Street Machine Australia – September 2019

Dave Cockell, 56,

Nottinghamshire, UK

2012 FPV FG GT R-SPEC

SUPERCHARGED 5.0
-LITRE V^8 , SIX-SPEED MANUAL

TOP: The big FPV was certified for

ADR79/02 emissions in Australia,

the equivalent to Euro IV, but the UK

was on Euro V by 2012. Dave got in

touch with Bernie Quinn at Prodrive,

part of the engineering team that

developed the car for Ford. Bernie

said the FPV passed Euro IV with

ease, so Euro V wasn’t much of

a stretch. “All I did was put new

cats on it, fresh plugs and new oil.

Bloody romped it in!” Dave laughs

ABOVE: To get the FPV legal on

UK roads, Dave had to install a

rear fog light and a miles-per-hour

speedo. “A group in Reading called

Specialised Shipping redid the UK

clocks for me,” he explains. “I’ve

got the original kilometre one back

at home; they’re indistinguishable”

LEFT: Since 2001, Dave has

periodically thrown his Cosworth

Escort around the Circuit de Spa-

Francorchamps in Belgium, so it

seemed only fitting that the R-Spec

got a run. “I spun later in the day

on my own diff oil; losing a little

out the breather is a common issue

at the track, I’m told,” he says.

Photo: Jochen Van Cauwenberge at

Frozenspeed

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