Readly RF Feb 20

FAMOUS FIVE
WORDS: ROB CHEESMUR
BEN WILDE
MK2 GRANADA
Ben has really built something special here! It is
not just a superbly clean Mk2 Granada on air-ride
suspension! It would be easy to just think that, but you
would be very wrong! Ben has carried out nearly all of
the work himself, with the exception of the paintwork
and a small amount of machine work. The machining
work was to facilitate a BMW M57 2.9 Diesel engine,
gearbox and differential! The cool thing is that the
Granada still manages to retain it’s original subframes
front and rear. This really is a game-changer, as
the Granada goes like stink and can still maintain
reasonable miles per gallon! With the Recaro interior
from a Granada Sport, Ben can waft along with the
smooth comfy air-ride, and then park up and slam
the 3-box Granada shell over the Rota RM200 alloys.
We were drooling over the pictures of this Granada at
Retro Towers. Ben really has knocked it out of the park
with this refreshingly different build!
NEIL FERRY
SIERRA COSWORTH
Looking cleaner than a Nuns undercrackers is
Neil’s three-door Cosworth! A first for the ‘Famous
Five’ to have a proper ‘Whale tail’ on these pages.
This Cosworth has led a very cossetted life having
a Major in the British Army as a first owner, who
not only kept the car for 30 years but also spent
thirty thousand pounds on upkeep of the car
during his ownership. The second owner had
the car for four years and only did 400 miles in
it. Amazingly he had it serviced every 100 miles!
Then lucky old Neil stumbled on it when it wasn’t
even really advertised for sale. He did have to
trade in his Mk2 Escort to get his hands on the
keys though! The time-warp original car has had
very little by way of mods in its lifetime! Just a
stainless steel exhaust, and a stage one 280BHP
chip. Rightly so, why mess with perfection we say!
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