PeterM
Sometime soon I hope to have the RS running so I can drive it home and take another photo in exactly the same spot, by exactly the same friend who took this photo, with exactly the same camera.

Wearing the same T shirt too I hope.

Can u tell the rego and/or colour of the clone from the original pic Jamie?
I think I remember both cars

I remember the clone was light blue / olympic blue. The one I bought from him was also being done as a clone, and had been painted candy apple red.

I remember the blue car well
He scrapped it in the end......😭

Nice story. Friends family and cars. I’m sure your father would be proud even if you did work on that car.

Great story Peter  .......   photos asap mate.  Bet you must've felt bad rolling a 1 year old car Dad got for you.......main thing is you survived, and Dad "can see you've repaired it and kept it and would be proud of you".
Hope you've got a family member to keep the tradition going when you've finished with it,

Yes definitely will wear exactly the same t shirt  :)
 
I rebuilt the car while my father was still alive. He never appeared unhappy with me. It was my choice to buy the wreck back from insurance and he never attempted to over-ride my decision. Relo's said many years later that at least we all knew exactly where you were (ie in the front yard at home).
 
I still remember phoning dad to tell him I had destroyed the car with barely 17,000km on it.
 
No family members yet. Never married, No children. Possibly why the car has never been sold. :)
 
In the photo the RS suspension in the photo looks really high. My friend who took the photo owned a 2 litre 1980 Wedgewood blue Escort Sundowner van fitted with the deep dish Hotwires. We fitted the Hotwires to the RS on the drivers side just for the photo so the suspension had not settled. If you look closely my legs are covering the standard skinny Volante wheels on the passengers side. Several years ago I bought and refurbished a set of Hotwires which are now on the car.
 

Thanks Peter.  Great history. Very lucky car to have such a loyal owner.
H N Y
BERNIE

Piccie late 1982 of my friend's Sundowner taken in exactly the same spot as the RS2000 photo.
He killed this one.
This was the second of two Wedgewood Sundowner's he killed.
 

When these Esky Vans came out, I was intrigued how similar the tail lights looked and how identical the tailgate hinges were to my much missed Dad's 1958 PREFECT 100E VAN............. Kept his SEDAN 100E in mothballs for the last (gulp!) 45 years after a maniac rear ended it back in 72. Sad to say it may never see daylight again, unless some youngie buys it for a "project", as I have too many on the back-burner.