Got to See a Really Cool Escort

angliagt · Post by **angliagt** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:18 pm

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.

zephyrgary · Post by **zephyrgary** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 7:37 pm

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

angliagt · Post by **angliagt** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:23 pm

You have the actual car now?!

Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:30 am

Very nice.

Cologne_P7 · Post by **Cologne_P7** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 5:58 am

hot stuff

zephyrgary · Post by **zephyrgary** » Sun Jul 28, 2019 12:01 pm

Doug, I wish. I meant the poster...

angliagt · Post by **angliagt** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 6:26 pm

A few more pictures of what else was there.

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Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Wed Jul 31, 2019 8:16 pm

Some nice cars there, even the Morris looks great.

angliagt · Post by **angliagt** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:46 am

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.

Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:26 am

You're correct, I remember the Austin Minor now. I had a Practical Classic magazine at one time with an article about it.

Sideways · Post by **Sideways** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:08 am

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

zephyrgary · Post by **zephyrgary** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 3:09 pm

Is that a Minor van then? Ididn't think they badge engineered the saloon.

Billy1 · Post by **Billy1** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:27 pm

Does he drive/race the Escort? What about the Mini Cooper? Looks to be a GT5 Mini.

angliagt · Post by **angliagt** » Thu Aug 01, 2019 5:26 pm

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

Brett Wilkie · Post by **Brett Wilkie** » Fri Aug 02, 2019 9:42 am

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.