Tried a search on the name and nothing came up...can anybody help here??ClassicMan wrote:Hi Guys
Does anyone have a recollection of a Mk1 Escort from the '70s called the MAZCORT? The car came to Bulawayo from SA when I was a laaitie. It was a Mk1 shell with seriously widened box wheel arches and painted in Martini Racing Livery. The most intersting part of it all was that it had a MID-MOUNTED Rotary motor connected to a Hewland box. It was seriously fast, and was often in a dice with Ray Yeo's Perana (Original Gunston A2 - painted in Grovenor Ford colours) and Royce Love's Chevron B21.
The car is back with it's original owner in the Jhb area and he has ideas of restoring it but with a V8 and not the Rotary. I have always been curious as to this cars's history. Anyone know anything about this car?
Unusual Race Cars
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In my old age...
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I took some pics today... is this topic still active?
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Early 90's I think, there was such a MK1 Escort with a rotary. They had these anything goes classes. I know I have photo's of it because it was just an odd combination. As was a Renault 5 with a rotary, and a very comical looking rwd Mazda 323 shape over a Tiga sports race car. The rotary Escort was white if I remember correctly.
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Welcome motorheadsdiary! (is that HM?)
Threads like this are always 'open'. Please post your pics, we would love to see them.
Threads like this are always 'open'. Please post your pics, we would love to see them.
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Oh yes!motorheadsdiary wrote:I took some pics today... is this topic still active?
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Please post mate!!
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How is this for an unusual race car??? Beautifull!!
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Looks like it used to be a Mercedez 500 SEC in a previous life. Nice looking race car though
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500 SLCturbo-gp wrote:Looks like it used to be a Mercedez 500 SEC in a previous life. Nice looking race car though
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Pity they didn't leave to original lights on it, otherwise a very nice car!
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