View Full Version : E. Boland Escort WRC


Joe Leslie
07-10-2010, 14:12
Finished it a few days back. Started out as
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs427.ash1/23616_1367740482904_1513452901_937237_3816495_n.jp g

Stripped it in nitromors.. Full respray and RHD conversion. (not too keen on them conversions). Still have to do the black around the windows (gundam marker died). Decals are a mix of Carlos and Startup models
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs605.snc4/58531_1561587008946_1513452901_1426963_5124505_n.j pg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs005.snc4/33616_1574268445974_1513452901_1456650_1998853_n.j pg

MadMossy
07-10-2010, 14:36
Did boland ever have a yellow WRC Escort. Thought it was only black?

Still a great model.

DavidN
07-10-2010, 14:51
Looks well, Bolands Hertz cars were some of the finest looking cars ever to grace our stages

Mr M
07-10-2010, 15:23
Did boland ever have a yellow WRC Escort. Thought it was only black?

Still a great model.
Yes he had. It was a Group A car. The black one was WRC. The car was built by Dean Hetherington, I think the reg was 94 WX 111

MadMossy
07-10-2010, 15:52
Yes he had. It was a Group A car. The black one was WRC. The car was built by Dean Hetherington, I think the reg was 94 WX 111
So.....the answer is no he didn't have a yellow wrc escort which was my question.
I'm well aware he had a yellow GpA one:o

mgmetro6r4
07-10-2010, 15:53
http://www.roydempster.com/photos/1997%20Donegal%20International%20-%204th%20overall%20Eamon%20Boland.JPG (http://www.roydempster.com/photos/1997%20Donegal%20International%20-%204th%20overall%20Eamon%20Boland.JPG)
http://www.roydempster.com/photos/1997%20Ulster%20Rally%20-%204th%20overall%20Eamon%20Boland.JPG

He did

Joe Leslie
07-10-2010, 16:00
thanks sean for the verifaction.
he had this lad
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs324.ash1/28338_1438487531536_1513452901_1103249_4375299_n.j pg

MadMossy
07-10-2010, 16:46
Thanks for that - thats all i wanted to know - some beast of a yoke! I did a rally in his black one a few years ago - R14 FMC

Mr M
07-10-2010, 19:07
So.....the answer is no he didn't have a yellow wrc escort which was my question.
I'm well aware he had a yellow GpA one:o
Apologies for the oversight, I was just trying to add an info I had............:(

hackney man
07-10-2010, 22:31
if my old memory serves me rite he launched this first wrc in killarney but pulled out of the rally after a few stages (or the first day)cause they could not build up the temp in the engine,it was runnin to cold(am open to correction tho);)

Tiger
08-10-2010, 12:31
if my old memory serves me rite he launched this first wrc in killarney but pulled out of the rally after a few stages (or the first day)cause they could not build up the temp in the engine,it was runnin to cold(am open to correction tho);)
Yeah correct , it was too cold , so the news was at the time :cool:

cole2
08-10-2010, 13:41
Think it was the 97 Lakes. Was up on Molls gap that morning spectating . Nobody knew he was doing the rally in it so everyone was surprised to hear this yoke coming through the fog, and nobody could tell what it was.

Art McCarrick
08-10-2010, 15:01
Yes he had. It was a Group A car. The black one was WRC. The car was built by Dean Hetherington, I think the reg was 94 WX 111

He had 3.
92 WX 1747 (used in 1994)
94 WX 111 (used in 95 sold to Peadar Hurson)
N452 VRM (used in 96 and 97 until he got the WRC)

mexico mk 1
08-12-2010, 13:57
bolands yellow wrc car was the last yellow gpa car coverted to a wrc by m sport it had a manuel 6 speed gearbox and 2 side exhausts