Hoping someone might be able to shed some light on my RS Mk2 that im rebuilding at the moment.Im trying to find out a little about that past history of the car.
Its a 4 door,originally Monza Red & was supposedly a workshop demo car for a place called S & M Motorsport.I was told that it ran a Turbo Pinto & at one point was running on LPG.
Does that ring a bell with anyone???[?]

Hmmm my old car was a 4dr Monza red RS that apparently was associated with Essendon Motorsport (yes, I know how dodgey that sounds).. Essendon...? S&M...? maybe I miSheard originally.

Does it have tramp rod brackets welded to the chassis? A 2dr rear seat instead of a 4dr one? 3.89 diff, stocko engine, battery in boot?

I think Wheels mag did a write up on a turbo charged 4 dr developed by a speed shop back in the 80's but I cannot recall much more.

The story is on here somewhere I think.....

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Originally posted by Avon

Hmmm my old car was a 4dr Monza red RS that apparently was associated with Essendon Motorsport (yes, I know how dodgey that sounds).. Essendon...? S&M...? maybe I miSheard originally.

Does it have tramp rod brackets welded to the chassis? A 2dr rear seat instead of a 4dr one? 3.89 diff, stocko engine, battery in boot?

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Avon,yep it has tramp rod brackets as well as a panhard rod and the battery was mounted in the boot where the spare wheel normally sits.
I picked the car up as a rolling shell from a wreckers minus motor & interior,so i dont know what sort of seats it had.
The car was Monza Red with the usual RS blackouts on the sills etc.
On the sill panels it also had S & M Motorsport lettering in silver.

Wasn't S&M Motorsport the business that evolved from TVE? Steve Neisner and Matt(not sure of his surname)owned it and Rich from this forum(cant remember his user name)worked for them...[?]

You may be right Phil.
Maybe if Rich sees this thread he will be able to shed some more light on the car for me

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Originally posted by esqrt

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Originally posted by Avon

Hmmm my old car was a 4dr Monza red RS that apparently was associated with Essendon Motorsport (yes, I know how dodgey that sounds).. Essendon...? S&M...? maybe I miSheard originally.

Does it have tramp rod brackets welded to the chassis? A 2dr rear seat instead of a 4dr one? 3.89 diff, stocko engine, battery in boot?

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Avon,yep it has tramp rod brackets as well as a panhard rod and the battery was mounted in the boot where the spare wheel normally sits.
I picked the car up as a rolling shell from a wreckers minus motor & interior,so i dont know what sort of seats it had.
The car was Monza Red with the usual RS blackouts on the sills etc.
On the sill panels it also had S & M Motorsport lettering in silver.

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Hmm prob not my old one then... it didn't have a panhard rod or any lettering on it. Good luck with the search!

Hey Esqrt,

I seem to recall that Steptoe (the wrecker you purchased it from) said he picked it up from Montmorency as was (rolling shell). Anyone from on here from Monty way?

Avon - who did you sell the car too, maybe it changed hands in between - maybe several times!

GT

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Originally posted by esqrt

You may be right Phil.
Maybe if Rich sees this thread he will be able to shed some more light on the car for me

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I just checked through the members list..Rich is cossie86 You could PM him[;^)]

Geetee,you have a better memory than me!
I dont recall him mentioning that.I must have been blinded by the fact i now owned an RS of the best variety(Mk2,not one of those ugly Mk1's[:x)])

Phil,i will give that a try.Thanks for your help