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[@DaChaGee]

You need to look up Colin McRae. He was one of the greatest British rally drivers.

[@bentucker2301]

Not forgetting his father Jimmy who was one of the greatest. He has more than double the number of British titles of either of his sons.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

​@@bentucker2301 Jimmy was INCREDIBLE.I remember him running faster / matching times to Michelle Mouton in her Quattro... in his little 2wd

[@johnnyjrotten59]

Didn't he crash and burn?

[@jenko109]

​@@johnnyjrotten59a helicopter crash yes

[@DaChaGee]

@@johnnyjrotten59 Died in a helicopter crash with his young son.

[@Brookspirit]

It looks like it's in Wales, those rally events are usually held on Forestry Commission land, the gravel roads aren't open to the public. MK1 and MK2 escorts are some of the best rally cars ever made, that's why they are still so popular over 40-50 years later.

[@WookieWarriorz]

Northern Ireland also looks like Wales and we have a shit load of rally, drift, motorbike racing etc here. Like half the 'isle of man' clips people watch are actually the NW200 in northern Ireland

[@jamiewood4280]

It was Cumbria. I'm a forestry contractor and I have to drive these cat A roads every day. They are open to the public in Scotland.

[@RabidJohn]

I recognised some of it from playing Colin McRae Rally 2 more than 20 years ago. Looked like some from Wales, some from Cumbria and some from North Yorkshire.

[@stevekenilworth]

@@jamiewood4280 even wales few are open ive driven in to few forests but some are close but few you can enter, im sure driven on few local rally stages near my home town , and one we can all drive was part wrc around the Great Orme Llandudno think few years ago (2018) they had road stage there. ive ended up on crazy dirt roads in my city car loads fun, you have to hunt for the open ones but you can find them in wales but i gather far less than in scotland

[@dylanwhite1212]

And also because you can still buy them new over there fully optioned out to your liking.

[@lukeharvey2006]

Glad you enjoyed my video. Things have certainly changed a lot in the UK Rally scene since I made that video 13 years ago now!

[@newfineart]

You certainly captured and distilled British Rallying down to its essence. The thrill of seeing a production car been driven hard down country lanes and gravel tracks is part of the fun whilst the main stimulation behind rallying is hearing a car in the distance and waiting for the sound to reach a cacophony as it hurtles past and then experiencing the sound as it continues at incredible pace, the sound lingering in the distance, the spectators braving the elements to witness this spectacle and the huge respect from the audience to all competitors, regardless of country of origin or budget to compete.

[@Hughesless4086]

I live near a place called Hambledon in Hampshire, the place is an ideal rally place, the roads a windey, full of crests, lots of dirt roads and gravel roads, since a kid ive always would have seen the brc have an event here, its full of fields and farmland and forests, couldn't be a more ideal rally location

[@user-or4hs7xq9u]

Thanks for this source material, enjoyed

[@jacsavickas9822]

Beautiful post ​@@newfineart really painted a picture

[@soundfx68]

Of all the videos that pop up in my feed / all the vids he could have chosen to watch :D

[@billm8570]

Yea that Peugeot is a special car built by an engineer called Andy Burton. it used to have Metro 6R4 engine to begin with then he put a detuned German DTM Cosworth engine in there. He had to increace the length of the chassis to get the car to handle better. you could hear it coming miles away. it was awesome!!

[@MrHamrocks]

I don’t know

[@101steel4]

I'm old enough to remember the boy racers cars of choice in England back in the day. MK1 and MK2 Escorts 😁

[@oldietolfree1632]

me too, the pub carpark was like an rs owners club meeting

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

In Germany (where a large Ford factory in Cologne exist), the 1 Series Escort were also called "dogbones" because of the distinctive radiator grille...

[@TomN47]

A friend of mine owned a full rally prepped Mk 1 Escort with a BDA engine and Bilstein gas struts and shocks. It was his daily driver car! I was 17 at the time and got to drive it many times on the twisty County Down roads around where I live. 90 mph in 3rd gear at the red line! Awesome.

[@MHLivestreams]

Here in north Wales we had MK1 and 2 escorts, truly the best handling cars ever, bilstein shocks and strut brace = truly epic handling.

[@sickboy481]

XR3i Innit

[@Grez6232]

The Peugeot at the end is a much-missed legend of British rallying. Known as the Peugeot Cosworth, it was built by a brilliantly talented engineer-driver called Andy Burton - he's actually a very successful farmer. The car is a bespoke mid-engine tube-frame chassis, wearing carbonfibre Peugeot 306 body panels that Andy got from a French ice racing car (another form of motorsport you should definitely check out). It's 4WD. The really special bit, though, is the engine - a Cosworth 2.5 V6 that originally powered an Opel Calibra DTM car. It also had a 2.9 Ford Cosworth V6 at some point. Andy debuted the car in the late 1990s and he won multiple BTRDA rally championships with it. It was still competitive well into the 2000s, beating factory-spec WRC cars. Rule changes meant the car was banned - along with WRC cars and other homebuilt specials - in 2010, I think it was. A real loss. Andy's name on an entry list could literally double the number of spectators on a rally. Everyone loved the car, and his spectacular driving style. Neither the car nor Andy have been seen in competition since.

