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frayz 13 September 2012 07:38 PM

Vehicle Enthusiasts Day @ Ford Dunton R&D Centre
 
Hey guys,

Some of you know i work at the Ford R&D Technical Centre in Dunton, Essex.
As you can imagine im one of a few hundred car mad petrolheads working there every day. Many of which like me have their own ideas of motoring nirvana of all shapes and sizes. Some are modern performance cars, other classic sports cars, kits car, projects, 2 wheels & four... and anything inbetween.

Every year Dunton puts on a special day for all us petrolheads working there, and closes its test track to allow us to display our cars, bikes and projects for everyone to see.

Vehicles are split into categories and then there is a panel of judges to award the top cars of each category, mine for example was "Worldwide cars post 1980". Judges are Ford CEOs, managers and sometimes WRC drivers lol.

364 days of the year cameras are strictly prohibited on site due to the nature of vehicle design, but during the enthusiasts day we're allowed to take snaps.

Here are some to share with you that a friend took and some quickies from my iphone.
Amazingly i won my class of which i was rather pleased about.

Anyway, heres a handful of snaps from some of kit on display. We all had a great day.

Cheers

Frayz :)

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Oggy249 13 September 2012 08:07 PM

What a job you have ,great pics and cars

OurWRX 13 September 2012 08:37 PM

Great set of photo's Frayz, that's a fair selection of top cars to get together for an in-house performance day. Shame it was not open to the public, looked better that a lot of car shows !! :thumb:

Used to work there myself a few years ago, it's a great place.

Paul.

rb5 286 13 September 2012 08:43 PM

thanks for the pics Frayz, always jel when you post these up every year

quite rightly so you won you class.

frayz 13 September 2012 08:45 PM

Yeah its always a good turnout Paul. Thats the main reason i like it because of the variety of vehicles. You never know what someone has lurking tucked away in a garage or what project they have been working on.

The Vtec mini and the Mountune track ST prepped ST fiesta are very nice. These guys and others are good friends and its great to see their hard work.

Not many places you can go and find anything from an M3 powered kit car to a C2 tarmac rally car to a fully restored Capri or Model A. :)

g7prs 13 September 2012 09:41 PM


Originally Posted by frayz (Post 10788482)
Yeah its always a good turnout Paul. Thats the main reason i like it because of the variety of vehicles. You never know what someone has lurking tucked away in a garage or what project they have been working on.

The Vtec mini and the Mountune track ST prepped ST fiesta are very nice. These guys and others are good friends and its great to see their hard work.

Not many places you can go and find anything from an M3 powered kit car to a C2 tarmac rally car to a fully restored Capri or Model A. :)

Dont forget the mk 3 escort estate :lol1: ( stunning condition )

Nice collection of toys you and your work mates have :thumb:

The Pink Ninja 13 September 2012 09:44 PM

Some great motors there, I was working there last month too :)
I fitted all the new wc cubicles and vanity units near the restaurant :D

F1 CJE UK 13 September 2012 09:47 PM

great photo mate.

love it when you see a real mix of cars in one place, makes them all look so special!

frayz 13 September 2012 09:58 PM


Originally Posted by g7prs (Post 10788576)
Dont forget the mk 3 escort estate :lol1: ( stunning condition )

Nice collection of toys you and your work mates have :thumb:

Lol. My mate saved that from the scrapper for £250 off his father in law.
Refurbed the wheels and rotary job on the paint and it's super lol.
Only done about 60k too haha.

mervil 14 September 2012 07:44 AM

Some great cars there Frayz :) loving the mix of stuff there!

JonMc 14 September 2012 08:06 AM

An awesome collection of metal - that M-powered '7' must be a handful:norty:

evorach 14 September 2012 08:43 AM

cracking pics there mate i spent all my early years round fords rs's so for me the rs1800 and escos are my favs out of them but theres some cool cars there even your scoob lol

Silver Scooby Sport 14 September 2012 08:56 AM

What a brilliant line up there Frayz, I know you say at times it's only a job but to be working with people with such passion and imagination which a few must have must be a pleasure.
If you had a job like mine you would probably think that you had landed on another planet :D

stevie1982 14 September 2012 09:17 AM

as always top stuff mate, looking for any staff in your place :thumb:

frayz 14 September 2012 09:28 AM

Lol cheers guys.

Still think my best year was when I spent the morning looking over my car with Marcus Gronholm. :)

stevie1982 14 September 2012 09:34 AM


Originally Posted by frayz (Post 10788879)
Lol cheers guys.

Still think my best year was when I spent the morning looking over my car with Marcus Gronholm. :)

remember those pics, he signed your seat didn't he

frayz 14 September 2012 09:51 AM

Yeah he signed my old recaro.

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Such a nice guy, he loved the impreza too.

And did this in the WRC focus lol

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DT-SPD 15 September 2012 07:27 AM

Looks like it was another good day, I miss the enthusiasts day since leaving Dunton last year.

Do you remember this from a few years ago :lol1:


frayz 15 September 2012 08:54 AM

Lol yeah, dopey premadonna Chilton at his best.

M444GY 15 September 2012 06:43 PM

cool pics bud that mpower chaterham looks mad

AWG 30 September 2012 02:41 PM

See what you mean about the signed seat :thumb:


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