Thanks Steve.
That was a car I built at RNZAF Base Hobsonville Hobbies club in 1982 after I rolled my Mark 1 Escort competing in the '81 Motogard Rally after being told I was in 8th overall. First lesson learned. Don't let your desire to win exceed your ability to do so.
I ran it in 1982 as an RS 2000. It had a 4 speed RS 1800 Grp 2 Gearbox and 5 link Grp 4 Atlas rear axle assy. Unable to afford a BDA at the time we dropped in a 300 HP Turbo Pinto motor from a guy named Bruce Manning. It had a lot of grunt but tricky to drive with lots of turbo lag. No laptop programmable engine management systems back then just a side draught Weber hanging on the turbo inlet with a windscreen washer pump squirting water down its throat for cooling. Boy how things have changed!
I tracked the car down about 6 years ago in the South Island and dream one day of restoring it.
Here's another link to a recent story that shows my Mark 1 Escort on the Motogard '81
http://rally-america.com/news/1235/
Peter Farrell