JASON McTeer is ready to realise a dream by taking part in this year's Tour of Mull Rally.

And when he and brother Dominic set off on the Scottish island in October, it will be after a labour of love that has taken over six months to come to fruition.

That's because their 205 GTI 1900 Skip Brown car has been custom built by local motorsport legend John Morton, with help from Neville Crossley.

Jason, who is a member of Clitheroe and District Motor Club, explained: "Mull is such a prestigious event, my brother and I have marshalled at it before and it's popular with a lot of Lancashire lads.

"We were having a pint there last year with John and he asked why we'd never competed? And when we said we didn't have the facilities to build a car he said he'd had such a good time with us that we could use his workshop and he would build us a car, so we could have a good run at doing the event.

"This was the chance of a lifetime, an opportunity we just couldn't refuse."

In 1968, Brian Molyneux and his family visited the Isle of Mull and thought the roads were ideal for rallying and thus the seeds were sown for the "Tour of Mull Rally".

The Rally was initially a one night event and then forest stages were added and run on Saturday afternoon. In 1980, it was decided to start the event on Friday night and together with the Saturday afternoon and Saturday night sections they now had a rally which was as testing as any in the country.

At the beginning of 1987, the end of road rallying, as we all knew it, was announced. So it was lose the rally or find an alternative.

It had to be closed roads and to have closed roads an Act of Parliament is needed. Brian Molyneux and his team spent many months of hard work to get an Act through Parliament and the Strathclyde Confirmation Act 1990 reached the Statute Book on March 27, 1990.

The first closed road rally on the UK mainland was held on the Island of Mull in October 1990.

Jason would like to thank Jimmy Smith at Kendal Street Motors, Clitheroe, for the paintwork