Whos that in my car?.... oh its only Marcus Gronholm

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:33 pm

Yes thats right guys.

Today we had our annual Ford Dunton Vehicle Enthusiasts Day at work.

This is an event that happens every year, and all the petrolheads at work can bring in their pride and joy to show off. The cars/vehicles are judged by top ford motorsport directors and managers and today was extra special as none other than 2 times WRC world champion Marcus Gronholm joined in too.

I was in the motorsport category and was lucky enough to come runner up against some very serious machinery.

Here are some in my class...

Porsche 996 GT3 cup racecar

900bhp cossie powered probe drag car (7 sec!!)

2.3 duratec powered MK2 escort (4 years to build 250bhp)

VR6 turbo mid engine golf (400bhp)

200bhp Group 4 escort rally car

Fully restored Technokart race cart (1964)

Heres Marcus having a look around my car. He said he liked the finish on all the modifications and said i had built a very nice car. He even had a good look around the interior and dash.

Then i asked if he would mind autographing my car?

"No problem" he says... so heres the back of my carbon Recaro now with a new addition

Marcus just before going out to put on a display in the 08 gravel spec Ford focus WRC.

And him doing what he does best...

And some of my favorites of the show.

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:46 pm

Great pics....I bet you were chuffed with marcus's comments...you cant get much better praise then that :notworthy:

love the mark 1 M3.. 8)

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:47 pm

Mate i was grinning all day.

I cant tell you how made up i still am. He was all over the car and as im a rally nut it was like meeting a hero today.

Absolutely buzzing still

Rob_B · Post by **Rob_B** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:53 pm

and so you should be...car looks superb..great work :-D

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:04 pm

Frayz

Are you nursing a semi? :lol:

I recognise quite a few of the cars, the 200sx, GTR, Hachi Roku etc

An amazing quality and array of cars. I may well have missed the point here; do all of those belong to employees of FMC? That's better than the display at Autosport.

Fantastic stuff Frayz. Lucky b'stard :thumb:

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:14 pm

Yes mate all empolyees and retireees

I was nursing a lob on all day mate

Bladerider · Post by **Bladerider** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:41 pm

MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

With the greatest respect to all the other cars there, they can take a along walk off a short pier !!

:smt060 :smt060 :smt060

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:47 am

All I can say is.......... They must pay far too much at your company

:D

An awsome display of machinery there.

I see the guy with the GTR has copied my idea about the fog light

RX7 · Post by **RX7** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:20 am

An amazing array of cars !!!!

Nice work on the autograph.

But why does he have a 1980s side parting haircut :lol:

Post by **Ben** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 6:33 am

And after marcus did the driving, he rushed back to NZ to carry on staring in Lord of the rings

.. or am I muddling him with some Vigasan chap

.