September 2012

Since my first post a lot has happened. After the rush to find my garage floor under a pile of boxes and other clutter, the arrival of the kit from the seller and settling into my new house a sort of calm has descended on my life.

I have managed to get most of the immediate DIY jobs on my house completed so my mind could turn to the burning issue of what was sitting in my garage......

However, before I launch into the build who the hell am I? Why am I doing this and why do I feel I need to tell everybody?

My name is Andrew Peacock, I live in Peterborough in the UK. 
From a very early age cars and motor sport played a big part in my life. My father was and remains a GP nut.
I gained an interest in rallying, no idea why but I can recall the London Mexico rally and all the endurance types of events, the birth of the MK1 Escort and all that. 

Leaving school meant a decision, Parachute Regiment or engineering? You can guess, a career with a spanner in my hand as opposed to a SLR.

Fate took me into contact with a new team wanting to compete at international level including the iconic RAC Rally. The task was to turn a new standard RS2000 into a Group A machine. Two years later and I was hooked on Rallying, servicing the car on all the UK major events was a great experience. When this ended I found myself in demand to help other teams and drivers with their cars and building cars for the Ford "Find a female rally driver" championship. All jokes aside, but their was a hell of a lot of body damage....However it did produce Louise Aitken Walker.

Inevitably this led me to competing myself, initially in a 1300cc Escort Mk2 in local events near to Peterborough 3 years later to Shell Autosport national forest events. Results were good but not as good as I wanted as frequently ambition outstripped ability....  

What I had not prepared myself for whilst all this fun was going on was women..... 
Marriage followed, cars and bits were sold and domesticity settled on my life.

Work career wise things were good, good choices of employer, increasing accountability meant spare cash. A return to Rallying was agreed! A year after the decision a very proper looking tarmac spec MK2 Escort sits waiting to go. Another 3 years and some very good results, top 5 finishes and class wins on some decent events. However, all good things... children and once again the garage is empty........