A 1993 Ford Fiesta MKJ RS1800 – one of only 19 registered on UK roads – is to go on display at Stokesley’s Classics on Show on Saturday, June 17.
The Fiesta, complete with the Ford RS badge, has been totally restored by Tyne & Wear enthusiast Brian Mennear, a member of the Ford RS Owners’ Club. Brian bought the car over five years ago after its original owner had passed away. He had tracked it down to Manchester where it had been lovingly cared for but had just been sitting languishing in a garage with only 71,000 miles on the clock.
Brian has since carried out a complete interior and exterior restoration of the vehicle and he now uses it to travel up and down the country clocking up 3,000 miles a year to be a star attraction at various shows. Stokesley Showfield is the next stop!
Organised by the Rotary Club of Stokesley, Classics on Show 2023, which is supported by Mathewson’s classic vehicle auctions of Thornton-le-Dale, is sponsored by SG Petch, the family run multi franchised car dealership, and Lexus Teesside. The show is free to enter for exhibitors, though donations are welcomed. Visitors pay £7.50 or £20 for a family ticket for two adults and two children, and £4 for school age children (under 16) while auto jumble traders pay £20 for a standard pitch. The event regularly attracts up to 500 exhibitors. Funds raised from this year’s show will go to Headlight, the Hutton Rudby-based charity working with bereaved families, Blood Bikes and Childline.
