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Old 22 Jan 2010, 21:04 (Ref:2617738)   #251
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jd yort should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by htcmotorsport View Post
Gary zakspeed 65, while trying to uncover the history of my car , i have found some interesting info and pics of a genuine Zakspeed Escort (im not really up on what stage gr 2 grp 5 etc.) car racing here in Australia. I have come across a Zakspeed Escort imported here 1981 in Western Australia by Ian Grey sold to Mike Mettam then on to John De Haan before being sold on to a Queensland buyer in 1989. Through this period the car raced in Malaysia and at apoint around 1986 the car had its original engine replaced with a Rotary. The car is still in Queensland.
This is really starting to get confusing. It would make sense that the Ian Grey car that first raced her in Western Australia (WA) actually never leaved as there is now a lot of evidence pointing to a claimed Zakspeed Escort running in WA right through the 80's. I have found a mention of Joe Ricciardo running a Zakspeed Escort in the late 80's in an old Auto Action magazine. If Ian Grey was based in Asia it may be possible that he raced two difference Escorts and that your car never did race in Aus Gary?

1) The Ian Grey car that raced here in 81 was not a genuine Zakspeed Escort but one of these mentioned Replica's built to Grp 2 specs. This car then passed through various hands including Mike Meetam?.
2) It was a genuine Zakspeed car and is quite possibly still in Australia and was completely different to Gary's car?
3) Something different?

This is the WA car for sale in 1989


Another claimed Zakspeed car for sale in 2000


which is the same car as below (from 2000)
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