RE: Zakspeed Ford Escort: You Know You Want To

RE: Zakspeed Ford Escort: You Know You Want To

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rtz62

3,370 posts

155 months

Tuesday 13th August 2013
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'Triggers Brush'
It's the same brush...all original

Trigger: "And that's what I've done. Maintained it for 20 years. This old brooms had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time."
Sid: "How the hell can it be the same bloody broom then?"
Trigger: " Theres the picture. What more proof do you need?"

61GT

579 posts

180 months

Tuesday 13th August 2013
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cjb1 said:
Now that has charisma! It also has provinance and pedigree. It must have been amazing to watch on the track. Thanks for posting it on here.
Can remember watching that race 'in period' along with many other fantastic and often outrageous Super Saloons. A great era of British National circuit racing.

dave stew

1,502 posts

167 months

Tuesday 13th August 2013
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Back in the day, I helped the RS Owner's Club at their classic car show stands. In 1988 we managed to win 'stand of the show' at the NEC. We had a certain old Escort on that stand that was lent to us by Beaulieu Motor Museum.



Back in '88 they asked us to insure VLE 756X for ......

£20,000.

"What a lot of money", we retorted, before paying the premium.

A one event Sutton works car, built for Ari Vatanen to win the 1981 World Rally Championship (which he did). Second overall on the RAC behind a certain four wheel drive Audi...

I think it's probably the most original and maybe most valuable works Escort RS. Any stabs at value? £250,000?


aeropilot

34,614 posts

227 months

Tuesday 13th August 2013
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dave stew said:
Back in the day, I helped the RS Owner's Club at their classic car show stands. In 1988 we managed to win 'stand of the show' at the NEC. We had a certain old Escort on that stand that was lent to us by Beaulieu Motor Museum.



Back in '88 they asked us to insure VLE 756X for ......

£20,000.

"What a lot of money", we retorted, before paying the premium.

A one event Sutton works car, built for Ari Vatanen to win the 1981 World Rally Championship (which he did). Second overall on the RAC behind a certain four wheel drive Audi...

I think it's probably the most original and maybe most valuable works Escort RS. Any stabs at value? £250,000?
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That was the same year we (AVO OC) celebrated 20 years of the Escort Twin Cam and we displayed the then, just restored ex-Alan Mann XOO 349F as well as a restored standard white road car (SOB ???H) and the unique factory painted red, Twin Cam (KAN 422K).

I was part of the team manning the AVO OC stand at the show that weekend, so we must have met at some point smile

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

163 months

Tuesday 13th August 2013
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Anyone know where the bidding ended at ?

squareflops

1,820 posts

183 months

Tuesday 13th August 2013
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spotted @ Silverstone Classic last year





wish I'd got some better photos in retrospect