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Got to See a Really Cool Escort
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:18 pm
by angliagt
I heard about this ex- Alan Mann Escort,
so I drove down to Danville,Virginia to see it.
The owner,Tivvy Shenton, told me that he
worked for Alan Mann Racing,as well as Broadspeed.
There were a bunch of cool old cars there,but
this one was the best.
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:37 pm
by zephyrgary
Doug,
As a teen I had a poster of XOO 349F on my wall. As a grown man today it is in my garage. Fabulous cars.
Gary
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:23 pm
by angliagt
You have the actual car now?!
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:30 am
by Brett Wilkie
Very nice.
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:58 am
by Cologne_P7
hot stuff
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:01 pm
by zephyrgary
Doug, I wish. I meant the poster...
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:26 pm
by angliagt
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:16 pm
by Brett Wilkie
Some nice cars there, even the Morris looks great.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:46 am
by angliagt
That's not a Morris - it's an Austin Minor.
Notice that the nose badge says "Austin".
There was an blown up copy of a magazine
article about it in the bed.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:26 am
by Brett Wilkie
You're correct, I remember the Austin Minor now. I had a Practical Classic magazine at one time with an article about it.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:08 am
by Sideways
angliagt wrote:That's not a Morris - it's an Austin Minor.
Notice that the nose badge says "Austin".
There was an blown up copy of a magazine
article about it in the bed.
Austin Minor - badge engineering at its best
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 3:09 pm
by zephyrgary
Is that a Minor van then? Ididn't think they badge engineered the saloon.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:27 pm
by Billy1
Does he drive/race the Escort? What about the Mini Cooper? Looks to be a GT5 Mini.
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:26 pm
by angliagt
The Escort isn't legal for racing here.
It's been restored to '69 race specs.
He was racing the Jag,but doesn't race anymore.
The Mini is a hillclimb car.
Here's more info on Tivvy -
www.britishracecar.com//TivvyShenton-Jaguar-XK140.htm
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:42 am
by Brett Wilkie
zephyrgary wrote:Is that a Minor van then? Ididn't think they badge engineered the saloon.
The magazine article I had was about one of these.
