"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
08/02/2017 at 07:44 • Filed to: None
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"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn)
08/02/2017 at 07:44 • Filed to: None | 4
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And ridiculously fast Fords.
Svend
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/02/2017 at 08:05 |
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Cockermouth gave this Ford wings though, namely M-Sport at Dovenby Hall, Cockermouth.
In fact that licence plate has a connection to Ford, or Rather Henry Ford via it’s owners.
http://www.m-sport.co.uk/m-sport-news/fiesta-rs-wrc/special-plates-for-a-special-season
M-Sport crews – Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia, and Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja – will sport special number plates throughout the 2017 season. The Frenchmen’s Ford Fiesta WRC will carry WRT 1 while the Estonians will take to the wheel of WRT 2.
The number plates have been loaned to the team by W R Tullock and Sons Limited – the longest established Ford Dealer in Scotland.
A fifth generation company steeped in motoring history, W R Tullock and Sons was founded in 1901 when William Reid Tullock returned to his home in Orkney following 17 years in America.
During his time in the USA, William met Henry Ford and from that first meeting the Tullock family’s loyalty to the Ford brand began.
It is even recorded that after crossing the Atlantic en-route to London in 1915, Henry Ford anchored in Kirkwall Bay where William was requested to come on board and renew their friendship.
Since its foundation, the company has remained independent and in family ownership. Managed through the generations, William past ownership onto his two sons, David T Tullock (Theo) and Robert P H Tullock.
Theo’s son Robert T Tullock was next in line, followed by his two sons, David R Tullock and Duncan A Tullock. Today, David’s son Warren R Tullock continues the tradition.
Keen to continue his family’s loyalty to the Blue Oval, it was Warren who offered the two number plates to M-Sport’s lead drivers for the 2017 FIA World Rally Championship.
Inviting both David and Warren to the Autosport International Show in Birmingham earlier this month, they were able to get up close and personal with the car that will carry their iconic number plates throughout a new era of world rallying – the Ecoboost-powered Ford Fiesta WRC.
M-Sport Managing Director, Malcolm Wilson OBE, said:
“We’ve embarked upon what is sure to be one of the most exciting FIA World Rally Championship seasons in decades, not just for M-Sport but for rallying as a whole. It will be particularly special for our team as we enter this exciting new era with the number one on the side of the Ford Fiesta WRC.
“We have long enjoyed a special relationship with the Ford brand, as have W R Tullock and Sons, and we are delighted to accept their offer of these special number plates for the season ahead.
“It’s fantastic to have such support from such long-established members of the Ford family - highlighting the magnitude of what we have accomplished over the past few months.
“Now, all that remains is for us to continue our strong showing and keep the Blue Oval in its rightful place – challenging for the top-step of the podium.”
Warren R Tullock, W R Tullock & Sons Limited, said:
“Being avid motorsport fans – especially anything Ford or powered by a Ford engine – my father and I both thought this was an ideal opportunity for M-Sport to emphasise their position in the 2017 World Rally Championship; not only displaying the numbers one and two, but also having their status as a world rally team underlined with WRT 1 and WRT 2 on their car registration plates.
“We were absolutely thrilled and delighted when Malcolm expressed the same enthusiasm as we did for the idea and wish him, Sébastien, Julien, Ott, Martin and all at M-Sport every success for the exciting season ahead.”
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You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
> Svend
08/02/2017 at 11:11 |
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That’s a neat bit of history regarding the number plates. Have a tour of M-Sport as a token of appreciation.
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Svend
> You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much
08/02/2017 at 14:48 |
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Thanks, I’ve seen it a few times. I keep meaning to go on the tour (Dovenby Hall is only 24 miles away from where I live). As part of the tour you can have at meal there also.