BikerGran
Hero Member
Karma: 94
Posts: 10604
Gran Turismo
|
 |
« on: August 11, 2011, 07:57:11 PM » |
|
I've been invited to spend the weekend there with the Southampton & District MCC who help out on the gate. I'm chuffed as I haven't spent a weekend in field with a bunch of bikers since May! It's not a long way to go - rather less than 2 miles I suspect, and Mike thinks I'm mad spending the weekend in a tent in a field that close to home! (OK Manky, I know you agree with him!) Anyway, there's lots of old vehicles of every description and falconry and axemen and other stuff and it's not a fortune to get in, come and have a look! (oh and stationary engines too!) http://www.purbeckrally.co.uk/contact.htm |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
|
|
|
|
Chevy Rick
|
|
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2011, 04:46:59 PM » |
|
Pop down to the Purbeck Rally, just took a few pictures as not all the exhibits had turned up today.  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun! Coventry Eagle  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun!  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun!  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun!  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun!  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun!  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun! |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: August 12, 2011, 05:09:47 PM by Chevy Rick »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Chevy Rick
|
|
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2011, 04:48:09 PM » |
|
 Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun! Highboy and lowboy Citroen vans.  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun! Escort van becoming quite a rarity.  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun! Dozens of milk churns, a thing of the past.  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun!  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun! A Grumph T90 engine.  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun!  Purbeck Rally, Wareham Dorset - this Sat & Sun! |
|
|
|
« Last Edit: August 16, 2011, 03:15:33 PM by Chevy Rick »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Manky Monkey
Administrator
Hero Member
Karma: 264
Posts: 55102
|
|
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2011, 06:53:22 PM » |
|
Escort?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
|
|
|
|
spanners
|
|
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2011, 06:56:01 PM » |
|
Escort?
escort squire..  |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
|
|
|
|
Chevy Rick
|
|
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2011, 11:17:40 AM » |
|
Yes Andy Escort was the basic model and the squire was the deluxe model with wood trim along the sides.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Manky Monkey
Administrator
Hero Member
Karma: 264
Posts: 55102
|
|
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2011, 09:05:45 PM » |
|
Id've put that down as a 100E Pop.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
|
|
|
BikerGran
Hero Member
Karma: 94
Posts: 10604
Gran Turismo
|
|
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2011, 02:45:43 PM » |
|
And you'd be right! Except it's the estate so it's a Squire, drove one of those when I was just a young thing, I nearly remember! Some more phots of the Purbeck Rally HERE |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
|
|
|
|
Chevy Rick
|
|
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2011, 03:01:12 PM » |
|
Ford: Escort/Squire Estate
From GracesGuide
Jump to: navigation, search
If you read the badge on the rear Bikergran it says ESCORT this one had the lower trim level according to the owner and no wood side trims, thus not a Squire.
Ford 100E Squire.
Reg No: B547 BFB.
Reg No: F533 PWS.
Reg No: C844 ETG.Note: This is a sub-section of Ford: Cars.
The Ford Squire was built between 1955 and 1959.
It was a two door, four seat estate design, the brother to the Ford Prefect 100E four door saloon, sharing the same 1,172 cc Ford Sidevalve 36 bhp engine and other parts and the same interior trim. It was substantially shorter than both the Prefect and the closely related Ford Anglia 100E two door saloon. It used the short front doors of the four-door model because the bodyshell was optimized for use as a panel van (which was marketed as the Thames 300E). The rear door was in two pieces split horizontally. The rear seat could be folded flat to convert from a four seater to a load carrier. Until 1957 there were wood trim pieces screwed to the sides of the vehicle.
The Squire competed in the same market segment as the Hillman Husky and the Austin A30 / A35 based estate: these were significantly more popular in the UK than longer estates at the time. Total production was 17,812 cars.
The Ford Escort was a mechanically identical estate car but based on the Ford Anglia which had a lower trim level. This proved more popular and a total of 33,131 Escorts were produced between 1955 and 1961. Production of the Escort continued until 1961, two years longer than the Squire.
The British Motor magazine tested a Squire in 1955 recording a top speed of 69.9 mph and acceleration from 0-50 mph in 20.2 seconds and a fuel consumption of 35.7 miles per imperial gallon. The test car which had the optional heater cost £668 including taxes
|
|
|
|
« Last Edit: August 16, 2011, 03:16:30 PM by Chevy Rick »
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
BikerGran
Hero Member
Karma: 94
Posts: 10604
Gran Turismo
|
|
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2011, 04:59:20 PM » |
|
I think there may be some confusion about these old cars - I definitely drove one which had a badge that said Squire, and it had no wood trim - it belonged to my boss's son. Ah - this may explain it - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_SquireUntil 1957 there were wood trim pieces screwed to the sides of the vehicle. |
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
|
|
|
|
spanners
|
|
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2011, 05:14:12 PM » |
|
the bit about the differance in wheelbase is interesting to me
as when i was a ,nipper,, dad ran the local garage and he ran a squire on the way home from a night out with friends (the old equivelent of going clubbin)
they managed to ,,roll,, it dad being dad ordered a brand new two door shell direct from fords for the princely sum of £150 pounds. it came painted and fully trimmend including boot.bonnet, doors ,glass, seats, carpet, and wiring loom. all he had to do was to fit all the running gear from the wrecked squire and the speedo head. he said everything just bolted on and it was like a new un..
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
LIVE FAST and DIE YOUNG,, past 50 AND STILL HERE NOW. WAITING. FOR. THE. GRIM. REAPER
|
|
|
BikerGran
Hero Member
Karma: 94
Posts: 10604
Gran Turismo
|
|
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2011, 07:10:36 PM » |
|
It doesn't actually say the wheelbase was longer, just that the vehicle was longer, might have just been the body.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
|
|
|
|
