Rothmans Escorts....THREAD ;)

[Dingy]

Just watched the story of the mk 2 escort, and the rothmans cars were awesome in tarmac spec....

Does anyone have any decent images of the ones with the Massive rear arches on...

Also has anyone got/watched this

http://www.dukevideo.com/products/4862.htm

Vatanen Touch.....worth it ?

[KL]

None of the Rothmans cars were ever in the "full" tarmac spec of the 1979 works tarmac cars designed by Alan Wilkinson. There is an item in the new issue of Classic Ford on those cars and it probably goes as far as anything ever published in commenting on the legality under the then FIA Appendix J regs, estimating 4inches of lenghtwise body "adjustment"....

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Dingy the videos are the best porn money can buy - put audio through stereo system and just listen to the growl !!!!

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Nice to see Duke Video have got them onto DVD at last !!!!

hhhhhmmmmm - now what shall I buy myself ?

[Dingy]

KL, i am sure there were tarmac spec rothmans cars, infact defo....none of the lightweight ones tho, but tarmac spec defo....infact i am gonna call david sutton tomorrow......

actually shall i arrange a visit ?

any of you lot interested

[Chris]

Vatanen Touch is one of the best films about for the Mk2 RS era... glad to see it's out now on DVD although a shame Duke couldn't add some extra stuff in with the package

Also worth seeing are some of the Castrol productions like 'Twilight Zone' http://www.dukevideo.com/products/4039.htm which shows Vatanen battling with Mouton/ Blomqvist (A2 Quattro) in the Black Sutton prepared Mk2, which I think was one of the last Mk2's he drove before moving to Opel.

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Put me down for a place on the tour bus !!

[Joe]

Rothmans

An appropriate thread to show off my Rothmans jim jams LOL. Managed some years ago to aquire these and a spare set of genuine team overalls.

One set (shown) are Hannu's and the other set is unknown. They are a couple of sizes bigger and have had the blood group and name badge removed.

Shame I cant fit into either set



Joe.

[Mex 1t]

nice joe i bet they would fit me then ? lol lol lol

dingy i would be up for a trip would be nice to see the legend himself

[KL]

"Full" tarmac spec (ie the widest arches) is the operative word. Sutton did not build cars to the ultimate 1979 "Alan Wilkinson" Boreham tarmac spec. Reading the current issue of Classic Ford might give an indication why! (were scrutineers by then more knowledgeable as to what was permitted under Group4 regs??). The black car driven by Vatanen in UK in 1982 was an R.E.D. car (originally a Sutton/Rothmans car/registration but much changed and possibly when appearing in tarmac spec a "new" car carrying the same registration?).

[Chris]

http://www.davidsuttoncars.com/museum/museum.htm

His autobiography 'Choice of Champions' is also worth a read........

If you want to organise a tour Dingy speak to David Holmes @ Historic Motorsport - DS & his team are great supporters of the RS Owners Club and go out of thier way to help us out with display cars at national day every year. We made David Sutton an honoury member of the club a couple of years ago :brilsmurf:

[Dingy]

Cheers mate i will be contacting them this week to arrange a visit

[richm]

Steve, I can't believe u haven't got Vatenen Touch!!
Every MK2 owner should have a copy by law.. :colors:

Cheers
Rich

[Dingy]

As soon as i get paid i am ordering the DVD

[paul mex]

Was made late for my own wedding because of Vatenene Touch video me and my best man lost track of time watching it,also picked up wrong jacket in the rush and got married in my dads jacket 2 sizes to big but my dad got the biggest bollocking cos he had been on a diet for 4 months and his jacket wouldnt fasten :colors: that was back in 1991 :compress: