- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd; illustrated edition edition (10 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844251039
- ISBN-13: 978-1844251032
- Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 956,178 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'will surely become the seminal work' Autocar 'It's all here, from factory-floor history to action shots so good you can hear the exhaust crackle' Practical Classics
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Ford's motorsport centre, at Boreham, Essex, first opened in 1963 and finally closed its doors at the end of 2003, bringing to an end 40 years of involvement with Ford's racing, rally and high-performance road car projects. Over the years, Boreham's products have gained fame for success in all the major world rallies and in numerous touring car championships around the world. Here is a unique behind-the-scenes look at the motorsport centre which gave birth to such legends as the Escort RS series, the RS200, the Sierra RS Cosworth and the Escrot RS Cosworth.
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Boreham-The 40 Year Story Of Ford's Motorsport Dream Factory,
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This review is from: Boreham: The 40-year Story of Ford's Motorsport Dream Factory (Hardcover)
Yet another masterpiece by Graham Robson. This book is a must for all rally fans particularly those with a passion for the blue oval. Ford & Boreham is rallying's equivalent to Ferrari & Maranello.Ford arrived at the former WW2 airfield in 1963 & nearly all of their rallycars were developed there. Cars like the Lotus Cortina, Escort Twin-Cam, Escort RS1600, GT70, Escort RS1800, Escort RS1700T, RS200, Sierra Cosworth, Escort Cosworth/WRC, Puma Super 1600 & the new Fiesta Super 1600 were all meticulously prepared at Boreham. This book not only covers the many cars but also talks to the key personnel behind the scenes, such as Walter Hayes, Stuart Turner, Peter Ashcroft, Mick Jones, Mike Moreton, Bill Meade & John Wheeler to name just a few. And then of course there is the star studded driver line up including some of rallying's elite past & present, such as Timo Makinen, Roger Clark, Hannu Mikkola, Bjorn Waldegard, Ari Vatanen, Malcolm Wilson, Stig Blomqvist, Mark Lovell, Carlos Sainz, Francois Delecour, Miki Biasion, Tommi Makinen & many more. Probably the most impressive thing about this book is the sheer number of photographs there are. Nearly every page has a photo on it & nearly every one of them is in colour & many of them I have never seen before! To sum up, this book is a facinating account of the highs & lows of one of motorsports most famous teams & is brilliantly written by Graham Robson. It also acts as a fantastic photographic record too!
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This is a good history book but has NO technical information,
By Michael Rogers "Toad Hall Collection" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Boreham: The 40-year Story of Ford's Motorsport Dream Factory (Hardcover)
Graham Robson is a prolific writer of Marque books and seems to have had experience in many of the companies. I was disappointed in his approach in this book in that it is written from an administrators' viewpoint. Perhaps this is correct in that there probably more watchers than doers. I have a car that supposedly was breathed upon by the Borham works but could find NO specific details of this nature. There is No mention that Borham was a store where we average punters could buy bits for OUR cars and that there were perhaps thousands of us whose cars benefited from this. Also unmentioned is Fords' abortive attempt to enter the sports car market with the 61-63 Capri. Inevitably some of their owners had made use of the wonderful tuning bits available at Boreham to make their cars more competitive. There is little said of Borhams' early years other than that the Cortinas were unreliable--when run in the viscous Forrest Rallies.
Overall, when an engine is mentioned, it is ONLY described as a 1700 or such missing all the technically interesting detail--for gearheads. This is obviously NOT Robsons' forte' in that it is also evident in His Cosworth book which does however include some interesting technical information. I would have REALLY appreciated an early catalog of the parts available in the store as an example of the extent that Ford went to to make their cars competitive! |
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