Boreham: The 40-Year Story of Ford's Motorsport Dream Factory [Hardcover]

Graham Robson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2004

Ford's motorsport center, at Boreham, Essex, first opened in 1963 and finally closed its doors at the end of 2003, bringing to an end 40 years of involvement with Ford's racing, rally and high-performance road car projects. Over the years, Boreham's products have gained fame for success in all the major world rallies and in numerous touring car championships around the world. Here is a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the motorsport center which gave birth to such legends as the Escort RS series, the RS200, the Sierra RS Cosworth and the Escort RS Cosworth.

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'will surely become the seminal work' Autocar 'It's all here, from factory-floor history to action shots so good you can hear the exhaust crackle' Practical Classics

About the Author

Graham Robson has written authoritatively on many subjects, but Ford is the marque that is closest to his heart. He has had privileged access to Boreham throughout its existence. Author of a number of well-received Haynes books such as The Works Escorts, Cosworth and Performance Fords, he lives near the Dorset coast.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing (October 31, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1844251039
• ISBN-13: 978-1844251032
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,469,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars This is a good history book but has NO technical information, September 24, 2005

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This review is from: Boreham: The 40-Year Story of Ford's Motorsport Dream Factory (Hardcover)

Graham Robson is a prolific writer of Marque books and seems to have had experience in many of the companies. I was disappointed in his approach in this book in that it is written from an administrators' viewpoint. Perhaps this is correct in that there probably more watchers than doers. I have a car that supposedly was breathed upon by the Borham works but could find NO specific details of this nature. There is No mention that Borham was a store where we average punters could buy bits for OUR cars and that there were perhaps thousands of us whose cars benefited from this. Also unmentioned is Fords' abortive attempt to enter the sports car market with the 61-63 Capri. Inevitably some of their owners had made use of the wonderful tuning bits available at Boreham to make their cars more competitive. There is little said of Borhams' early years other than that the Cortinas were unreliable--when run in the viscous Forrest Rallies.
Overall, when an engine is mentioned, it is ONLY described as a 1700 or such missing all the technically interesting detail--for gearheads.
This is obviously NOT Robsons' forte' in that it is also evident in His Cosworth book which does however include some interesting technical information.
I would have REALLY appreciated an early catalog of the parts available in the store as an example of the extent that Ford went to to make their cars competitive!