Spec-R BARN FIND!Rare Geoff Woods Mk1 Hart Escort Special Saloon

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Unfortunately I don't have any timesheets for that day, 13th March 1977 , but according to the programme Phil Winter was entered in car number 25 , a Ford Escort BDA of 1298 cc . Phil qualified 19th out of 24 , didn't trouble the top ten according to my programme lap chart and I think made a couple of pit stops during the race .

As mentioned in the Autosport tribute , presumably he had upgraded to a 2 litre engine by the May meeting . Poignantly he was entered in the Escort BDA in the Special Saloon car race at the 19th June meeting , this time in the 1301-2500 cc class , the capacity being shown as 1998 cc . Sadly I think Phil died before this meeting took place .

The reason I mentioned that Phil was from Wimborne was because Wimborne is only three or four miles from Cyril Malem's base at Ferndown , and that Cyril might be able to fill in some gaps in the car's history .