[@Flamebeard0815]

THAT'S where I know the sound from! Those Cosworth Opel/Vauxhall engines were sick. And sadly, not very reliable back in the day...

[@user-oy6zp2kp8i]

Check out Andy's onboards in this car for sure!

[@JBettz]

There's talk that the car might be making a return ? 🤞🏼hope so 👍🏼

[@nede7527]

i remember, you got plenty of warning that Burton was coming! The sound was amazing. Also his Alfa V8 was a bit of a beast too.

[@loopycyclist3028]

I saw Andy on the Woodpecker stages many years ago when he was running the Alfa Ferrari. That thing was bloody outrageous :D

[@schmiddy1473]

Finally some well deserved love for the underrated British countryside from the US🇬🇧

[@Doesnotcare12]

I love your enthusiasm. It's called world rally for a reason WRC. It's not The world series of Murica where only Muricans play. It's a series of countries in one competition. If you win this series you are the best of the world not just Murica. It's amazing how they turn Right as much as the turn left. This series has produced so many world champions from so many countries.

[@conallmclaughlin4545]

7:15 those roads, that's why we love our manual cars 😂

[@IWrocker]

It looks so fun 🎉

[@asseyez-vous6492]

Pfft, automatics are not for rallying! Neither are our hills!

[@blahmcblahface3965]

I watched his video on automatics and the next time I was on our roads I realised how happy I was with a manual!

[@DavidSmith-bj4qx]

When he said “put it in top gear and cruise through the bends” I cringed.

[@StephenButlerOne]

Lol he doesn't realise how bendy them corners are and how much fun dropping down 2 gears and really leaning on the engine breaking while trying to keep the turbo spooled up as the theater it through the bend, then pull out of it. I do love a hot hatch. As I've got older and power, wight and size has gone up, I really like now battering down a B road in an old underpowered small hatchback, a 1.1 106 or a MK1 Ka are f'n so much fun on the right and Twisties. Far more fun in a 65hp shit box than a 250 plus hp weapon. I look at drag racing and it does nothing for me. Give me a blue sky, early morning, country lane all to myself any day. ​@@DavidSmith-bj4qx

[@Ingleborough111]

My friend was a co-driver, and when he told the driver to go flat out, and he didn't, he would hit him with his notes.

[@PickleThePig]

🥱

[@bedpansniper]

Back in the day I used to take a week off work and follow the Lombard RAC rally. Nothing like standing in a North Yorkshire Forrest at night listening to a ' works' car approaching...then it's all lights and stones scattering and a blast of exhaust..then silence until the next one Awesome experience!

[@nicklong27]

There's something about the sound of those 4 cylinders tuned to the stratosphere. V6 and V8's are great but that sound of an angry bumblebee whistling past you with forced induction.... love it :) That's pretty much how all our countryside looks. Hills everywhere. It's so green because we get plenty of rain. One of the upsides. Glad you enjoyed!

[@stevenwood3987]

The white car was a Ford Escort Mk1 and the yellow Ford and others where Ford Escort Mk2

[@Helliconia54]

I had the Mk2 with square headlights with two litre, Fantastic car

[@loopycyclist3028]

Love the Mk1's - Uncle has a fully historic prepped one running the Lotus Twincam. Great fun in the passenger seat.

[@patrickhosking613]

​@@Helliconia54the rs2000?? Cracking car.👍👍

[@johnshore3095]

7:50 yep, a mark 1 Escort. RWD manual.

[@dogstar5572]

Wasn’t the white one a mexico?

[@darrenwilson8042]

Roger Clark would be looking down from heaven happy you are enjoying footage a a MK2 Escort at full chat

[@andrewphippsphillips1455]

Not forgetting his beautiful Mk1s he drove (black bonnet or the Esso "Uniflo" livery).

[@A9XXC]

@@andrewphippsphillips1455 My mother taught him and I live about 4 miles from his old Porsche dealership was now a Honda dealership

[@Ramjet164]

You’ll be amazed at how small some of these older cars are if you’re used to American cars.

[@TaffyCampers]

My son is a rally co driver, we're so proud of him. His driver is his boss lol 😂 and his car is a mk2 Escort and they do rallying all over wales and ireland 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Sharpey187]

Starting at 7:45 that’s a mk1 Ford Escort, clips after are mk2 Ford Escorts Usually running 2.5 millington diamond engines in the mk2s 👌🏻 Best sounding engine ever in my opinion😍

[@101steel4]

There's stunning countryside all over the UK.

