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Originally Posted by chunterer
Watts was a fairly prolific, at least in terms of race wins, one make racer in Mini's Metro's etc before he stepped up to Group A. The North Essex RS1600 was the ex Jock Robertson/Pegasus car I think. It wasn't properly sorted in 83/84 either.
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As I remember, the North Essex RS1600i was one of those entries best described as 'perennially underfunded'- I think it was also one of the cars written off in what I once heard described as the Thruxton Mega-Shunt', which also involved Sheene's Supra, both Terry Drury Alfas and a couple of Brooklyn Escorts....
AFAIK, it was reshelled, but from what I've read (think it was discussed fairly extensively on one of the Ford RS forums a while ago- the car is still around and owned by an RSOC member) it was a pretty frantic affair, with the car still being finished in the paddock at the next round!