Quote Originally Posted by Bryan View Post
I had a b&w photo published in MotorAction (the old newsprint mag) of the Rutherford Mk2 Escort spinning at the Ruapuna hairpin after contact with (iirc) the Harrington Mk1 Escort. From memory there were Datsuns 3-wide right behind them (iirc Aitken and Cook). Would have been a Shellsport race in the early '80s?

Unfortunately the negative and my prints have got damaged over time, would be keen to know if anybody has a copy of that paper.
I suspect that would be from 1980 or 81. The Escort was built up by Rod Collingwood who lost his sponsor and could not develop it, so he sold it to Mark Rutherford. This car then became the donor shell for Bob Homewoods Escort Sports Sedan.