[@IWrocker]

I’ll have to take a look at more.. it sure looks beautiful 😎

[@Knoffles]

@@IWrockerand if you like the small windy roads and ever fancy driving on them over here, you’ll be pleased to know the speed limit for most of them is 60mph, so fast enough to get the feel for them…

[@edwardlloyd1516]

Hi Ian. The Escorts with the rectangular black grills are Mark 2s and the ones with the dog bone grills are the Mark 1s. They are legendary in the UK and Ireland. So much so the Irish even write folk songs about them. You can buy brand new shells for them so there are dozens of shops across the UK and Ireland building brand new ones every day. They originally came with Lotus engines, nowadays most run Cosworth or Millington engines. Check out MST Escorts to see reviews of the brand new ones being built. They'll even build you a brand new 2024 registered Escort ready for street use.

[@MC14may]

I had a 300bhp ford focus ST and there's nothing more exhilarating than throwing it around tight,winding country roads & bends in the Yorkshire countryside,full of winding hills,narrow roads and tight bends. At times you are the only one on the roads and can only hear the stainless steel exhaust notes and the turbo and dump valve 😊

[@A9XXC]

I have a couple of Porsche 944s with 210bhp and each year take a week and go driving , all back roads Yorkshire north...... they are great!

[@colingordon2749]

We are extremely lucky in the UK for landscape. Some great roads. Its a Peugeot 306 with cosworth parts I think. Hi from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sammyd8860]

Many years ago I was a spectator at a night rally in N.Ireland. I vividly remember a Lancia Stratos flying past our position with its rear brake discs glowing bright orange/red. And they stank !

[@sugoruyo]

what stank was probably the friction material on the break pads... esp. if it smelled anything like the clutch

[@TheGiff7]

Circuit of Ireland which usually toured Northern Ireland would have several stages near where I lived. We would go see the night stage up round Hydepark etc and forest stage up in Tardree. The drivers would also drive past my house when travelling between stages.

[@Dreyno]

⁠@@TheGiff7It was epic back in the 80s. Jimmy McRea, Billy Coleman, Opel Mantas, night stages in the mountains of Kerry.

[@petenikolic5244]

I remember tooling up the M6 In a 998 works+ hillman Imp not hanging around heading for scotland on the Lombard RAC rally and having 2 Lancia Stratos come past us like we were standing still and i now for a fact we were well into 3 figures on the 12K red line almost

[@samrodian919]

@@petenikolic5244 nearly 12 k on a 998 Imp? Fucking hell lol

[@dylantaylor6228]

This video has just popped up on my feed and I've gotta say I love your enthusiasm and energy man. We are lucky in the UK to have such fun roads usually very close to our towns and cities. I myself just had a rally based out of my village last month and live two roads away from one of the closed road stages. Anyway I'm rambling love the video, definitely gonna watch more of your content.

[@sharkey9]

Ford Escort Mk2 was my first ever car, I loved it. Had a monstrous engine with a whooping 40hp. Still loved it!

[@gordowg1wg145]

What I love about under-powered cars is you can "safely" drive them at their limits without getting into too much trouble - foot flat and rarely lifting, picking the lines that allowed you to carry what speed you had - with a lot of power, you can't, usually, get anywhere near their actual limits unless you're on a track-day or other closed road. Heck, even then, it can be difficult unless you're a lot better driver than you actually are.

[@MHLivestreams]

Must have been the 1100? I loved the 1300, about 75bhp? Light and nimble, just great.

[@nuttycommuter3718]

@@gordowg1wg145totally agree with this! I love my car, but I can do illegal speeds before I’m out of second gear and that’s actually a bit boring!

[@paulj5080]

It went sideways, good enough.

[@paulbriggs5238]

The balance on the ford escort mk 2 was unbelievable, you could hand brake the road version into a parking space all day long 🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@IWrocker]

Sounds like a blast. 🎉

[@rjim1]

That was my first car when I was 17 in 1995, a T reg (1978) 1.6 with a vinyl roof, cost me £100. Literally the most fun ever with hours of oversteer and handbrake turns accompanied by screaming and terrified passengers! 😂

[@Holanduzo]

10:15 thats a Peugeot 306 proto, its got a v6 in the rear

[@jokervienna6433]

Peugeot 306 and 206 have a fairly good reputation from what I´ve heard. It goes back many years - reliable, lightweight and with some power, any fair driver could make them spin. I wont buy any more cars, but a 206 "sleeper" would be nice if someone threw it at me! :)

[@ceeF4]

It looks like Andy Burton in his 306?

