Used go to the stock cars in New Brighton in the 70's. They didn't call them hot rods! Was that Tony Bastable moonlighting as a driver camouflaging his voice. Barry Lee .. I remember him, Belle Vue perhaps.
I used to to scrap cars in the 90,s weighed in loads of escorts, transits, cortinas, mk1 and 2 granadas, they were everywhere around then 2 a penny almost, who knew what silly money people pay now for crapped out old bodyshells!
The Mark 2 Escort would not have rusted away inside 14 months , it was probably built from an accident write off shell or possibly a new blank shell bought off Ford.
Brilliant Aldershot, my dad took me their in early 70's and was so special. Pleased to be alive then, not now though, but i was lucky and so many memories when life was so much better.
