Lost Race Cars

[Steve Holmes]

Right we have got to the bottom of the owners of the Mk1 Escort V8 that I found in Lake Hawea after months of phone calls.
It turned out to the car I was hoping it was!
Owners are, from first to last, Roy Harrington, Don McMillan (metropolitan cranes) with Dave Silcock, Bob Homewood, Grant Aiken, Ross Cameron, Allan Dick/Don Peddie, Steven Marks, Ian Wilkins, Robin Sherriff, Dennis Knight , Karsten? (Mosgiel) , 'Dingle' (Lake Hawea) and Andy Giles.
I Have also found a F85 Olds engine that may be one if the 2 engines that Ross had for the car, it was sold to some one to put i a jetboat as was the one that I have found but it has been sitting in a hay barn for 15 yrs + unused in a apparently 'very' modified state. So I will continue to investigate this.
If anyone has any photos of the car in any form over the years I would love to see them so I can decide what colours and spec the car will be rebuilt in to.
Regards Andy Giles

Wow, Andy, thats great! Congratulations. Sounds like you saved an important car from certain death. It would have been killed on the speedway.

So is this the car you have?

Roy Harrington:



Dave Silcock:





Given it raced initially with a twin-cam, when was the V8 dropped in it?