[@ciaranburke3243]

Awesome thing 👌

[@ceeF4]

@@ciaranburke3243 it is, Im chuffed ive seen it on a fair few stages in years gone by.👍

[@hcanimal]

Last car is Andy Burtons now outlawed Peugeot 306 Cosworth. It’s well worth a search on utube.

[@gerbentvandeveen]

My parents had a Ford Ecort 1.1. And my twin brother's first car was a Ford Ecort 1.6. I started with a BMW 318I, 1986. As my first car.

[@edwardlewis7468]

The ultimate in driving skills, head and shoulders above NasCar and F1. Most maybe all the scenery were in Wales, looks like some old footage going by the cars.

[@lloydieization]

look up Frank Kelly rally on YT for the old Ford Escort, a lot of these escorts have Millington engines (based on original Ford Escort engines).

[@Dreyno]

He did a Frank Kelly reaction last year.

[@TaffyCampers]

Frank hasn't had much luck again this year sadly 😢

[@nuggetgks]

Also check out Simon McKinley (R.I.P) mk2 escort hill climb he could drive on the limits

[@mhh7544]

8:19 is RS BDA....and the next one. One of the most legendary rally cars. Ari Vatanen won the world title with it 1981 as a privateer pilot in Suttons team, the only pilot ever to win the title as privateer.

[@amnril]

Probably a BDG in the first beast

[@DigiDiver]

You need to check out the 1980's "Group B" rally era. It is considered the golden age of rallying with the fastest most outrageous cars. Banned due to the amount of death's incurred by both drivers and spectators. Absolute mad lads in mad motors.

[@WonderingWomble]

I have raced those roads many times.. They are military proving grounds in wales called Epynt. they were the best days of my life, I still go and watch them but not as good as the old 60's cars.. still great fun watching.. Thanks for the memories

[@sirjonty18]

Great reaction pal,,, I'm 56 now at 22 yrs old I had a ford fiesta XR2 and a ford escort XR3i. Swapped them in a mutual exchange for a Ford SIERRA RS COSWORTH. 1992, my first child was born and I knew I had to sell it before I killed myself. Now I have a Range Rover sport and I've quiet down a lot. Best wishes mate.

[@MHLivestreams]

Dude, the cosworths are worth a mint now, the sapphire is worth pure bank, couldn't believe it.

[@PickleThePig]

Go on. Tell me how much a 20 year Old Ford is worth?

[@CameronM47]

I loved my XR2's XR3i cabby, and my old series 2 RS turbo. That XR2 exhaust note is still one of my favourite sounds, would recognise it anywhere.

[@user-il9nc9tk6i]

What job were you working to be affording them at 22? I’m 21 and barely surviving 😂

[@Dafydd-Wledig]

There is a mix of Irish tarmac, Welsh and possibly Yorkshire forests. The tarmac road with the white lines is Epynt military ranges open to the public in south Wales. 90% of Wales is very hilly!. The red peugout 306 is Andy Burton it's got a Ferrari engine, sadly no longer permitted on rallies.

[@andyhargreaves2574]

His 306 has an ex DTM V6 engine It was his previous alfa romeo that had a midmounted Ferrari engine. Both are illegal under current rally rules :(

[@lukeskywalker7566]

My old Ford Mexico was a full rally beast, and she was just a real beauty, and on night stages were really great with her 4 spot heller lamps it was great but it did have a stronger alternator to keep up with the drain from the lamps now adays it's all led so the motor does not have to work so much love your channel as it brings back so many memories cheers for the uk❤

[@user-zl4yy5ft3g]

There used to be a tv programme where the camera was within the car, so you got to see everything first hand and the route instructions from the co driver were epic

[@finaldestination5847]

The beginning of the video it looks to me like it would be at the Nidderdale National Landscape in northern England.

[@pipboy2k7]

Got into rally via Mobil 1 British Rally Championship game, UK rally will always be THE rally for me.

[@panamafloyd1469]

@pipboy2k7, loved the game, but the sliding AI drove me crazy! I'd get faster and faster, but hardly ever caught them!

[@Lupi33z]

Colin McRae Rally in the late 90's. What a great game that was.

[@beamngdrifting9994]

That boxy ford that you kept seeing was an escort mark II, Me and my dad used to have one, In gloss black, 1.8l turbo, flared arches, everything you need for rally. But we sold it in 05, for just £600, to pay for a house, shame, one that spec now would be worth around 60-80k

[@bandiflip]

listening to your comments is ace,this is normal rallying for us and yes,there are some spectacular sights and stages over here. Wales,UK,Lake district and other forest stages....love it ... thanks for posting this video

[@markmcewan7142]

also the Kielder Forest used to be the starting point I think..?? I could be wrong.

