Stuart Turner

Asked to sum up the Ford Escort, Markku Al n put it in four words: "It's a winner's car." The front-engined, rear-wheel drive car triumphed all around the world, whether it was at the 1970 World Cup Rally, the East African Safari, in Swedish snow or on Finland's high-speed tracks. At its home event, the RAC Rally, the Mk1 and Mk2 versions proved invincible for eight years. But it is not only the successes of works drivers like Roger Clark, Timo M kinen, Hannu Mikkola, Ari Vatanen, Markku Al n or Bj rn Waldeg rd that have made the Escort so famous. The car was reliable, easy to control and almost easier to repair, and was thus the preferred car of many dozens of successful private drivers. Proof, if any were needed, was that Escorts took the first ten places at the 1973 Scottish Rally. In short, hardly any other car has influenced rallying or enjoyed as much success as the Ford Escort. This 264-page book summarizes the complete rally history of the Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts from the first concept in 1967 to the World Championship title of 1981. Author John Davenport, the first to co-drive in the Escort at its rally debut fifty years ago, spoke to two dozen contemporary witnesses and has summarized the history of this car more comprehensively and vividly than anyone before. It describes the development in chronological order, but lightened by interesting comments and anecdotes. The texts are accompanied by more than 500 partly known and partly never-before-seen photos. They show the Escort in the legendary Boreham workshop, during test drives and, above all, in action in a wide variety of liveries.

Reprinted after a long absence! The revealing and surprising inside story of the legendary BMC Works Competitions Department told by the three Competition Managers of the highly successful BMC/British Leyland race and rally teams based at Abingdon. The book reveals the inner workings and machinations of one of the most successful motor sport teams Britain has ever seen. Based on previously unpublished internal memos and documents, and the recollections of the prime movers, the book describes the ups and downs, and the politics of big time competition in an exciting era. An excellent and entertaining read and an important factual documentation, no motorsport enthusiast should be without this book.

This fully-updated edition of the Retirement Manual contains the latest information regarding pensions and savings, and addresses every aspect of retirement, including how to spend your new-found leisure time, mental and physical health, how modern technology can work for you, potential changes to your living arrangements, all the way through to the legalities of wills and coping with grief. This manual, presented in the Haynes tried-and-tested step-by-step format, promises to be an informative yet informal guide to getting the most from your retirement.