Wednesday, July 8, 2009

1996-97 Repsol Ford Escort WRC

I got this Ford Escort WRC from a friend without its base, so I am not sure of the year if its 96 or 97 that Carlos Sainz drove this together with Luis Moya.

If it is the 96 version then Sainz and Moya only placed 3rd overall in the Acropolis Rally of Greece, but if it is the 97 version, then they got 1st place!

this model is by IXO in 1:43 version.







7 comments:

lorenzo721 said...
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lorenzo721 said...

I just opened two links among the sites a visitor to my own blog follows, and one of them directed me here. To my utter surprise it's managed by a certain JDMike. JDMike? Could it be the JDMike I know? Well, whatever they say, internet is a very small place...

Your Escort is a '97 JD. Sainz' car was given #4 in '96 Acropolis. This Ixo model was released by Altaya exclusively for the Spanish market, among a series of cars driven by Sainz. I had two myself but sold one. ;)

It's a very nice blog you have here. I think I'll visit it frequently! :)

Tommi said...

How could be you so lucky JDMike? :-O

JDMike's Diecast Site said...

Whoa!!! Its so nice to hear from you again Laurent! :-) I kind da missed you at the swapmeets, been looking forward to more of your rally cars and some firetrucks for my kid.

thanks for the info on this escort, so its a champ car, thats great! :-)

i visited your site and its such a great site! :-)
I will link your blog to mine

thanks for the visit and nice to hear from you again! :-)

JDMike's Diecast Site said...

Thanks Tommi! I would be even luckier if I could bag more escorts specially the RS2000 that I still dont have. :-)

danielh said...

Nice Ford rally cars,JDmikes!! Love the angle of the shot taken.

JDMike's Diecast Site said...

thanks daniel!! :-)