[@davidfuters7152]

I mentioned before check out Roger Clark RAC rally champion in a Ford Escort in 1976

[@andyhargreaves2574]

The white mk2 escort has a millington engine in it, N/A 4 cylinder 16v engine most likely a 2.5L putting out roughly 350bhp, the escort in rally trim weighs about 2000lb so they have a massive power/weight ratio

[@Outland9000]

I live in rural England and when I'm out driving on country roads I so often think _"This road would be perfect for rally"_

[@RichardAnderson-zt8mq]

Love your enthusiasm for all forms of motorsport!

[@petergordon4525]

The first car you didn't know what it was, a Ford Escort mk1, the newer, squarer Ford Escorts are mk2s. Both are being remanufactured by Welsh company MST. So you can have a brand new 70s and 80s Escort with various engines and gearboxes etc for around £85k You should check these out

[@gordowg1wg145]

Indeed - depending on spec', it can run closer to £150k!

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

Learned to drive in a MK2 Escort. Cool as standard, but with the big arches, Quarter bumpers etc they're a sight to behold, and they sound and drive as good as they look.

[@WhinedUp2004]

Car at the very beginning was the Legend Fires rally team. Know them well through family and they still rally today, with John Stone still driving. Currently they have a Polo. They hold an event too

[@stevenbayley8179]

A lot of it is Wales , and the tarmac roads and the gravel section with the hill is Epynt military ranges , the Peugeot at the end is Andy Burtons home made 306r4 which is well documented and really worth checking out , it’s another rabbit hole

[@petebeatminister]

The "older Fords" are late 70s Ford Escorts. Pretty popular for racing, rally, but also on tracks. The landscape... just a wild guess, I would say Scottland, or the middle region like the lake district? But its just a small window of course, could be many places. Yes, really pretty there.

[@kirsteneasdale5707]

It’s not in Scotland. I think it’s in the English Lake District.

[@user-ze5tu4ck1t]

Remember watching the Rally from Chatsworths House and a Tree stump got alot drivers .

[@MrShabba34]

Yeah saw one go arse over tit on a tree stump in 95 I think it was at chatsworth house couldn't belive that they got out totally unhurt

[@user-ze5tu4ck1t]

@@MrShabba34 Believe it might be same ,year sounds about Right .

[@thestrengthwithin4249]

Fantastic stuff love your enthusiasm 🤙🤙

[@gregorturner4753]

those ribbon roads remind me of driving on dartmoor in Devon in the UK. And scotland.

[@EscapeTheMatrix......]

The white car you didnt know what it was that spun in dust nearly hit the Marshal, that was a Mk1 Ford Escort! The majority of the other ones were Mk2 Ford Escorts.. so basically the Mk1 and Mk2 are basically the same just look different. MK1 MORE STYLISH (Rounder lines) the MK2 more squared lines and lights) personally I much prefer the Mk1 Escorts! They are worth a fortune now! 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@MickeyStartraveller]

As a photographer, I would say the effect through the camera can work both ways. It's not always this or that, you can make a hill look kinda flat, but you can also make it look crazy steep. The process of projecting a 3D scenery to a 2D image takes away a lot of visual information, and without those we just see what the photographer wants us to see. And in these cases obviously "the bigger the better".

[@MartinFransson]

As a photographer, I totally agree 🙂

[@caddyshackhonda]

A breath of fresh air to not only hear a yank appreciate the sound of a four banger but to also complement our countryside! I feel kind of bad for you guys having to watch cars going round in circles hundreds of times and not growing up with real motorsport. I tip my hat to you.

[@fuzielectron5172]

Back in the 80's when Escorts were cheap youd buy a MK1/2 bend up a cage and do big wings, plus weld the rot. Swap the rear diff and over time aquire engines and parts. For not a lot of money. The more serious were quickly onto 1750cc and 2.1 litre engines, individual throttle bodies and similar. We could swap out engines in next to no time, being Scotland, fantastic roads.

[@Tommy-he7dx]

With the exception of the original Mini Cooper, The Mk2 Escort has been my most fun car to own. The 2 liter Ford pinto engine was a beast of a unit that could be tuned to sweet music, they could hit silly high Revs.

[@HT-io1eg]

Mk2 Escort. I remember when it came out. The rounded mk1 was nice. Mk2 looked like a spaceship, straight lines, sharp angles. Fantastic. RS2000 in white was the primo car spotter top trump for us kids in the 70s

[@andrewgray5945]

The engine to have was the BDA. That's what the Millington Diamond is based on but a more modern version. The pinto was used in the road going rs2000 not the rally cars. The works engine was the BDA from the RS1600 and was bored out to 2.1L.

