The book also is based on purchasing a Mk1 or Mk2 Ford Escort that has been rejected for road use by the British MOT.

The car described in the Champion book is built using parts from a Mk1 or Mk2 Ford Escort with front spindles from Ford Cortina.

In 1975 the Popular name was revived as a base trim level of the newly released Ford Escort Mk2.

The Mk2 did exactly what Ford wanted, it was far more reliable whilst still quick enough to be used in competition, until it was replaced by the Escort Twin Cam.

* Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000, Mexico

He owns a Subaru Impreza P1, a Ford Escort Mk2 RS2000, a Ford Fiesta Zetec S, a Ford Sierra Cosworth and a Marcos LM500 R.

The Mk2 Escort was introduced to New Zealand in early 1975, and was assembled at Ford's plant in Wiri, South Auckland.

The only time it was switched off was for conversion to Mk2, with the addition of more tubes.

A working Colossus has been rebuilt, and was switched on in 1996, followed by a Mk2 in 2004 ; a wartime German cyphertext was ( belatedly ) deciphered in 2007.

The Astra quickly became popular with buyers, but the 1981 Mk2 Cavalier – the first Vauxhall of this size to offer front-wheel drive and a hatchback bodystyle – was the car that really boosted Vauxhall's fortunes.

Vauxhall's most important model of the 1980s was the 1981 Mk2 Cavalier, which made the transition from rear-wheel drive saloon to front-wheel drive hatchback ( though there was still a saloon version available, complemented in 1983 with an estate ).

The Ford Taunus 17M of 1957 was as long as ( though significantly narrower than ) the British Consul Mk2, but a different car.

Aside from the South Africa-only 200TS, the lead model was the 3-door only GSi, powered by either the same 2. 0 engine found in the Mk2, or a new 1. 8 16v petrol injected model with.

In September 2004, Greece started the Mirage 2000BG / EG fleet upgrade to the standard 2000-5 Mk2 and the project was undertaken by the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation and the EAB.

The same engine, its bore unchanged, but with a longer stroke and thus larger capacity was subsequently used in the Ford Classic and Consul Capri ( 1340 cc and 1500 cc ), the Mk1 and early Mk2 Cortinas ( 1200 cc, 1300 cc and 1500 cc ), and the early Corsairs.

The Mk2 version was the " Cortina Twin Cam ".

The Mk2 Martini-Henry rifle, as used in the Zulu Wars, was sighted to 1, 800 yards.

Back in 1879, however, it was generally found that in average hands, the. 577 / 450 Martini-Henry Mk2 ( although the most accurate of the Martinis in that calibre ever produced for service life ), that it was really only capable of hitting a man sized target out to 400yrds, this is because after 300yards the bullet fired from a. 45 " Martini goes sub-sonic and gradually loses speed thereafter, which in turn affects consistency and accuracy of the bullet in flight.

Volkswagen South Africa ( VWSA ) assembled the Mk1 Golf from 1978 to 1984 when it was replaced by the Golf Mk2.

Initially, the bodywork was identical to that of the superseded Mk1 Golf, but a locally penned facelift gave it a sloping grille, similar to that of the Mk2 model Golf, as well as more modern " deep " bumpers in body colour.

* Typ 9K was derived from the Volkswagen Polo Mk3 ( VW Caddy ) / SEAT Ibiza Mk2 ( SEAT Inca ) platform,

The aforementioned viscous coupling 4WD system was found in the Mk2 generation of transverse-engined A2-platform vehicles, including the Volkswagen Golf Mk2 and Jetta.

Later British Leyland reacted by producing the Leyland Victory Mk2, which was modified from the Victory J chassis and, like the Dennis Jubilant, had high-powered engine and automatic transmission.

In 1980, KMB started to evaluate air-conditioned double-deckers, but the trial was unsuccessful and the air-conditioners of the two buses ( one Dennis Jubilant and one Leyland Victory Mk2 ) were removed in 1983.

It was also being made in left hand drive when production finished around late 1966 and the Mk2 took over.

Ford still wanted to build a Mk2 Lotus and compete with it, but Lotus were moving from Cheshunt to Hethel so it was a bad time for them to build another model.

It was designed and assembled in Spain by SEAT, and based upon the SEAT Ibiza Mk2.

Gerry raced Lotus Elans, the special Costin Amigo, Ford Escorts ( winning the inaugural Mexico Championship from Jody Scheckter in 1971 and also finishing runner up to Roger Clark in the 1974 Avon Tour of Britain ), Lola T70, Holden Torana at Bathurst, Hillman Avenger, Clan Crusader, Austin Marina, Birdcage Maserati, Mk2 Jaguar, Sunbeam Tiger Le Mans, Porsche 924, an Alfa Romeo, Chevrolet Camaro and BMWs.

David Brown light diesel tractor Mk2 at the RAF Museum, london

The first passenger train, a Mk2 brake coach converted to work as a DBSO with an industrial diesel locomotive, operated at the County School site on 2 November 1991.

In July 1995 two Mk2 coaches coaches were transferred by road from County School railway station to the truncated railhead at Dereham, where they were placed between the already present Class 20 locomotives.

On 1 July 1960 XH558 was the first Vulcan B. Mk2 to enter RAF service and was immediately transferred to No 230 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Finningley before continuing its long career.

Prototype Mk2 13252 at the Mid-Norfolk Railway | MNR, April 2009

A Virgin trains Mk2 coach ( with guard's compartment ) at Banbury in 2000.

A Virgin trains Mk2 coach ( no guard's compartment ) at Banbury in 2001.

The car adopted the Ford corporate front end, while the interior benefited from an all-new dash, utilising high-quality materials and a design akin to the third-generation Ford Mondeo, introduced at a similar time to the Mk2 Galaxy.

The first generation SEAT Córdoba was presented at the 1993 Frankfurt Motor Show, and launched in the summer of the same year, penned by Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro and based on the chassis of the SEAT Ibiza Mk2 which would spawn the Volkswagen Polo Mk3 the following year.

* 9 April – A South African Air Force Pilatus PC-7 Mk2 Astra training aircraft crashes near Lichtenburg killing trainee pilot Oupa Ramaiti during his second attempt at flying solo.

A giant Prinny will appear as a special attack in the upcoming company-collaborative RPG, Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2, where the in-game character Nisa ( named Nippon Ichi in the Japanese version ) throws a bunch of kunais at enemies, then throws the giant Prinny at the enemies, which results in a nuclear bomb type explosion.

Stirling Moss's first hillclimb was at Prescott on May 9, 1948, driving a Mk2 Cooper.

In series 4, a late Mk1 Ford Granada Ghia is used as well as the updated Granada Mk2 and Cortina Mk4.

Ford wanted to change a few things for the Mk2, the Mk1 had done all and more than they could expect in competition, but the public linked its competition wins with Lotus and its bad points with Ford.

* Ford Cortina Perana ( Mk2 )

* Ford Granada ( Mk1, Mk2 )

Hansgen was killed when he crashed a 7-liter Holman & Moody Ford GT 40 Mk2 sports car while driving in the rain during the Le Mans tests on April 3, 1966.

Also Jaguar XJS, XJ6, XJ40, many other models, Rover's P4 & P5 saloons, Triumph 2000, Volvo 240, Volvo 740 and Volvo 940 ( normally estate models ) the main one being the Ford Granada Mk1 and Mk2.

In the first series, Terry drives a dark navy blue Mk2 Ford Granada.

There are also hatchback-based sedan deliveries like the Volkswagen Golf Mk2, the Volkswagen Polo Mk2, the Fiat Uno, the Peugeot 205, or the current Ford Fiesta.