What a wonderful week-end you must have all had. It looks like everyone really enjoyed it and it makes me even more envious that I could not come - arrgh those silly passport people!

Scott I was really touched by your words - I appreciate your thoughts mate, thanks.

I carefully scrutinnered every posted picture and I loved every single one of them. No worries about not being able to take pictures inside the Msport proper rally headquarters - the pics from the museum were fantastic too - I particularly love that Escort RS 1700 T. That is an amazing rarity... and for me that alone would have made the trip worth it.

The 1700 T is somewhat the parent of the RS200 so anyone who knows me a little will know why I would love it so much . It was the first attempt from Ford at building a Group B rally car but the project was binned (ironically something that seems to repeat itself with Ford) and later a new project was started and became the RS200. The 200-odd BDT engines that had been assembled for the 1700 T production cars were stripped down, re-developed and fitted to RS200's in slightly higher capacity form (1800). The sheer rough look of this car is an invitation for "dirty driving". The one displayed there looks like what ought to have been the road going production verion. Even more of a rarity as the other pre-production models were most likely for development of the rally car.

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Nick Heaven ~ This is where he's going to be in afterlife!!!



Ha ha, LOL, but that ST in the foreground looks waaay too low . Anyway looks like my next car is goign to be Black, but I'll say no more for now...

That Focus looks beautiful in silver... possibly the best colour for the Focus indeed... hang on though, I've not seen one in Diamond White yet...

And who culd argue with Gareth about that Lotus Cortina... it is a beauty... and the Escort Cosworth Group A, OMG...

So many things to see and that was just in the historic section... I can't imagine all that you got to see on the "other" side...

The driving part of the week-end on sunday looked like it was great fun too - the photos out in the countryside are fantastic.

Thanks to all for sharing the stories and all the pictures with us that could not make it. I really am looking forward to the summer event now, I'm sure it will be great... and that I'll have a bl00dy passport by then...