[@gordowg1wg145]

@@andrewgray5945 Millington is based on the Pinto. Some of the factory rally cars might have used the Pinto, IIRC, for the London to Sydney Marathon? Perhaps someone who knows the AVO vehicles can comment?

[@RetroGamesBoy78]

Mk2 Escorts dominated rallying back in the day, quite often getting 1st 2nd 3rd finishes (in the same rally). I think i'm right in saying they won the first official WRC too.

[@mikkomalinen2641]

Ari Vatanen won WRC in 1981 with Mk2 RS1800. Last privateer to win the series.

[@MHLivestreams]

I truly believe the mk1 and 2 have won more races than any other car.

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

I learned to drive on roads like this in the Scottish Highlands. Jim Clark, arguably the greatest F1 driver of all time, started his driving career rally driving on roads like this, it teaches ypu superb discipline and technique.

[@idonotknowwhyyoutubeletsyo5893]

4:40 this generation of Fabia was the only generation with a true VRS trim available. It had a "1.4TSI" engine with both a turbocharger and a supercharger. It could easily and safely reach over 200hp if you chipped the ECU. 177hp stock. The previous(first) generation had a VRS trim too. But it was just a sticker on the front with some interior changes. Mostly came with 1.9TDI 130hp engines.

[@flemming_j_]

Yup, those Old escorts, up to 9000rpm 🔥

[@catherinewright8933]

The small Fords are Escorts, mostly mk2 versions but the white one in the dust is a mk1. They had a Cosworth BDA engine in most cases around 1800cc. Plenty of roads like that in Wales and lots of single track roads all over the country. You might not want to use the term " joy ride or joy riding", as over here it mostly means you're driving a stolen car !

[@Welshy1001]

FIRSTLY.... The exotic car is indeed the build in a barn and later BANNED "PEUGEOT 306 COSWORTH" of Andy Burton. Check out many videos of it on KZbin. Well worth a review 🤘🏻 SECONDLY...The roads your loving are the "EPYNT MILITARY RANGES" in Mid Wales. Rallies such as the HARRY FLATTERS, and EPYNT RANGES are held there anually. Another review...👍🏼 The WRC used these Tarmac roads on gravel tyres for a very short time, but pulled them as many cars went off here...

[@purplebongo27]

We had alot of rally stages here in Wales....my mates dad was a Co driver(map reader) in a Cosworth, spent many an hour hanging round on remote mountain roads for that sound..then 15 seconds of raw excitement.....amazing times. Love your reactions. Love & light from sunny ( for now) South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Stevesixty7]

I've had Mark 1, 2 and 4 Escorts, and they were all great cars. Passed my driving test in a Mark 3. Mark 2 was my personal favourite. I'm currently driving a Ford Focus, but I very much miss my 68 Mark 1 and 76 Mark 2, great cars which cost a fortune today.

[@frankgunner8967]

The MK1+ Mk2 RS Ford Escorts were something special, great video

[@Flirkann]

Those up and down ribbon roads can be interesting at a decent pace if you're not prepared - bit of lift, then suspension compression, which is released when the road wants to give you lift again, at which point you pucker up and make sure to keep the wheel straight on landing, then promise to back right off the next time you pass through that spot...

[@channelgaz7210]

The land you’re admiring in Sennybridge Training Area. It’s where the MoD train. I know because I work there. Where you said the road looks like a ribbon is the road that travels from Black hut to Dixie’s corner. The other track that you mention the elevation has an old 432 at the lowest part on the left hand side.

[@neiljones6465]

If you want to check out the old Ford Escorts, you must have a look at Frank Kelly. You'll see him rebuild, and race, his daughter is co driver, lots of inboard shots, also educational.

[@MrTechstyles]

Yeah he should definitely check out Frank Kelly in Baby Blue - that is peak rally madness

[@alanhall5648]

The Peugeot is driven and built by Andrew Burton if you like the sound watch his videos. He also built an Alfa Romeo with a Ferrari engine in it he was also British champion.

[@lazygamerz]

One thing about forest vs open spaces, the trees will slow you down (the car is fully caged, likely even kevlar in floor and roof to stop things poking into cabin). Going off on a field will likely end in a proper tumble, and you can end up sliding right across the whole field and end up in a creek or flip over a stone wall.

[@jameswatts6787]

7:50 That is a MK1 Escort, the previous model of the one found at 5:09. My dad had one as his first car, very popular in the 70s/80s (MK2 Escort)

[@Ingleborough111]

Even though Britain is densely populated in some parts, there is still lots of countryside.

[@IanDarley]

Still only 6% populated.

[@darrelltregear756]

​@@IanDarley not for long

[@popuptoaster]

Those MK1 and 2 Escorts were and still are phenomenal race cars and well supported by Ford for many years. There is a manual you can still purchase telling you exactly how to turn one into a rally car including how to seam weld and where to reinforce the shell. The old BDA engines could rev to 10,000rpm and make 250bhp in a car that often weighed less than 800kgs.

