not an escort but

[richy c]

did anyone see that an ex jim clark cortina sold at auction for £136,000 in london recently!! it was in the paper today.

[RS MARTIN]

who was the last owner?

[richy c]

lotus cars i think, type in jim clark auction on a google search and it comes up.

[RS MARTIN]

supposed to be an original locally to us

[KL]

JTW498C, one of the 65 Team Lotus race cars. Discussed here:

http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=98118

KPU386C however did not sell - possibly because of the creative description that clearly implied it was Jim Clark's RAC Rally car. That is bo**ocks, although he did drive it in testing, with Roger Albert in the hot seat showing him how.

[RS MARTIN]

those guys on that forum really know their stuff

[KL]

Yes they do!
(Signed, "RS2000"...)

[grum]

those guys on that forum really know their stuff

and we do on here too Mart, specially KL

ps. hows my carb ? still ok is it ?

[RS MARTIN]

and we do on here too Mart, specially KL

ps. hows my carb ? still ok is it ?

its alive and well -still attached to my engine -whaich is coming
out of the car soon for investigation into rattle/knocking noise
cars been at my mates house while my garage roof is was being
fixed should get it back this weekend