Bit of BDA goodness for the old timers....

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:49 pm

Spot of real driving skill here....

Reminds me of a chap who raced a white and blue Escort at the Wellington street race many years ago, similar style, spent most of the lap on three wheels, cant for the life of me remember his name...

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:52 pm

remembered it... Roger Townsend :lol:

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:38 pm

seen the escort WRX? :mrgreen:

hamboy · Post by **hamboy** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:32 pm

That man is not human!!!

Trundle · Post by **Trundle** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:47 pm

I use to race a super ford mexico about 10 years ago , not very fast but bloody fun cars !

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:09 pm

Epic car control. Would love to be able to blat to the dairy like that :lol:

Trundle wrote:I use to race a super ford mexico about 10 years ago , not very fast but bloody fun cars !

Vids or it never happened! =D

SMOKEY · Post by **SMOKEY** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:29 pm

Thanks Jafa great vids, I had trouble getting out of my seat after watching those :oops:

. And Roger is still peddling he has a car yard here in CHCH a very talented driver who has never received the recognition he deserves.

SHOULD I WATCH THE BDA'S again------- :oops:

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FITZY.

shortylux · Post by **shortylux** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:08 pm

Damn it! Do I have to be an old timer to appreciate that? Guess I'm old then cause that is awesome!

Wrxico build is pretty awesome to. Though I'm not sure how I feel about a 4wd Escourt.

catalystracing · Post by **catalystracing** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:18 pm

Trundle wrote:I use to race a super ford mexico about 10 years ago , not very fast but bloody fun cars !

I was offered a MK1 Mexico when I was younger for 5k, thought I it was a rip off so turned it down..... :roll:

Trundle · Post by **Trundle** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:33 am

We paid 7k for the superford one !! i heard it got sold for about 4 or 5 times that recently ,,

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:39 pm

shortylux wrote:Wrxico build is pretty awesome to. Though I'm not sure how I feel about a 4wd Escourt.

I hear what you're saying, whilst hes done a great job, and its an awesome vehicle, there's something just not kosher about a Subaru powered and 4wd'd Escort.... :wink:

hamboy · Post by **hamboy** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:47 pm

I grew up working on this

They are awesome fun to drive and always get the looks

85bj71 · Post by **85bj71** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:53 pm

couldnt resist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWRdqabMIEM

reddog40 · Post by **reddog40** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 8:47 pm

absolutely awesome car control.

Rotazuk · Post by **Rotazuk** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:52 pm

Bit off topic but ....

Guess you would not appreciate this series of vid's then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txtMy7N1 ... U5tIiEZHBg

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 11:06 am

Rotazuk wrote:Bit off topic but ....

Guess you would not appreciate this series of vid's then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txtMy7N1 ... U5tIiEZHBg

That's awesome! For some reason, that's an acceptable project lol
fantastic fabbing

Big · Post by **Big** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:22 pm

haha that's truly how car should be driven.. grew up with those type of cars and man you HAD to drive them or you just fell off the road doing skids etc.. :lol:

not like the youngens nowadays.. with 500hp cars and can't drive to save themselves.. :cry:

Reckon they all should be taught to drive like that then the deaths on our roads would be less..

It's saved my bacon a few times :roll:

Taz · Post by **Taz** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 1:23 pm

There's an awesomely modified/built Model A rocking about with a BDA in it too. Should be a few clips on jewtube if you haven't seen it already.

They hide the racing harnesses behind a throw cushion in the back seat :lol:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 7:16 am

Check this out! Jari-Matti Latvala, WRC driver, winning Lahti Historic rally in a BDA..... this boy can drive, so much oversteer

He was agressive in a WRC car, in an Escort... fantastic!

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:40 am

Rotazuk wrote:Bit off topic but ....

Guess you would not appreciate this series of vid's then

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txtMy7N1 ... U5tIiEZHBg

Episode 4 now out. Cannot wait to see the finish product

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93JcDqxA ... ubs_digest

Big · Post by **Big** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:47 pm

they are a funny bunch.. well worth the watch.. :lol:

tomsoffroad · Post by **tomsoffroad** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 9:00 pm

Classis. That's me for the next hour or so :wink:

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Thu May 15, 2014 10:18 pm

The next Jari Matti maybe, and hes a kiwi....
Haydon Paddon at the Otago rally last weekend... ends somewhat abruptly though :shock:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=519511278153369&set=vb.124800777624423&type=2&theater

BlakeJ · Post by **BlakeJ** » Fri May 16, 2014 8:21 am

Paddons crash was a pace note error, he was read crest - 7 right, should have been crest - 4 right! cummin in hot!

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 1:39 pm

Just saw this one linked on facebook. Was a minta

juz · Post by **juz** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:33 pm

Well that escalated quickly! :shock:

cruiser80 · Post by **cruiser80** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:53 pm

20 years or so ago there was a guy in Ashburton who raced a rotary powered escort.
He was fast and from memory a bit mad when behind the wheel

Mr Revhead · Post by **Mr Revhead** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:34 pm

cruiser80 wrote:20 years or so ago there was a guy in Ashburton who raced a rotary powered escort.
He was fast and from memory a bit mad when behind the wheel

Grasshopper! No idea on what his real name was..... Was a regular at Levels. he rallied, rolled, bowled, arseholed, raced and probably shagged that thing!

Mr Revhead · Post by **Mr Revhead** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:35 pm

I suspect that first vid is one of the modern "BDA"s by these guys: http://www.millingtonengines.co.uk/
Is also rather a few running sequential boxes as well!

Jafa · Post by **Jafa** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:20 pm

Simon McKinley has owned the Escort since he was 13 lol, spent 20 years or so building it up with his dad on a shoestring budget, that said, it has a 2.4l Connaught Competition Engines Warrior in it, 316bhp fuel injected, 0-100k in the low 3 secs

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