[@popuptoaster]

Be worth checking this race out if you want some US Vs UK track action. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLac4uNjMykeassi=Ht0iPu2uVCJXlgXM

[@onelankytrucker749]

At 7:27 I believe that's at SennyBridge military training ground in Wales. Also known as Epynt (ep-int) to the rally fraternity. As someone else mentioned, the gravel tracks are forestry or private land, it's extremely rare to be able to drive a personal car on roads like that. On a side note, check out Andy Burtons Peugeot 306 Cosworth if you want to hear something special. Long story short, a kit car with a 2.9 Cosworth V6 going well past its rev limit. That car used to make WRC cars nervous.

[@bentucker2301]

Yeah those old ford escorts were some pretty amazing rally cars

[@paulbriggs5238]

Most of our country roads are like this and they are nearly all 60 mph, great fun without breaking the law 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂

[@UKJesterVids]

until you meet a combined harvester coming the other way

[@paulbriggs5238]

@@UKJesterVids always have to be able to stop in the distance you can see, used to be a driving Instructor lol

[@mhoward8352]

Hard knot pass lake district 1:05

[@wordreet]

Yep, the Mk1 Ford Escort, weight approx 1727lbs, (square headlamps & bulgy sides) most likely has Ford's own 120bhp RS1600 race engine in it, which revs to 6500rpm, as you can tell! While the Mk2, approx1944lbs, (round headlamps & straight sides) possibly has the Millington 2.0L 257bhp engine, or greater. Some of those engines do have a "Colin McRae" stamped plate on the block. Both cars will have double overhead cams, with the Mk1 running just 8 valves and twin double barrel carbs, and the Mk2 running DOHC with 16 valves, and 4 barrel fuel injection Of course I may be wrong. The glorious sounds they make are probably from the open mouths of the double barrel carbs or fuel injection trumpets! Music to the ears! They just howl!!!

[@arkhsm]

Most full rally spec BDA engines ran to around 9000+ rpm, the Milligton Diamond goes up to 375 hp/300 lb/ft in 2.8 litre form !!

[@wordreet]

@@arkhsm Well yes, but I was trying to remain a bit more realistic. Those latest engines are crazy expensive.

[@liamrochford3649]

You now need to see some interior footage of the drivers and co-drivers in action. Scary and mesmerising at the same time.

[@stoke127]

The hill at the beginning I believe is Black Hill, also known as the cats back which is near Hereford in west England, bordering Wales. As you said a few times in this video, the roads look amazing and you are not wrong my friend! Many people go on driving trips to "Britain's race track" and just rag it around. The route from Aberystwyth to Worcester is particularly fantastic - 3 hours of hair raising bliss

[@whitecompany18]

More British rally please, this looks like wales, I could be wrong.

[@user-ne7ru2jc4b]

The white car was an even older ford escort

[@IanSRutter]

Your reactions are great to watch. Watching rallying is fantastic and to just drive those roads is awesome. The screamers you mention are Ford Escorts Mk1 and 2. If you want really close racing, check out Ford RS200 vs 6R4s, British Touring car championships and Caterham racing. Wild stuff.

[@DomFlan]

Lots of these roads are in military training areas, every now and again you can see an old armoured vehicle or range boundry sign. Im nearly certain the nice black top with the white lines each side is Sennybridge training area in Brecon

[@mattblackledge9068]

The building behind the Ford Fiesta doing donuts is where I studied motorsport engineering at Castle Combe in Wiltshire.

[@IWrocker]

That’s awesome 😎

[@melluzi]

Absolutely the most beautiful video of a British car on British roads in YT is "Aston Martin V12 Vantage-Top Gear Season 13 Finale HD". Nothing will ever beat that.

[@richard3004]

Remember that clip. Brilliant piece of TV, hardly any words spoken but says so much.

[@richard3004]

This clip: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZq9gnt6jpZgaposi=ks4Se55Uw7PbYRN1

[@roddymac998]

I used to watch these races as a kid. My father was a forester and acottish rally used to use a lot of the forestry land. I was 6 in 1980 and that was first yr i seen live action. It was incredible as a 6 yr old. I continued to have the best seats whenever the rallys arived for another nearly ten yrs. Happy days 😊

[@jackchristie6504]

My dads got an old mk2 escourt that he’s used for rallying for like 30 yrs and it’s so much fun I’ve got some videos from inside the car

[@Brookspirit]

Check out the MST MK1 Escort, they are making brand new MK1 and MK2 Ford Escorts.

