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Originally Posted by E.B
Brian Cutting sprang to mind straight away. I believe he ran a Martin V8 3 litre in his (blue?) Escort Special Saloon. c 1971.
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Originally Posted by VIVA GT
I think you could be right Chris, but I don't think he was the original owner/builder. I'll keep wracking my brains 9or what's left of them!)
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It seems the old mind still has some sort of function left.
I found an old programme online from the BARC Championship Finals Race Meeting 17/10/1971, Thruxton
https://www.progcovers.com/motor/thruxton711017.pdf
Scroll down to Event 6: Osram Saloon Car Race B and you will see in Class A:
#273 Brian Cutting in a Ford Escort with a Martin V8 2998cc engine entered.
There was also another one entered by Lawrencetune for Robin Gray immediately above.
I like the sound (sic) of another car in the class.... Dennis Nott with a BRM V12 3.0 litre powered Ford Escort !!
I mentioned I thought Cutting's car was blue.... the prog says black and orange. Cant win them all.
Buoyed by enthusiasm at my find I delved deeper and found this little article (with pictures) on the HSSR website on V8 Escort Special Saloons. It details the Lawrencetune car and I think mentions the Cutting car. (Im doing this on my laptop and the screen size is too small for me to read all the details. (I will look on my PC with bigger screen upstairs in my office later)
Anyway the article is here:
https://www.hssreg.com/escort-v8s
I got sidetracked by a few other links on that page (in particular "Other Fords", and fell in love with the Consul Classic 5.7 Windsor V8. Anyway I digress.....
Edit: Further searching found a photo online described as Brian Cuttings V8 Martin engined Escort.
And its blue(-ish)!
