This is what happens when you leave it with the old man

by **jpayne** » Mon Mar 05, 2007 11:22 pm

After the move to London I discover the safe and sound resting place for the escort isnt as safe and sound as I thought.
MSCA at sandown is the scene of the crime, My father is the culprit and his mate is the witness.
Fortunately no damage done, though a good engine blow up would have helped the cause as he'd have to pay (wink wink). Needless to say he's well impressed with the car bar it being about half the power it could handle, fair call there. (though he is comparing it to race sprites) He was impressed with the turn in and its willingness to power slide (thanks to the new LSD) was a little concerned with the pressure required on the brake pedal (though hes 60 nearly 61 so may be a little, how can I say this politely... weak) he didnt like the dive under brakes, though he didnt adjust the shocks at all which were set to soft but not sure how the shocks may affect dive. The anti dive is 50mm deep, perhaps it needs stiffer than 255 pound springs to help here?
It also passed its first scruitineering easily with only a dodgy earth for the brake lights needing attention due to the recent repaint of the boot.
Im happy he had fun, and that it went well, Im unhappy that Im not driving it. Now to find a safer place to store it????
Good one dad!
keep him behind you

dive under brakes

not a good number there dad

by **JamesR** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:44 pm

hahahaha cheeky bastard!

looks right at place on the track..

by **Roger Miller** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:23 pm

Jp,

hehe.

He'll be susing out his sprite, working out how he can get those suspension angles, now :!:

by **jpayne** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:06 pm

yeah now it seems to have the right amount of camber

by **Simon** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:40 pm

The car is looking awesome Justin. Must be hard watching someone else (especially the old man!) enjoying the benefits of all your hard work! Let us know if he takes it out again - I'll try and get down to see it in action...... oh, and make sure he's treating it right! :wink:

On a side note, are you still using your tridente email account? I sent an email through and wasn't sure if you got it.

by **jpayne** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:33 pm

Yeah its hard, I suppose its fair though, Ive driven his race cars for the past 26 years, I guess he has earned a drive of mine.
No Im not using that account any more as I have changed offices, with the move to London.
JP

by **gen mk 1rs2000** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:35 pm

those photos are a classic .
reminds me of letting my father drive my escort for the 1st time , coz in those days he thought roger clark was was the man !! he also thought ari vatenen was just a snotty nosed little brat , but then again he was driving an anglia rally car with a 1500 crossflow eng & he soon progressed to a mk 1 cortina with a 2 liter !
then along comes me with my ex bathurst mk 1 rs 2000 ,
you you young fella,s ! i will show you how to drive !!!!!!!
Old bastard wasnt too bad in the wet !! i must admit !!
ps
chris kitzen(nz) will know what i am talkin about !!

This is what happens when you leave it with the old man

This is what happens when you leave it with the old man

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