It's a Wednesday evening in July and while most 'normal' people are contemplating what to watch on the telly or which takeaway to order there's a bunch of guys doing something a little bit special. This select group has rejected the average and taken to the track - swapped the sofa for a bucket seat and the sounds of the Coronation Street theme for the growl of an exhaust.
This was a joint venture between Retro Cars and Retro Ford, sister titles under the Unity Media banner. Out on the track there was certainly variety but the major prescence was from the Ford marque. There were some notable exceptions amongst the Escorts, one of my favourites being a luxo-barge in the form of a JDM spec Nissan Laurel that was well and truly holding it's own out on the Kent circuit...I doubt anyone else was going around in such comfort either!
This Escort was particularly neat, featuring black and grey Harrier-style graphics and stretched tyres over those awesome deep dish Compomotive split rims. Stance perfection.
The owner of this Granada wasn't scared to open her up, it's an unusual choice for the track, but certainly looked like a whole heap of fun.
Check out the rest of the shots on the RSM Flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroscenemag/sets/72157621781320518//
Posted on: July 22, 2009 07:43