continuing the hijack
group 4 spec shells really just mean it has rear link boxes in a chevette, with a bit of gusseting. that's why the single cam conversion was so popular. it is the easiest of the main cars of the era to convert. but it does have the complication of the sport part manual and it's clubman varients.
Ian, what events will you be runing the car in? Mario should have the list of hs's and hsr's via the droop snoot group.
my car is being built by a guy who builds historic escorts, i was looking at mine yesterday and we were discussing values - he had over £110k parked outside his workshop, 5 old cars! and the £55k bda mk1 wasn't there. it's crazy and must make it very hard to get started, the big benefit with escorts is most of the parts are still made, including new alloy bda engines but as chevettes get more popular someone will see a market and start making panels again
rallying is at a crossroads, the 3 branches are starting to snipe at each other, that's without in fighting inside the 'tribes'. i miss the days of having a car that would be used for a road rally one weekend and a stage rally the next, perhaps with an autocross thrown in for good measure, drivers who competed, rather than specialised and had all the shiny kit.
which bugger moved the thread i was replying to whilst i was still replying - please move to the new bit . ta everso