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Originally Posted by morninggents
Was that the pink Escort with 2.1 litre twin cam and Hewland gearbox/transaxle at the rear? I thought that was damaged by John Emmin somewhere then sold to Chris Meek and run as the Princess Ita Escort.
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I wasn't there at the time. The source of this information, was our then demon engine builder, Bruce Renney, who having started on MAEs et al in the screamer era of F3, had moved on to Twinks and then FVAs/FVCs and knew Norman Abbott quite well. I believe they bought and sold parts and service work to and from each other.
Bruce was the original Mr Lugubrious!
Perhaps Abbott rebuilt the car and it wasn't damaged as badly as first thought?
Corrigendum:
Ed's correct surname is McDonogh, ex racer of distinction and now an eminent journalist and author on the sport.