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I just bought the Passion for Racers MkI trans-kit. I think I paid $75. Very nice kit by the way.

Yea I think the Trophy Series kit is under appreciated. I have a few in my collection including the rather rare Autobahn version.

My guess is you are or have been a carpenter at some point. Per-fab outside corners, bridging, double top plate all nice details.

Haven't seen plank sheathing in construction for a very long time. This would be a very old garage.

Another must have!

Thanks Marcos. Thanks Dave. I can hardly wait to see the actual wheel and tires.

Nice work.

I vote Hemi Hustler. It ties in much better with your paint scheme.

AWESOME!! Of course I just bought the Passion for Racers MkI trans-kit. None the less I can't wait! Do you have any pictures of the parts trees?

Thanks Robert. I have more scratch building to do for the engine so I didn't want to add to that with a custom header. Thanks Jim.

This engine or a Twin Cam would look cool in your Escort build Roger. The only source of the BDA that I am aware of is the Esci/Revell Escort kits. The Twin Cam is available in a few kits and at one time a resin cast version was available from Mini Exotics if I remember correctly. Pretty sure Mini Exotics is out of business.

It is a production engine that Ford used in the Escort. Cosworth was involved in developing the engine for racing. They eventually coaxed 272 bhp out of this little beast. Originally conceived by Mike Hall (Cosworth Engineering) as a belt driven version of Cosworth’s FVA power plant, this engine is based on the Ford 1600 X/Flow bottom end. It made its first appearance in the Mk1 Escort in 1970 and replaced the Lotus twin cam engine as the new high performance engine for the Ford Rally Sport models. During the early seventies Brian Hart (amongst many others) developed this engine further and his 87mm big bore alloy block version, giving an increased capacity to 1840cc, was eventually adopted by Ford and used to power the later RS1800 Escort. The BDA and all its derivatives went on to dominate the motorsport scene and even today, 30 years on, it is still providing many winning cars with their power. At least 15 types have been produced ranging from the 1098cc BDJ (150bhp) through to the 2 litre BDTE turbo version (650bhp in full race trim) which was produced with a slightly longer block to improve its structural strength.

The resellers may be "perpetually out of stock" because they choose to be. Most businesses do not carry stock any more. They produce or order the items from their suppliers only after they have received an order. And sometimes not until they have received a sufficient quantity of orders. I don’t know the inner workings of HRM’s and his re-sellers business relationship, nor do you. Again you have made your position known several times. You will never again order or purchase a HRM product. Enough said. I and I assume many of the rest of us will continue to order and purchase HRM products.

It's Ford's BDA (Belt Drive A) engine. The exhaust ports come out of the bottom edge of the head. The kit engine is not quite accurate in this regard and maybe the header should be slightly higher. However that would have required making a custom header and I am pretty happy with the kit part.

Just finished a great trade with DPNM. Thanks Jim and Lets go Pens!

Thanks for saving the model and building it Ron.

Got my fingers crossed for you Gene.

I did some work on them to make them look a little better but they may be the best part in the whole kit Gene.

The kit is designed to have you attach the engine to the cross member then install this assembly into the chassis. Since I like to repeatedly test fit that didn't work for me. So I devised a method of locating the engine without the cross member in place. Doesn't look great with the engine out but it is completely hidden when the engine is installed.

Fabricated motor mounts.

Colin McRae said the BDA MkII was the greatest sounding rally car ever. I would agree with him.

Cool video Shay. Yea that car is definitely lower than Boreham/Sutton ever raced them even in tarmac spec. I want to be historically accurate so mine won't be that low.

Welcome Brian. I am just up the road from you.

The IMC/Testors kit is a representation of the '64 Ford GT. The Aurora/Revell kit is a '65 car and shows Shelby's influence. But if you want to be truly accurate you need to pick a specific car at a specific point in time because the car was constantly evolving.