box flare and the lack of suspension travel capability makes it a fail. Hard fail. All it needs is to be photographed in a graffiti-filled industrial area, with the parking lights on, while the owner makes some sort of imitated gang sign, to complete its journey of failitude.
I mean, cripes, look at the splitter on the thing. The car must have a half inch of suspension travel in either direction. That's a hardparking car, not anything that is meant to go fast.
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