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Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome, April 26th 2002
The photoshoot with Performance Ford magazine went very well, despite the weather. Keith and Gazza took dozens of pictures, and after a couple of hours, I was allowed to finally stretch the legs of the car along the 2 mile straight. Even though the engine hadn't been tuned yet, the map in the ECU still allowed me to have a quick play. During the photoshoot however, when I came to change to 5th, I found that the gearbox wouldn't let me. I managed to change down and turn the car round, but was then stuck in 3rd gear. Couldn't shift the gear lever at all. I cruised back to the paddock and switched off the engine, suspecting the gear linkage at fault, but a small puddle of oil was now forming under the car. The gearbox had failed. A few days after the photoshoot I removed the engine and gearbox, and took the box back down to Quaife in Sevenoaks, Kent, and they repaired it for me.
Here's some of the photo's I took on the day. There were a couple of rubber grommets missing from holes for the bumpers etc, so I had to tape over a few holes to prevent water from getting in, but she still looks brilliant, and after all the years of hard work, the magazine article did do her justice.
Professional high resolution images taken at the photoshoot during 2002, are on the Hi Res images page, within the Photo Gallery.
 The car was featured in July 2002's Performance Ford magazine. Click on the Acrobat PDF icon to download the article.
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