GOING THE DISTANCE

The familiar saying goes ‘Never buy a car with rose-tinted specs’. Unfortunately, many of us at some stage have struggled to resist the urge to hand over our hard-earned cash for that supposed ideal project, which turned out to be not so ideal. When Stuart Dando bought this 1982 RS1600i, a car he was already familiar with, he was the first to admit he should have left his rose-tinted glasses at home! Luckily, with a wealth of experience restoring old Fords amongst other classics along with some help along the way, he managed to salvage this project when many would have given