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Originally Posted by Alan Brown
1970
1971
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1974
Clarifications to Alec Poole's cars (source: whole page article in MN 28-8-75).
1970-71 Turbo Mini (190 bhp) – sold to the Caribbean
1972 – ex Bill Shaw/Roy Pierpoint Rover 3500 fitted with a stroker kit to increase the capacity to 4.5 – also sold to the Caribbean
[1973 – some races in a slightly modified Group 2 Datsun Sunny 1.3]
1974 – drove the Bob Ryan Broadspeed Escort (ex-Rafael Barrios) and acquired the Gillian Fortescue-Thomas Escort 2.0 from Ford at Boreham, this also ended up in the Caribbean
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I live in Barbados (and organise the Barbados Rally Carnival) and own the Escort brought here by Alec Poole in 1974. Alec's notes from the period describe the car as an ex-AMR car that he changed the rear suspension to the Broadspeed setup. The car raced here with an 1800BDA, ZF, Atlas. The AMR front suspension is still on the car.
I found this post while searching for info to restore the car, can anyone help with some history or references? It is definately a type-48 bodyshell with square headlights so would indicate a 1968 birth.