[@DiGiDaWgZs]

At last Ian! At last. 😊

[@SuperTonywilliams]

The European Rally Tour. Amazing stuff in amazing settings. The old Escorts float my boat. Enjoyed your film thanks mate

[@Evilroco]

Glad you like the old Ford MK1 and MK2 Escorts , a small body with rear wheel drive ,and either the Kent crossflow engine or later "Pinto" ,In the 80s and early 90's I stripped more than one of these down to the last part (it's what we had in our training workshop) and got engine and gearbox changes down to less than an hour , you could buy a decent non rusted body for a couple of hundred pounds stick 2.8 Capri struts on the front ,Bill Stein's rear shocks and an RS LSD into it and wack a Webber carb and Manifolds on the standard 711 block and have a competitive club rally car once you bolted a roll cage and installed cut offs. Today a good Mk2 body alone without running gear is nearly 10k at times ,so much in demand that several companies make new shells for them., such a versatile platform with multiple engine choices and masses of alter market parts

[@olly3187]

I love this guys enthusiasm for these videos

[@mattseaton3521]

Always something magic about the silence of the countryside being cut by throbbing rally engines.

[@markjones127]

I live in North Wales and we have a lot of stages around here, lots of forestry stages, I've spectated at quite a few but don't recognise the ones in the video, the closest one to me is a lot of fun though, the Great Orme stage in Llandudno is exhilarating and always a crowd favourite, it's a steep up/down tight and twisting route around a large chunk of headland jutting out to sea, most of the route has steep, sometimes sheer drops direct into the Irish sea and all there is between the cars and the drop is a stone wall about 3 feet high all the way around, it's funny as I run around there and the day after the rally there's always a couple of sections of wall which have been taken out, not sure if any cars have ever gone right through into the sea though, you should definitely react to some videos of that stage just because it's so unique. About 6 years ago the world rally was here and they set up the service area on the promenade in the town, that was insane being able to just walk along watching all the cars being worked on.

[@yeoldegeek71]

It's awesome. I drove on the Cambrian Rally in 2011 which used the Great Orme stage, and wow, what an experience! Pretty sure one of the Subarus punched a hole in the wall that year too!

[@Scottuz]

Yeah mate, I know exactly how good it feels to whip that car around the forests of North Wales? that's where I live, and grew up driving Ford 1300xl Escort M1s and Mk2 1600Sport, with numerous engine and gearbox changes, trying to go faster, and blowing up but my fave personal car, was the mk4Cortina 2.0 ghia, had 4 of them, 1st from my Grandad at 18yrs old. Always wanted a Mk3GLX But had multiple escorts before and after, raced over Denbigh Moors and through Clocaenog forest, started out as Navigator at 14yrs old

[@stevepill]

Ford escorts, best rally cars ever !

[@ivangalovski4190]

I am bothering everyone with this, but so excited about it :D...Tennessee Rally USA happening from June 14 to 16, 2024, headquartered in Chattanooga, TN

[@Midsouth-Drone-Photography]

From Memphis here. Thank you for sharing I had never heard of this. Is it worth the 6 hour drive?

[@mikkohapponen5728]

If theres any live footage,recaps or any then,put it rockers that era video

[@ivangalovski4190]

@@Midsouth-Drone-Photography not sure, i just recently heard about it...this is info from american rally association website... Highly technical lower speed gravel stages are at the core of this event with stage lengths from 8-12 miles. In places, the flowing densely forested roads will challenge drivers and navigators with the sheer volume of turns. Most have characteristics much like gravel versions of the famous “Tail of the Dragon” road nearby. Our fan experience serves as a focal point for this rally. We have multiple gallery stage locations that can accommodate spectator friendly viewing. For visitors, the South, and especially Tennessee, will bring a rich mix of culture, food, friendliness, and music. The teams can expect a technical and fun 118 stage miles spread across 8 stages, each to be run twice, with two of these being asphalt gallery stages. Service, HQ, and FanZone will be adjacent to the TN Aquarium in downtown Chattanooga. The format will include a Friday evening Gallery Stage in Chattanooga, forest stages all day Saturday concluding with a 5 mile tarmac Gallery Stage. On Sunday there will be forest stages for half a day.

[@urbanshadow777]

Not bothering anyone. Its great that you are spreading the love of rally to people who may not necessarily know.

[@ivangalovski4190]

@@Midsouth-Drone-Photography not sure to be honest, there was 5 months ago in ohio it looked good

[@emeargllawgind5209]

I used go and watch the Lombard RAC drive through the Devilla forest and the next day head a few miles up the road to the back of Saline Knockholt for the special stages in Scotland.

[@KernowHill]

Most of the Classic Ford Escorts you see are mostly mark 2s but the white one with the number 240 on the door is a mark 1 Ford Escort (the one that spun out at 7 min 53 secs)